At his peak, Brian Wilson — who died this week at age 82 — went through periods the way a painter does. First, he made his family-and-friends act The Beach Boys a band for all seasons (but one in ...

Mike Love acknowledges that many fans in any random Beach Boys audience, and particularly those of boomer age, are there because “our music is nostalgic for them.” But he doesn’t think that means the ...

“Roll down the window, put down the top/Crank up The Beach Boys, baby/Don't let the music stop!” --Randy Newman, “I Love L.A.” It’s summertime, which means one thing: It’s time to follow Randy ...

The best country summer songs are made for taking stress away. Vacation songs, beach songs, roadtrip songs and tailgate songs make up this ultimate summertime playlist. Who do you think has the best ...

With a set that started with deep cuts before closing with some of the greatest hits in his long career, rocker Lenny Kravitz closed out day one of the South Bay’s biggest music festival, which ...

Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this article incorrectly associated a song with the Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds” album. Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs ...

When you think of beach music you probably hear “Under the boardwalk, we’ll be havin’ some fun” or “Hey hey baby, I wanna know if you’ll be my girl” playing in your head. Those breezy tunes evoke ...

A l Jardine is feeling a little uneasy. It’s about five hours until a concert at the South Shore Music Circus in Cohasset, Massachusetts, where he’ll play nearly all of the oddball 1977 LP The Beach ...