Mike Love

Show Up, 8/11-8/12

Jingle bells, Jingle sells

The industry aims for the heart of Christmas-- with a shotgun

Brian Wilson, reconstructed

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

Pet Peeves

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

The Beach Boys

Friday, Feburary 3, at Nokia Theater

Laugh Riot

Four Day Weekend celebrates the final day of 2003

Hogpig, Swedish Teens

Saturday, April 23 at Double Wide

Reason to Smile

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

Toxic Filmmaking

Troma's bossman to take over town; hide your children

Microbe brewery

Wait, there is a reason why Stereolab CDs sound broken

SXSW Diaries

A thousand bands + a dozen parties + one cigarette lighter = average South By Southwest

The forever frown

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