Brian Wilson, musical genius and founder of the Beach Boys, died today (Wednesday, June 11, 2025), so in honor of him, here ...

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Our selection of their most significant and enduring ... In the States, it went all the way to the top, bringing a new pop audience to the superior songcraft of Randy Newman.

A ranking of the 20 greatest songs written by Brian Wilson, from 'Surfer Girl' to 'Surf's Up' to 'Love and Mercy.' ...

Ginny & Georgia season 3 is Netflix’s most popular show of last week by a long shot, and if history is any indication, it will continue to rule the charts for the rest of the month. It wasn’t ...

Jon Pareles After the conclusion (?) of his war of words with Kendrick Lamar, Drake briefly hibernated, then re-emerged with ...

June 10, 2025 • NPR asks Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state, top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, about the mobilization of U.S. Marines and deployment of National Guard troops ...

The Beach Boys leader, whose death was announced on Wednesday, was a brilliant writer, arranger and producer whose ambitions propelled his band — and contemporaries like the Beatles — into the future.

Six quiet years (music-wise anyway) after their last record, 2019’s Boneshaker, the OG 21st century classic rock shitkickers ...

Darlin’ (1967) The Beach Boys were in decline by 1967 — in health and hipness alike. Wilson revamped a song he wrote with ...

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