Kahuna Beach Party: Mixing music, comedy and fun
Dodge City Daily Globe, KS
DG: Would it be accurate to characterize you guys as a Beach Boys tribute band? BF: No. A tribute band is when you try to look like them, dress like them, ...

CityBeat Recommends Cincinnati CityBeat, OH Between music sets, secrets will be spilled, like who once was an opening act for Sonny and Cher and who toured with the Beach Boys. ...

Hat Trick Heroes revel in their youth Creative Loafing Sarasota, FL ... by everyone from the Beach Boys to Frank Zappa and produced a disc for John Denver) -- gets the major-label distribution deal Combustion is seeking. ...

The Morning Benders Get Under The Covers MTV.com From the left-coast pantheon, we get the Benders’ take on the Beach Boys’ “Caroline, No,” plus a Fleetwood Mac signature, “Dreams” — respectable jobs both. ...

Beards, booze, broken scenesters Vancouver Courier,  Canada Story: Seattle five-piece led by young buck Robin Pecknold harnesses the harmonious powers of the Zombies, Neil Young, Beach Boys and Crosby Stills and Nash ...

Oak Forest man gets cars into movies ABC7Chicago.com,  USA They include his three Model A's, a 1977 Corvette, a 1960s era Chevy 409, the very kind the Beach Boys sang about, and a Thunderbird restoration project ...

Nothing to Wine About Boise Weekly,  USA ... self-titled release, Fleet Foxes have scurried to the forefront of the indie-folk pack, drawing comparisons to both Band of Horses and the Beach Boys. ...

DATES & DEADLINES River Forest Leaves, IL The Beach Boys will be the headliner entertainment for the black-tie event, which will also feature a lavish cocktail reception, seated dinner, ...

Richie Furay: The worship leader/pastor in the Rock & Roll Hall Of ... Cross Rhythms, UK ... experimentation ending in their death or, as in the case of, say, Brian Wilson (of the Beach Boys) - the drug culture robbed him of his precious gift. ...

Reissue report: Wilson, Jan & Dean collections like spending day ... The News-Press, FL  by by mark marymont Dennis Wilson was known as the wild-child drummer of The Beach Boys, and, reportedly, the only member who regularly hit the waves on a ...

Rolling Stone Oldham: Talented, Insulting, Outrageous Crawdaddy by Keith Altham Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham is on the move and as usual with this ubiquitous personality ("the Beach Boys' new single is not ...

Living With Music: A Playlist by Rick Moody New York Times Blogs, NY ... that it is time to name the best song ever, this is often the song I choose (although “God Only Knows,” by the Beach Boys is close). ...

Where comics and hot rods get together Detroit Metro Times, MI  Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys helped Jan and Dean write some of their hits and he sung on them as well. Yellow light! Jan and Dean's original recording of ...

Hard knock life Detroit Metro Times, MI majesty of "See and Be Scene" and the Beach Boys-esque vocals that kick off the album opener, "The Painter," to the hard rockin' "Come Back to Me" (a live ...

Sunny Day Sets Fire - Summer Palace Review
411mania.com, TX
The Beach Boys are thrown out as one “in the vein of” band (I can maybe see Brian Wilson specifically, his quirky masterpiece, Hello), as are the Flaming ...

Panic at the Disco to perform in KL Malaysia Star, Malaysia “It is influenced by the music our parents listened to like the Beach Boys, the Kinks, and the Beatles,” Ross was quoted as saying in an interview with the ...

Abba's appeal is strong, inexplicable
Variety, CA
... nearly 30 years -- why Abba endures, he pointed to Swedish folk music blending in with the usual pop influences of the Beatles, Kinks and Beach Boys. ...

The Smithereens "11" : A Perfect 10
Huffington Post, NY
The songs referenced The Beatles The Beach Boys, Buddy Holly, Phil Spector and the sounds of AM radio. They all ran about 3 minutes. ...

Rocking Out Together on the Road Earthtimes (press release), UK ... Jackson Browne -- "Southbound" Allman Brothers -- "Waterloo" ABBA -- "Highway 61 Blues" Bob Dylan -- "Little Deuce Coupe" The Beach Boys -- "Knowing Me, ...

Jukebox musicals thread a difficult path to success Dallas Morning News, TX The savagely panned Good Vibrations, exploiting the Beach Boys' back catalog, survived less than a month. The list could go on and on. ...

MÖTLEY CRÜE Guitarist: 'We Understand Each Other A Lot Better Now ... Blabbermouth.net, NY Have you heard the albums 'Pet Sounds' by the BEACH BOYS, or THE BEATLES' 'Sergeant Peppers' or 'Electric Ladyland' by JIMI HENDRIX? ...

Adventures at Hand: Cruisin’ back to those good old days Providence Journal, RI He starts by throwing on “Little Old Lady from Pasadena,” a Beach Boys classic, as the crowd wanders from one up-turned hood to another. ...

Whiney wailing is not singing News & Star, UK In the 60s I enjoyed The Beatles,Cliff Richard, The Beach Boys and Dusty Springfield – amongst others. In the 70s I listened to Queen, Status Quo, ...

Confidence Man Aversion Almost universally best known for his role in the Get Ups' brand of Beach Boys-worshipping emo-pop from the late '90s and early '00s, Pryor recasts himself ...

Pageants teach in a simple way Mormon Times, UT ... a large cardboard wave with my best friend, Shanae, when I was about 6 to fulfill a crucial role in our brothers' Beach Boys skit in a ward roadshow. ...

Baseball: Then and Now MadFriars.com, CA Ditto Corey Hart, Carlos Marmol, Brian Wilson (when did he leave The Beach Boys?), Mark Redman and Mike Williams (among others)… what do they have to do ...

Miles makes a huge splash in the word of power boating Express & Echo, UK  It also has some big-name customers including members of the Beach Boys and Abba, as well as various footballers. Miles, 46, has four children, Ben, 21, ...

Monroe Singers: A rich musical tradition The Free Lance-Star, VA Whether singing Bach, Dowland, or the Beach Boys, Ms. Carr constantly instilled in her students the importance of technique, professionalism, ...

Life & Style The Windy Citizen, IL As the crowd funneled out on to Ashland Saturday night, almost everybody seemed to be singing, humming or whistling the Beach Boys-esque vocal harmony ...

Are these musical groups really brothers? Omaha World-Herald (subscription), NE The Beach Boys: Originally made up of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, plus a few nonsiblings, the band found surf-rock success before turning to ...

First impressions: Beck's Modern Guilt
Drowned In Sound, UK
Throbbing bass, cheeky skittering hand-clap riddled hip-hop drums and lush Beach Boys backing vocals courtesy of Chan Marshall, better known as Cat Power. ...

The Little Ones at Latitude

Spin control Chicago Sun-Times, United States ... to Twisted Sister, the Beach Boys to Jay-Z, and Procol Harum to the Cool Kids employed to create 14 dizzying and intoxicating rollercoaster rides. ...

Wilson's talent sings forth on 'Pacific' re-release Chicago Tribune, United States  By Patrick Kampert | Chicago Tribune reporter When Beach Boys fans think of the waning days of the original group, one of the painful memories is that of ...

Taking a bite of the Apples Tulsa World, OK Apples is best known for its bright, catchy lyrics and '60s pop-rock sound that draws comparisons to The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, The Beach Boys, ...

Rushdie's habits feed his fiction San Jose Mercury News,  USA The two shook, and as the Iranian quickly disappeared outside, the author went on, talking about the old rivalry between the Beatles and the Beach Boys, ...

Fresh thoughts on new music Detroit Free Press, United States They throw the MC5, the Beach Boys and the Breeders into the Cuisinart to deliver a radiant, kaleidoscopic sound that has deservedly put them at the ...

Hitting right notes for summer San Bernardino Sun, CA They belted out such tunes as "Rockin' Robin," "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," and the Beach Boys' hit, "Babara Ann." They had their audience swaying in their ...