Mike Love speaks candidly on life with Brian Wilson, "Pet Sounds," hanging with the Beatles and the case for "Kokomo" as one ...

A prime example can be heard on Pet Sounds, specifically the jazz-feel undercurrent of the opener, Wouldn't It Be Nice. As with most Beach Boys dates, Wilson handed out his charts and played the ...

The Beach Boys were, of course, an extremely successful musical group that blended rock and pop music with jazz and folk and included barbershop quartet concepts. But they might also be easily ...

Brian Wilson might not have always got things right when he was in the Beach Boys, but the band were arguably worse off when left to their own devices.

Curiously, only one of the original Beach Boys knew how to surf ... peaking with 1966’s ‘Pet Sounds,’ one of the most gorgeous and influential albums ever made. Wilson soon tried to top ...

Questlove has a wide-ranging taste in music, but even he can't deny the influence of the classics, which is why he adores this record.