“Boys Don’t Cry” is not a delicate piece of music. It’s a post-punk pop song built on a riff and a hook, and it has always had energy. But there’s a difference between a recording that drives and one ...
The Shaggs, the sister group that stirred 'avant-garde, or just bad?' debates, have their story told in 'We Are the Shaggs,' premiering at SXSW.
Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys didn’t just top the charts but it reshaped what pop music production could sound like in ...
Music history is dotted with records that actually made it out, but the shadow history underneath it is just as compelling.
Previously undefeated Seven Lakes, Fishers and Gainesville all lost over the last week, proving how arduous the road is to ...
After more than sixty years on stage, Bruce Johnston is finally stepping away from touring with ‘The Beach Boys’. It’s wild ...
Even though plenty of songs are intended to get stuck in people's heads, some songwriters make tunes that are catchy in the wrong ways.
Bruce Johnston has decided to stop touring with the Beach Boys after six decades. Johnston, 83, who joined the band when ...
The Beach Boys’ Bruce Johnston has departed the touring band after over six decades, but has confirmed that he will still be writing music.
The lost 1964 jazz recording of bassist Cliff Murphy, also known for his club Murphy’s Place, was found by Brennan Willis.
A new box set, 'We Gotta Groove,' looks back at the work the Beach Boys created at Brother studio in 1976 and '77.