Brian Wilson (Musician)

The Eight Bands Most in Need of a Senior Citizen Ticket Discount

So the Rolling Stones have announced their first large tour in 6 years, and their "50 And Counting" jaunt will see them stop in nine cities across North America. This is borderline amazing considering that Keith Richards and Mick Jagger are 69 and CHARLIE WATTS IS 71 FREAKING YEARS OLD. Can you imag ... More >>

Justin Timberlake and Kanye West's Feud And Avoiding Famous-Guy Backlash

The foundation of Justin Timberlake's fame--broad-based and consistent and weirdly resistant to automatic internet backlash--is that it came, originally, from looking this ridiculous, and he seems to accept that. That's the only thing I can come up with to explain just how many people I heard talkin ... More >>

The Top Five Musical Resurrections of 2012

Top Five Musical Resurrections of 2012

2012 saw some big-name comebacks, emotional reunions, and just plain weird occurrences, proving that America's thirst for nostalgia has still not been quenched. Have recent years been the worst for this, or have I just forgotten about the last decade already? Could something as joyous as the resurre ... More >>

The Beach Boys - Verizon Theatre - 4/26/12

The Beach Boys Verizon Theatre Thursday, April 26 In the past few decades, various incarnations of the Beach Boys toured the oldies/county fair circuit, rehashing the popular hits over and over again, usually for a cheap ticket price (or even free). Alas, with Brian Wilson back in the fold, the res ... More >>

Preview: The Beach Boys at Verizon Theatre

Thursday, April 26, at Verizon Theatre

13 Shows To See This Weekend: The Beach Boys, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Olivia Tremor Control & More

Beach BoysThursday, April 26, at Verizon TheatreIt's the first time the Beach Boys will feature Brian Wilson on tour in decades. Their voices aren't as pure as they were on their near-perfect album Pet Sounds, but even at half strength the performance should be good.Steve EarleThursday, April 2 ... More >>

The Beach Boys, Marilyn Manson and This Week's Show Announcements

The Beach Boys, back in the day​For decades, The Beach Boys have been a diluted version of their former selves, touring with the likes of John Stamos on bongos. Since Brian Wilson was fired in 1982, the band never really topped the greatness of 1988's "Kokomo." Rumors of bad blood circulated aroun ... More >>

2011 Music, Turned Up to 11

All Time Top Five: Little Black Dress' Favorite Beach Boys Songs

Little Black Dress.​Local dream-pop outfit Little Black Dress has finally followed up on the promise that was displayed with their full-length debut, Snow in June, of a couple of years ago. They're doing so by offering up a pretty sweet-sounding, limited-edition vinyl single, no less. The ne ... More >>

Hold On: The Ten Best Singalong Scenes In Film

"Someday somebody's gonna make you wanna turn around and say goodbye..."​Twenty-one years ago today, Wilson Phillips' "Hold On" shot all the way up the Billboard charts to become the No. 1 song in America. Somewhat adorably, the honor came 25 years after two-thirds of the vocal group's father, Bri ... More >>

Listomania: 30 Songs That Make Us Hungry But Probably Shouldn't

​Ricky Martin will be performing at Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie tomorrow night. And, yes, that kind of has our mouths watering. No, not because we have a thing for the recently outed Latin singer, but because, gluttons that we are, our stomachs have always growled when we hear his song "Shake ... More >>

Good Friday: Danielson, Black Eyed Peas, Dokken, Faster Pussycat, Venus Flytrap, Robert Deeble, Josh Alan Friedman, Mark Growden, Beach Boys, Glen Campbell, B.J. Thomas, Shannon McNully, Matthew Good, Automatic Loveletter, Off With Their Heads

​With Pete down in Austin attending to all things SXSW, it falls to me to come up with some show recommendations for our area. And there's a lot of stuff going on. Tomorrow brings a Dillinger Escape Plan show to The Granada Theater, and Sunday is especially busy with 97.9's Car Show in Fair Park ... More >>

Good Friday: The Good Friday Edition.

...because a picture of Jesus on the cross might be a little inappropriate for a music blog.Happy Good Friday, everyone! Wait--is this a happy holiday? Hell if this Jew knows. Oh well. Onto the weekend!First, the shows we've already hyped...Tonight, the big 'un is happening over at the Palladium, wh ... More >>

The Queers, The Independents, The Lash Outs

Monday, September 22, at The Double Wide

Pet Peeves

The Beach Boys are popping up everywhere this year in music but don't seem to be getting their due

Cover Me

Callithump provides the hoot, you provide the holler

Washed Up

The Beach Boys visit Billy Bob's

Teenage Symphony, Tame...Tame and Quiet

Friday, June 23, at the Cavern

After the Wall

Over 80 bands later, this weekend's Spune Productions fest left listeners elated...the few who endured it, anyway

The Beach Boys

Friday, Feburary 3, at Nokia Theater

Hal

Hal (Rough Trade)

Rock for Choice

Local musicians pick their favorite albums of 2004

Season's Bleatings

Thanks to these CDs, it's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas

Brian Wilson

Monday, October 25

Reason to Smile

After battling mental illness and hit-or-miss records, Brian Wilson is back with a lost classic

dios

dios (Star Time)

The Thrills

So Much for the City (EMI International)

Multiple Artists

Our writers clean out the CD bin

Beulah, Mazarin; Of Montreal, Marshmallow Coast

April 26, April 28

Various Artists

Sunny Teriyaki Hamburger Breakfast (Summer Break)

God Only Knows Why

There's much to learn -- and forget -- about TNT's All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson

Indoor Fireworks

In ABBA's old studio, Elvis Costello and Anne Sofie von Otter reinterpret pop music history

100 Bullets

MTV and Rolling Stone pick the 100 greatest pop songs ever, "from The Beatles to the Backstreet Boys." We demand a recount.

The rip-off artist

Rosalyn Bodycomb's paintings dance on the fine line between theft and originality

Tell me when it's over

The world might not be coming to an end, but maybe it should be

The forever frown

More than 30 years later, Smile remains the subject of so much mystery

Out Here

More Top 10 lists, sort of

Listen up

1998 was not a very good year, but it's still worth the bother

Brian Wilson, reconstructed

For his first solo album in a decade, the Beach Boy recovers himself and his music...sort of

Out There

The wizard of odd

Or, why too much Pet Sounds is a bad thing

In spite of his ignorance

Van Dyke Parks, the eternal odd man out, finally comes out to play

Catch a wave

The only difference between Pet Sounds and Stereolab is a mere 30 years

Who gives a Hootie?

Farewell to 1995, a year in music we'd rather forget

Out There

Ghost in the machine

The documentary Theremin captures--with occasional success--the surreal moods of an electronic pioneer

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