If the role of the rest of The Beach Boys was diminished on a musical level, Pet Sounds was still a triumph of vocal layering. It certainly wouldn’t have been possible without the input of Wilson’s ...

The musical world lost a giant with news that Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader, had died. He was 82.

Brian Wilson, leader, songwriter and producer of the Beach Boys, has passed away at age 82. He leaves behind a legacy of ...

Start of villification Love realized he was being made the villain in the Brian Wilson story when the Beach Boys released their “Pet Sounds” album, transitioning from a band dealing with ...

“If everybody had an ocean / Across the U.S.A. / Then everybody’d be surfin’ / Like Californ-i-a.” That’s from “Surfin’ USA.” ...

the Beach Boys created a sound of happiness, a strain of carefree bliss. Songs like “California Girls” and “Surfer Girl” were ...

In any case, 48 percent of you think “last in, last out” as you voted for Génesis Cabrera to get designated for assignment.

The Beach Boys founding member will play classic hits, rarities and deep cuts as a tribute to the late Brian Wilson Aug. 22.

The Beach Boys' scored their third No. 1 hit with "Good Vibrations," a "truly radical" track that rewrote the rules for a pop ...

There’s little left to say about the brilliance of Pet Sounds—except perhaps to show it. In honor of Brian Wilson, who passed ...

Brian Wilson, the chief architect behind surf-rock supernovas The Beach Boys, who soundtracked a generation of youthful ...

UVA pop culture expert Jack Hamilton says the 1960s music icon merged different genres into his unique style, taking rock and ...