God Only Knows Where California Would Be Without Brian Wilson originally appeared on L.A. Mag.

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

When the sad news of Brian Wilson's death was announced last week the tributes poured in, praising him as the guiding light ...

If The Beach Boys felt threatened by the Fab Four’s explosive arrival, they were not going down without a fight.

The Beach Boys were selling the California Dream. And I bought it hook, line and sinker. Today California is a pejorative. The whipping boy of the right. And many on the left too. They have contempt f ...