NEWS

NOTE: This space is devoted to news/updates and information on the Beach Boys that appears in news outlets around the world.  The Beach Boys have entered public consiousness to such a degree that new bands are compared with them, their songs are played at numerous functions, and their names are frequently mentioned in the same breath with Summer, the California dream, and of course, surfing and cars.  Since I began collecting these stories, I've been amazed at how far and how deeply the Beach Boys' influence has penetrated.  Their music has reshaped people's ideas of American Pop Music and the subjects they sang about continue to resonate worldwide.  Check here to read what is being said about Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys every day, and for news of updates to this site.

March 12, 2010

Canadian Music Week 2010: A chat with the Besnard Lakes

CBC.ca (blog)
I love the Beach Boys and I love the Bee Gees, I love heavily produced vocal records, and I figured I might as well try to make records like that. ...

Was "Jihad Jane" a Real Terrorist Threat? Or a Mentally Unstable Loner?

AlterNet
Not only is she blond and blue-eyed -- "like the Midwest farmer's daughter the Beach Boys sang about," writes one columnist -- The Washington Post tells us ...

Music calendar for week of March 12l

Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)
The Beach Boys: Sunrise Theatre, Fort Pierce, 7 pm, April 1. $55-$65. Mystic Roots Ban: Reggae/hip hop act. Madhatter's Pub, Tequesta. 9 pm, April 2. ...

Singer hits jazz notes Italian style

Alberni Valley News
Her resume also includes being the opening act for the Beach Boys, an inductee into the Music Archives of Alberta and an entertainer of the Canadian ...

The Big Gigs: Umphrey's McGee, Norah Jones

Minneapolis Star Tribune
... a three-night stand, in support of "Mantis," its fifth studio album, featuring carefully constructed tunes with echoes of Rush, XTC and the Beach Boys. ...

Force of unnatural nature

Columbia Daily Tribune
... the album will feature tracks that can be described as “math-rock/free-jazz convergence” and “electro-tweaked” as well as a cut with “Beach Boys-styled ...

The Uglysuit Perform Multiple Shows At Canadian Music Week

Top40-Charts.com
Having often been compared to Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket, Broken Social Scene, and the Beach Boys, The Uglysuit have headlined shows with or toured in ...

Decade Profile: The 1980s

Impact Magazine
... Ethiopia and sent a political message using diverse genres of music, such as Queen, Status Quo, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, U2 and The Beach Boys. ...

Cabinessence leaves Beach Boys behind this time around

OregonLive.com
By Special to The Oregonian They take their band name from a track featured on Brian Wilson's famously aborted Beach Boys album "Smile," as well as a great ...

March 11, 2010

UPDATE:  I've added a review for Jan & Dean's Carnival Of Sound

UPDATE:  I've added a new date to the Beach Boys tour schedule.

CALIFORNIAIN: Arts & Entertainment Calendar for March 11-17, 2010

North County Times
The Beach Boys ---- Aug. 22; Pechanga Showroom, Pechanga Resort & Casino, 45000 Pechanga Parkway, Temecula; not yet on sale; 877-711-2946, pechanga.com. ...

Memory Tapes (and Others) Jog Memories of Tapes

The College Voice
Staring at the small wall of plastic cassette tapes, I haphazardly selected The Beach Boys' Good Vibrations. I removed the clear plastic tape from its case ...

Town Honors Outstanding Women At Annual Pathfinder Awards

Locustwood Gotham Civic Homepage (blog)
Ellie Greenwich was a talented composer whose songs have sold in the tens of millions and were recorded by artists such as the Beach Boys, Bette Midler, ...

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Announces April Events

Broadway World
The Beach Boys, the number one selling US band of all time, comes to the Van Wezel on Apr. 6 with a concert that brings audiences to their feet wherever ...

STG Presents Annuals & The Most Serene Republic, 5/11

Broadway World
The band's musical influences range from such greats as Johnny Cash, Hayden, The Beach Boys, Paul Simon & Mike Patton. Adam Baker creatively shapes these ...

TAMI Show rolls out as DVD

Variety
But after the initial run, Murray Wilson, father of Beach Boys Brian, Dennis and Carl, and manager of the group, insisted the band's performance be removed ...

Drinks With: Arctic Monkeys

American Songwriter
I suppose my Dad was talking to me about Beach Boys tunes and the harmony aspect of [their songs] as well. They evoke feeling from you—almost ...

The Besnard Lakes

The List
The Canadians' spacious, interplanetary alt.rock has reaped legion devotees, and little wonder: their hazy variations on The Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, ...

March 10, 2010

UPDATE:  I've added listings for The T.A.M.I. Show and Jan & Dean's Carnival of Sound.

Happy Mondays Drummer Prepares To Unveil His Hippy Mafia (With Added Oasis Rumour)

ChartAttack
It's like the Beach Boys meet the Sex Pistols. It was brilliant. It could have been 1968 or 2010. I really like Deadmau5. I think he's a fucking genius. ...

Date Rape Anthems: Anti-Rape Track Gets “Heavy”

Washington City Paper (blog)
I'm not against anybody letting some Beach Boys influence sneak into a song about murdering rapists. However, I'm not sure I'd ever choose to equate the ...

'All kinds of rock 'n' roll' coming to Vail

Vail Daily News
... and vocal duties with co-founder Tim Bluhm, said their music has been compared to bands ranging from the Meat Puppets to the Byrds to the Beach Boys. ...

Exhibit Concepts Adds Creative Director and Sales Staff

Exhibitor Online
He began his career as a lighting crew member working concert tours for Bruce Springsteen, The Beach Boys, Earth Wind and Fire and Joe Cocker. ...

SXSW 2010: Mantler

Spinner
Stuff like the Stylistics, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, the Beach Boys, '60s rock like the Kinks, Love, the Zombies. My influences are pretty wide-ranging, ...

Echo Chamber: Pavement's Bob Nastanovich

Pitchfork Media
... CocoRosie's "Lemonade" 7", which includes one track from the band's forthcoming Sub Pop debut, as well as a cover of the Beach Boys' "Surfer Girl". ...

SXSW 2010: The Lovely Eggs

Spinner
Some people have said we are like the Beach Boys when Brian Wilson went mad. Or Maureen Tucker without the Velvet Underground. David Blackwell: We didn't ...

CoS + Rock It Out! Blog's “Lo-Fi Friday” SXSW Day Party

Consequence of Sound
Birthed from a deep influence of The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Beach Boys, and The Zombies, this quartet is exactly what happens when distortion takes a ...

SXSW 2010: Mackintosh Braun

Spinner
BB: I think the first album I bought was the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' when I was eight years old--on cassette, of course. I felt so cool. ...

One of the World's Longest Running Recording Studios, Trod Nossel, Celebrates ...

Melodika.net (press release)
... acts like Ellen DeGeneres (http://ellen.warnerbros.com/), Queen Latifah, Gilbert Godfried, The Beach Boys and the Spin Doctors, to name a few. ...

March 9, 2010

UPDATE:  This week on Open Mic: This girl just wants to go home...

Black Oak Mountain Amphitheater Sings A New Start In Lampe, MO

KSPR
"I've seen Beach Boys. They were there. Loretta Lynn was there. Willie Nelson. Several people have played," said Stimson. The reopening of the amphitheater ...

The temple of Zeus

Varsity
The band is clearly influenced by the likes of The Kinks, The Zombies, and The Beach Boys, as well as more recent music like Beck, The Flaming Lips, ...

Photo: Beach Boys website

Castanet.net
by Contributed - Story: 53158 The Beach Boys are coming to Penticton Thursday, May 13, with tickets going on sale later this week. ...

CULTURAL OLYMPIAD: Mississippi Sheiks tribute concert lures famed composer ...

Vancouver Sun
His most important claim to fame is his involvement in the Beach Boys' ill-fated post-Pet Sounds “Smile” project, a venture that would take almost 40 years ...

Free Music Monday: 10 Free Tracks

Mashable (blog)
[INDIE] AB & The Sea: “Bone Dry” — San Francisco's AB & The Sea recall the feel good harmonious sounds of the '60s from The Beach Boys to Paul Simon to The ...

Music Memorabilia Show Date Change: Saturday, March 13th

All About Jazz
Rock and roll rarities feature LPs and 45rpm records of Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Jim Morrison, The Beach Boys, The Who, The Rolling Stones, et al. ...

SXSW 2010: San Saba County

Spinner
I've been listening to the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds.' We've been experimenting more with harmonies. And there are some old country standards. ...

SXSW 2010: The Novas

Spinner
It was before the Beatles came out; most of us had been playing Beach Boys, classic R&B. I was playing surf music. But once they did, we were like, 'OK, ...

One of the World's Longest Running Recording Studios, Trod Nossel, Celebrates ...

PR Web (press release)
... regional shows for then up-and-coming acts like Ellen DeGeneres, Queen Latifah, Gilbert Godfried, The Beach Boys and the Spin Doctors, to name a few. ...

A driving force: Businesses thrive from people's passion for cars

Longview Daily News
Most people started swooning for the American automobile in the 1950s, '60s and '70s, when the Beach Boys crooned about their "Little Deuce Coupe" and John ...

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