High Baptismal Flow

In search of rock & roll's psychedelic pioneers, Austin's 13th Floor Elevators

"...the Beatles' Revolver, Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, and Simon & Garfunkel's Sounds of..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Capitol Records 1942-2002

Box Set

"...-- Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, Beastie Boys, Radiohead -- then Capitol..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Desert Island Discs

"...7. The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds (Capitol)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

Music Critics Poll: Desert Island

"...Album: Beach Boys, Pet Sounds..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Five Days Makes One Weak

"...actually sneaking us a listen of some upcoming Beastie Boys material; I had to politely nudge past Lennon and..."

March 27, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Record Reviews

"...music with banjo, harmonica, and the spirit of the Beach Boys. It may not be the greatest show on..."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

Live Through This!

The Semi-Annual Rock & Roll Round-up

"...for a full-on, sunshine-and-sports Southern California adolescence. When the Beach Boys and the Beatles and everyone else came along,..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature

Reissues

"...catalogue, save for their Roxy Music/punk-informed debut as the Boys Next Door. That initial impulse was carried through on..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

Xenophobia?

International Acts at SXSW

"...COOPER (The Hague, Netherlands): Dutch version of the Doughboys. Cooper's got the same punk riffs and the same..."

March 7, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...ooooo-eeeee-ooooo sound. Brian Wilson used it, too, in the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations." The instrument is a device containing..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...ooooo-eeeee-ooooo sound. Brian Wilson used it, too, in the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations." The instrument is a device containing..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Paper Cuts: Alejandro Escovedo’s Deconstructed “Bury Me” and Five More Songs

New Austin music picks from Geranium Drive, Soupmakesitbetter

"...new EP, nods to several Sixties influences, from the Beach Boys harmonies of opener "Rosewood" to the Doors-esque organ..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Finally Punk, All-Girl Aughts Act, Talks Austin Reunion Shows

Unbanned, pioneering punks play Swass Nite Wednesday

"...Vegas, they'll be joined by scene veterans the Shitty Beach Boys, as well as excellent up-and-coming punk outfits Mugger,..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Q&A: Aharon Keshales Enters Texas Darkness in South of Heaven

Noir, cowboys ... and Ted Lasso?

"...same time. When she read the scene with the Beach Boys song that was the scene that hooked her..."

Oct. 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jeanne Thornton’s Summer Fun Will Help You Fall into Winter’s Icy Bed of Thorns

Life’s a beach, and then you scry

"...you’re even vaguely interested in Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys and how human lives can resemble trainwrecks –..."

Oct. 5, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

New, Local Music We’re Listening to

Ladi Earth, Danilo, Aaron Stephens, and more recommended sounds

"...to bongo grooves, himself melding a dull drone with Beach Boys harmonies and post-punk vocal stretch. Ruminations on the..."

July 30, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Hotrod Golgotha

In this collection, the Austin poet delivers a high octane paean to cars and all that makes them cool

"...drag strips and speedway races ("Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!"); the Beach Boys' "Little Deuce Coupe" and Jan and Dean's "Dead..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Harlem

"...of grown-up, exploratorive, pop sensibility. Modern analog to the Beach Boys' Sunflower, perhaps, Oh Boy instead clocks in too..."

March 22, 2019 Music Review by Elise Barbin

14 Australian Acts to See at SXSW

"...I Die, Then I Die" bops along on a Beach Boys influence. A debut LP drops this year...."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Armadillo World Headquarters Cookbook Unearthed by SouthPop!

Micael Priest compiled the recipes; David Byrne loved the nachos

"...LM: The Beach Boys had it put in their rider if they..."

March 9, 2019 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Austin Film Festival Brings Paul Dano's Wildlife to Town

The actor becomes director with literary family drama

"...Or maybe as the young Brian Wilson in the Beach Boys biopic Love & Mercy, or the mute-by-choice older..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

ACL Live Review: Paul McCartney

Listen to what the man said

"...“Let It Be,” while “Back in the U.S.S.R” coalesced Beach Boys harmonies and Chuck Berry skewer-cooked riffage...."

Oct. 13, 2018 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Friday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

TGIF picks for Zilker Park

"...English with the grace of a runaway balloon. The Beach Boys' heart-stealing spirit lives on in dream-pop ballads "Lover..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Music Feature

Friday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

Handicapping ACL's first Friday plus a handful of locals

"...English with the grace of a runaway balloon. The Beach Boys' heart-stealing spirit lives on in dream-pop ballads "Lover..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature

Denny Laine Saves the World

British Invasion pioneer played it, sang it, saw it all

"...the Beatles. They were influenced very much by the Beach Boys and Everly Brothers, of course, harmony-wise. They were..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Ariel Pink

"...Patrol"), love-struck Nineties shoegaze ("Feels Like Heaven"), and hellspawn Beach Boys ("Bubblegum Dreams"). It plays like frantically turning the..."

April 27, 2018 Music Review by Libby Webster

Charles Lloyd Marvels

Swimming and soaring with the saxophone great

"...the U.S.S.R. in 1967, spent the Seventies in the Beach Boys’ backing band, and recorded a long string of..."

Jan. 24, 2018 Music Post by Michael Toland

The Beatles / The Rolling Stones

"...Hearts Club Band, which famously took cues from the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds in 1966, wrote the proverbial bible..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music Interview: The Lemon Twigs

Sophisticated, Seventies rock-pop, courtesy of two brothers still in their teens

"...winter break. Informed by a childhood diet of the Beach Boys and Beatles via the D'Addario's musician father, Do..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Sound on Sound Review: Jagwar Ma

A slice of Madchester from Down Under

"...lyrical struts. The jangly “Come Save Me” gleaned the Beach Boys’ pancake-stacked harmonies while borrowing from the Beatles’ Rubber..."

Nov. 6, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

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