If the role of the rest of The Beach Boys was diminished on a musical level, Pet Sounds was still a triumph of vocal layering ...

“If you take the Pet Sounds album as a collection of art pieces, each designed to stand alone, yet which belong together, you’ll see what I was aiming at,” said Brian Wilson in 2010. Pet ...

Wilson of the Beach Boys wrote some of the 20th century’s best and most enduring pop songs. These are some of our favorites.

As the Beach Boys sang “house,” the song, “All Summer Long,” didn’t just change chords — in a luscious instant, it ascended ...

After hearing this one album, Brian Wilson went right to his piano and began making Pet Sounds, being moved by the boldness of another key record.

His father, a frustrated songwriter who sold heavy machinery, was a "tyrant and heavy drinker" and abused Brian physically ...

A standout track from The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds album, it epitomised Wilson’s shift into complex, sophisticated compositions ...

UVA pop culture expert Jack Hamilton says the 1960s music icon merged different genres into his unique style, taking rock and ...

Brian Wilson was the driving force behind the group’s success. His magnum opus was the 1966 album Pet Sounds, which included ...

O n June 11, the legendary cofounder of Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, died. The death certificate of Los Angeles County issued this week lists respiratory arrest as the primary cause ...

The Beach Boys founding member will play classic hits, rarities and deep cuts as a tribute to the late Brian Wilson Aug. 22.

Following the sad news of co-founder Brian Wilson’s death last week, The Beach Boys’ 2003 compilation The Very Best Of The ...