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The creative mind is a finicky, fragile thing. Sometimes inspiration floods the senses, prompting a flurry of productivity — some of which, if you're lucky, is actually usable if not good! At other times, it's a struggle to write so much as a word, or draw merely a line without everything feeling totally wrong. This is especially frustrating if/when you realize your mood has no impact on your process. You can be downright chipper, and not be able to produce anything of merit. Meanwhile, a low period can provoke great art if you can work through whatever it is that's dragging you down.

And then there is anxiety, the most debilitating force in the creative life. When you find yourself dealing with panic attacks that come on for seemingly no reason at all, you're constantly on guard for the next one, praying like hell that it won't hit at a...

The steel guitars are silent today as Beach Boys fans and SpongeBob SquarePants stans everywhere mourn the loss of a music giant.

Composer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Andy Paley passed away on Wednesday from cancer complications at the age of 72. A prolific creative and producer, Paley’s fingerprints are all over music history, with credits ranging from Brian Wilson’s solo work to the Ramones’ records to the scores of numerous animated shows, including SpongeBob SquarePants. Paley first broke into the business as one-half of the power-pop duo The Paley Brothers alongside his brother Jonathan, and throughout his nearly 50 years of service to the entertainment industry, the list of high-profile collaborators with whom Paley worked is a veritable who’s-who of the most important musical talents of the later 20th century.

Today, Paley’s past partners mourn him and celebrate his contributions to music history, with Wilson’s official Instagram account...

Andy Paley, a prolific songwriter, producer and musician who collaborated with such artists as Brian Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Ramones, Madonna, Elton John, Patti Smith and Deborah Harry, and who composed the scores for SpongeBob SquarePants and other TV shows, died Wednesday, November 20, of cancer. He was 72.

“We are saddened to learn of the passing of Brian’s friend and collaborator, Andy Paley,” a post on Brian Wilson’s official Facebook page reads. “Andy was literally instrumental in Brian starting his solo career with his critically acclaimed 1988 album, Brian Wilson. Andy played electric and acoustic guitars, bass, drums, percussion, keyboards, harmonica, and provided backing vocals. He co-wrote three of the songs, including “Rio Grande.” Andy collaborated again with Brian on the legendary, unreleased Wilson-Paley Sessions, counting more than twenty songs. Brian always called him ‘The Genius Andy Paley.’ Love and mercy goes out to Andy’s family and friends.

Strange but true: The Beatles’ American record company decided not to release their albums. Instead, Capitol chopped them up to generate more product. Nobody at the label had any idea that future generations would revere these records as sacred artistic units. No, Capitol just wanted to squeeze more funny paper out of the moptops before the bubble burst. So they doled out 12 songs per LP instead of 14, and rushed out seven albums in a year. American fans got different versions than the rest of the world. The U.S. albums have been forgotten by history,...

Singaporean film director Eric Khoo has received numerous awards, including the Singapore Cultural Medallion and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government. Since 1995, he has played a key role in reviving Singapore’s film industry and gaining international recognition. His notable works have been screened at prestigious film festivals including Berlin, Venice, and Cannes.

On the occasion of his latest film “Spirit World” screening at Tokyo International Film Festival, we speak with him about the casting of the movie and particularly Catherine Deneuve and Masaaki Sakai, his family’s involvement in the movie, surf music in Japan, the Japanese style of the film and other topics

The cast in the movie is one of its most impressive assets. Can you tell me how it worked and particularly how you managed to have Catherine Deneuve and Masaaki Sakai in the movie?

We were in contact with Catherine through our co-producer Matilde Incerti.

A former sound engineer who coauthored a 2012 memoir about his days working on the Fleetwood Mac album Rumours has filed a lawsuit, along with his coauthor of the book Making Rumours, against the makers of Broadway’s smash hit play Stereophonic, alleging that playwright David Adjmi relied on portions of Making Rumours in the creation of the similarly themed Broadway play.

Stereophonic, the suit states, “copies the heart and soul of Making Rumours, and is substantially similar.”

Stereophonic is perhaps best described as a roman a clef of Fleetwood Mac and the mid-’70s making of what would be their 1977 masterpiece Rumours. The play, which does not use the band members’ names or songs, fashions its characters and situations in ways that align closely to Mac’s classic line-up of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. The troubled recording of their seminal album, which endured months of romantic break-ups,...

John Cale has announced a pair of his early albums are getting reissued. The remastered editions of Paris 1919 and The Academy in Peril will be out on November 15th via Domino.

This marks the first artist-approved reissue for each record. Paris 1919 Deluxe Edition features previously unreleased outtakes, liner notes by Grayson Haver Currin, and a brand new recording called “Fever Dream 2024: You’re a Ghost,” while The Academy in Peril includes the digital bonus track “Temper.” Pre-order Paris 1919 here and The Academy in Peril here.

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“Revisiting work from the past is a double-edged sword for me. Of course, it’s bound to happen when you’ve been making music for 60 years or so,” Cale said in a statement. “What’s unique about this process with Domino, is their desire to get it right. Not merely reissue something for the sake of an anniversary or...

Franz Ferdinand have announced The Human Fear, their first new album in six years. Today, along with the announcement, they released the new single, “Audacious,” and unveiled a string of European tour dates for 2025.

Due on January 10th, 2025 via Domino, The Human Fear sees the band grapple with themes of fear and how to overcome it, with a lineup featuring their new drummer, Audrey Tait. Speaking about the album, frontman Alex Kapranos said, “Making this record was one of the most life-affirming experiences I’ve had, but it’s called The Human Fear — fear reminds you that you’re alive.”

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Continuing, Kapranos explained, “I think we all are addicted in some way to the buzz [fear] can give us. How we respond to it shows how we are human. So, here’s a bunch of songs searching for the thrill of being human via fears. Not...

Al Jardine, multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of The Beach Boys, has unearthed a new song titled “Wish.”

The track was written by Jardine in the early 1990s alongside his songwriting partner, Larry Dvoskin. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Jardine described “Wish” as an ode to the Wilson brothers and his Beach Boys bandmates, Brian and Dennis. “It just dawned on me how much I missed them,” Jardine said about writing the track. “Dennis, of course, had passed, and Brian was pretty much out of the action. I felt very emotional.”

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Jardine had left “Wish” in the vault for nearly 30 years, but decided to record it with Dvoskin back in May. “It’s a good message because right now we’re all wishing that things were the way they used to be, especially at our age,” Jardine said, “because our memories are wonderful, our musical memories are intact,...

A little over 30 years ago, Al Jardine looked out onto the Pacific Ocean near his home in Big Sur, California, and thought back to his carefree youth with Brian and Dennis Wilson. “It just dawned on me how much I missed them,” Jardine says, who was actively touring in the Beach Boys with Mike Love and Carl Wilson at this time. “Dennis, of course, had passed, and Brian was pretty much out of the action. I felt very emotional.”

He wrote a sketch of a song called “Wish” that he...

“Every day’s a blessing/Every day’s a problem,” Sarah Tudzin sings on her fourth album, Power. If the sentiment is ambivalent, the sound is anything but: a sharp power-pop bounce that opens up into a radiant chorus. Tudzin, a Los Angeles singer-songwriter-producer-multi-instrumentalist who has been recording as Illuminati Hotties since the late 2010s, has called her openhearted DIY ethos “tenderpunk.” As a producer and recording engineer she’s worked with artists from Weyes Blood to Coldplay, and won a Grammy for her production on Boygenius’ 2023 landmark, The Record.

The Beach Boys emerged from Southern California with an infectious sound that perfectly captured carefree summers by the shore. Starting in the early 1960s, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, and Dennis Wilson created vocal harmonies and surf rock anthems that evoked imagery of the sun, sand, and freedom. Their music became inextricably linked to hot days, cool ocean waves, and memories of youth. Over a career spanning three decades, the band brewed hits like “Surfin’ USA,” “Good Vibrations,” and “Kokomo,” cementing their status as ambassadors of California culture and pioneers of the pop genre.

Now, a new documentary directs its lens on the legendary group’s history. Directed by Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny, “The Beach Boys” charts the band’s rise from a garage venture to worldwide superstardom. It explores the creative genius of Brian Wilson, volatile family dynamics, and internal struggles that both inspired artistic...

August 1969 was a very Creedence month. But so were most months back then. Creedence Clearwater Revival, the most popular band in America, were riding the hot streak of all hot streaks, cranking out swamp-rock classics at a crazy pace. John Fogerty and his Northern California crew released their masterpiece Green River in the first week of August, a few months after their masterpiece Bayou Country and a couple of months before their October masterpiece Willy and the Poor Boys. Their Top 40 hits that year: “Proud Mary,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Fortunate Son,...

The Rise of a Phenomenal Actor Few actors have had as diverse a filmography as the great Paul Dano. From comedic and lighthearted films to dark and emotionally driven roles, his ability as an actor and his performances in these movies are like no other. Alongside acting, Dano is also a director as he made his directorial debut with the 2018 film ‘Wildlife’, which is an adaptation of the Richard Ford novel of the same name and stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan. The talented actor first started out on Broadway at a young age and made his debut on screen for the film, ‘The Newcomers’ in 2000. Since then, Dano has appeared in many notable movies and television series and earned several awards for his performances. Here is a look back at his best roles and the films he has starred in. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel,...

Kim Deal, of The Breeders, has released a new solo single called “Coast.”

Her first solo release in nearly a decade — and the first released via 4Ad under her own name — “Coast” was written in 2020 after Deal was inspired by hearing a wedding band cover Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville” with “revelatory levels of low self-esteem.” From there, she reflected on her memories of summers spent on Nantucket, where the youth would “check the Wam” for surfing conditions, and produced an insightful set of lyrics, with lines like, “Clearly all of my life I’ve been foolish/ Tried to hit hard but I blew it/ But it don’t even matter/ It’s just just human to want a way out/ It’s human to wanna win.”

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Musically, “Coast” has a steady, mid-tempo groove, with a sing-song melody that comes across almost like a Brian Wilson composition.

California – Circa 1964: Rock and roll band “The Beach Boys” perform onstage in circa 1964 in California. (L-r) Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson, Mike Love. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) More than 60 years after the band got started, The Beach Boys soldier on as America’s longest-lasting pop music institution. Between now and the 4th of July alone, The Beach Boys have many performances scheduled! Of course, the shows feature a set list drawn from a repertoire that includes four No.. 1 singles, 15 Top 10 smashes, and 35 Top 40 hits. All of those hits and all of that history are covered in the new documentary film, The Beach Boys, which will certainly help fill some seats at this summer’s concerts. Singer Mike Love is still with the band after 63 years — he’s performed on every album and every tour the band’s ever done — and we asked him...

The new Disney+ documentary “The Beach Boys” is one in a long line of both documentary and narrative features focusing on The Beach Boys and their associates, many of which have focused on the troubled genius at the band’s center, Brian Wilson. What sets “The Beach Boys” apart is the attention given to the band as a whole; while Brian’s contribution is respectfully acknowledged and explored, his brothers Dennis and Carl get equal time — along with other band members like Mike Love, Al Jardine, and the guest players who rotated in and out of the band. There’s also a rich sense of context in terms of what The Beach Boys meant to their era and to the musicians who came afterward, thanks to a wealth of carefully selected archival footage and contemporary interviews with musicians like Janelle Monae and One Republic’s Ryan Tedder.

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Jim Henson Idea Man Image: Disney Over the past few weeks, Disney has released two new documentaries, both on high-profile, crowd-pleasing subjects. For The Beach Boys, directors Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny interviewed and reunited all the remaining members of the groundbreaking ‘60s surf band, which is no easy feat...

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Over the past few weeks, Disney has released two new documentaries, both on high-profile, crowd-pleasing subjects. For The Beach Boys, directors Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny interviewed and reunited all the remaining members of the groundbreaking ‘60s surf band, which is no easy feat considering...

Los Angeles – Circa 1964: Rock and roll band “The Beach Boys” pose for a portrait with 2 Honda Mo-peds in circa 1964 in Los Angeles, California. (L-r) Al Jardine, Mike Love, Dennis Wilson, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Via Disney+ From California’s sun-soaked shores to global acclaim, The Beach Boys infectious melodies have transcended generations. Now, acclaimed producer and filmmaker Frank Marshall (The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart) takes us on an intimate journey through their meteoric rise. The Beach Boys a documentary showcases the lasting impact of the band. It offers viewers a perspective, with footage, honest discussions featuring Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine and more and a behind the scenes look at how their timeless classics came to be. But what is it about their sound that continues to resonate so deeply after more than six decades? Marshall,...

The Beach Boys‘ songs were great, but they didn’t have a tremendous amount of influence on mainstream music like The Beatles had. Very few mainstream groups could be classified as Beach Boys wannabes. Despite this, one band crafted a hit Beach Boys homage so good that it’s easy to mistake it for the real thing.

The Beach Boys clearly inspired a 1970s song

The Beach Boys ruled the 1960s but the 1970s were much harder on them. Aside from a bad cover of Chuck Berry’s “Rock and Roll Music,” they didn’t have much of a commercial impact. Some fans say that’s because the quality of popular music took a radical downward shift in the 1970s, so much so that the radio had no room for new Beach Boys songs. Others would say The Beach Boys’ 1970s output wasn’t good or commercial enough for the pop charts.

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This documentary follows the group’s family beginnings as their songs epitomizing the California dream drive their rising fame. It features never-before-seen footage and interviews with resident Beach Boys erratic genius Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks and Bruce Johnston and includes input from Janelle Monáe, Lindsey Buckingham, Ryan Tedder and Don Was. The Beach Boys was directed by Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny and written by Mark Monroe.

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On Jan. 25, 1985, a group of music icons got together to create the renowned pop song “We Are the World.” This film, directed by Bao Nguyen, features new interviews with many of the artists involved in the making of the song, including Lionel Richie, Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis, Dionne Warwick and Cyndi Lauper. The anthem was written by Richie and Michael Jackson for African famine relief and also features Kenny Rogers,...

There’s a moment in The Beach Boys, the new documentary about the pioneers of California pop music streaming now on Disney+, in which rock historian and USC professor Josh Kun raises a question that has haunted the band throughout the bulk of its career: “Who are we as artists?”

In the beginning, the core Beach Boys — brothers Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Carl Wilson, cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine — were a vocal group selling a fantasy about Southern California culture, one where the sun always shined, the girls all wore bikinis,...

If Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer on most Americans’ calendars, then it makes sense that the real tentpole kicking off tent season for a lot of people is not “Furiosa” or “Garfield” but “The Beach Boys,” a streaming documentary devoted to the least wintery group of all time.

The Disney+ film, co-directed by music-doc stalwarts Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny, focuses on the first decade and a half, in the 1960s and ’70s, of the career of the rock band that still might rightfully be considered America’s greatest all-time group. It starts with their unusual, pre-Beatles melding of complex Four Freshmen harmonies with surf music and themes; continues on through the ground-breaking work of the “Pet Sounds” era that led to a friendly rivalry with the Beatles; covers the complicated years when musical architect Brian Wilson physically and psychologically retreated, leaving the group to seek...

Some of The Beach Boys‘ hits made it all the way to No. 1, but the overwhelming majority did not. Some of their most important tunes got nowhere close. Here’s a look at five tunes that didn’t get as much love as they deserved.

1. ‘California Girls’

One of the best summer jams of all time, “California Girls,” only peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. While Mike Love’s lyrics are cute and sweet, the real star of the song is Brian Wilson’s production, especially the opening riff. Pop music has rarely been as complex or beautiful as the intro to “California Girls.”

The tune also helped cement California’s sun and fun image. Katy Perry nicked the title of this tune for her own track “California Gurls,” which reuses the line “I wish they all could be California girls.” While Perry’s song is great, it doesn’t compare to the original.

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for The Beach Boys,” the latest rock documentary on the most famous California band of the 1960s, featuring insights from Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson and Al Jardine. Currently streaming on Disney+ since May 24th.

Rating: 5.0/5.0

The core of The Beach Boys were the Wilson brothers … vocalist/guitarist Carl, drummer Dennis and composer Brian, they were joined initially by cousin Mike Love and high school buddy Al Jardine. They caught a wave from 1962 and the next couple of years … combining the tight harmonies of the folk groups with the symphonic guitar sounds of the surf bands, The Beach Boys were on their way with their California Sound on hits like Surfin’ Safari, Surfer Girl, Surfing USA and later Fun Fun Fun and I Get Around … ten Top 10 singles up to 1964. When Brian wanted a new direction, which eventually...

The Beach Boys are back.

The seminal American band, responsible for such tunes classics as “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “Surfin’ U.S.A.” and “Good Vibrations,” originally consisting of brother Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine, are getting the feature-length rock doc treatment. And with good reason – the story of The Beach Boys, a band known for their sunny disposition, is fraught with tragedy, disloyalty and acrimony. But all of that pain went into their music, creating something simultaneously euphoric and melancholy. And it will all make for a very juicy documentary – just in time for summer!

When does “The Beach Boys” come out?

“The Beach Boys” premiered Friday, May 24. Just in time for the long Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial kick-off to summer.

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When you sit down to watch a documentary about the Beach Boys, you know what you want: to be immersed in the California dreamin’ of the group’s early surfin’-hit days, in the jaunty beauty of songs like “I Get Around” and “Help Me Rhonda” and “All Summer Long,” and in the story of how Brian Wilson began to figure out a way to turn pop songs into miniature symphonies. You want to be immersed in the recording of “Pet Sounds,” in the Beach Boys’ rivalry with the Beatles, in the derailed masterpiece that was “Smile,” and in how Brian’s mental and emotional problems began to tear himself and the group apart. You want to know how the other Beach Boys, caught in the wilderness, found a way to put the group back together, though it’s almost like they became a different group. You want to see...

California – Circa 1964: Rock and roll band “The Beach Boys” perform onstage in circa 1964 in California. (L-r) Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson, Mike Love. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Via Disney+ The iconic sounds of The Beach Boys are back in the spotlight with a brand-new documentary now streaming on Disney+. Directed by acclaimed producer and filmmaker Frank Marshall (the director behind The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart), The Beach Boys is a treasure trove of never-before-seen footage, behind-the-scenes revelations, and candid interviews with Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks, Bruce Johnston, and other music legends. Spanning over six decades of music history, The Beach Boys’ legacy is undeniable. But with countless hit songs, iconic albums, and a whirlwind of both public and private events, one might wonder what moment stands out most in the band’s memory. Lead...

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“The Beach Boys,” a documentary about the iconic band, is now streaming Disney+.

The doc is described as “a celebration of the legendary band that revolutionized pop music and the iconic, harmonious sound they created that personified the California dream, captivating fans for generations and generations to come.”

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“The Beach Boys” includes never-before-seen footage and new interviews with band members Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks and Bruce Johnston, as well as music stars like Lindsey Buckingham, Janelle Monáe, Ryan Tedder and Don Was. Former members Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar are also participating, and the late Carl and Dennis Wilson will be heard from in archival interviews.

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Summer is coming, and for many that means it’s time to head to the beach and relax. The Beach Boys are still an essential part of many summer beach trips, thanks to a legacy of beach rock hits that has stood the test of time. On Friday, May 24, fans can get an intimate look at the band on Disney+ in the new documentary “The Beach Boys,” thanks to never-before-seen footage and interviews with the band and their families. You can watch with a subscription to Disney+.

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For more than 60 years, The Beach Boys’ uniquely harmonious sound has infused fans with the California spirit that the group is synonymous with.

They were ‘America’s band’, with a run of golden-hued songs – but Disney’s documentary ignores the darker side of their extraordinary story

Early on in this latest of Disney’s stream of blockbuster rock documentaries, there is a brief but telling moment. It is July 1976, the year of the US bicentennial, and the Beach Boys are taking the stage before a vast stadium of cheering fans in Anaheim, California. It is ostensibly a moment of triumph for “America’s band”, as the announcer calls them. Over the preceding couple of years, the Beach Boys’ long-waning commercial fortunes have been unexpectedly restored by a chart-topping compilation of their early hits called Endless Summer. Moreover, the band’s errant mastermind Brian Wilson has been reputedly restored to full fitness after years of drug abuse and mental health problems (“Brian Is Back!” claims a promotional campaign that summer). “I like it, I like it,...

Brian Wilson‘s daughters shared an update on their father at the premiere of the new Disney+ Beach Boys documentary on Tuesday night (May 21). Speaking to Entertainment Tonight at the event at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson opened up about their dad’s health following his diagnosis with a neurocognitive disorder and being placed under a court conservatorship earlier this year. “He is doing great! He is doing great. Everyday he is in physical therapy. I’m cooking for him, he’s spending a lot of time with his children now, his family,” Carnie said. “I’m so happy he’s here tonight.” Brian appeared in a wheelchair at the red carpet event and was reunited with his Beach Boys bandmates David Marks, Al Jardine, Blondie Chaplin, Mike Love, and Bruce Johnston. He appeared to be in good spirits as he posed for photographers. “I...

The Beach Boys will be bringing a very special guest along for several dates of their upcoming “Endless Summer Gold Tour”: John Stamos.

A mainstay in The Beach Boys’ lore since the mid ’80s, Stamos has appeared on multiple tours with the California band, right up to an appearance at Stagecoach Festival alongside The Beach Boys last month. The Beach Boys’ 2024 “Endless Summer Gold Tour” celebrates the 50th anniversary of their album Endless Summer, and will feature Stamos on a handful of dates on the East Coast, the Midwest, and California.

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The tour resumes this Friday, May 24th in Connecticut, and runs through the entire summer. Stamos will join the band from May 30th to June 20th, July 5th-7th, and August 30th-September 1st. The tour concludes on September 28th with an appearance at Ocean City, New Jersey’s Oceans Calling Festival, as...

Calling all fans of sun, surf, and iconic rock harmonies! A brand-new documentary series about the legendary California band, The Beach Boys, is hitting streaming soon.

This highly anticipated docuseries is directed by Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny. It promises to take viewers on an intimate journey through the band’s remarkable career. Keep reading for all the details, including release date and where to watch.

The Beach Boys: America’s Band & Their Lasting Legacy

The Beach Boys got their start in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.The group’s original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Their signature harmonies and songs about California life captured the spirit of a generation and helped shape the sound of American popular music.

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Paul Dano, Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Zach Galifianakis and Tom Sturridge team up in Olivier Assayas’ political thriller “The Wizard of the Kremlin”, based on Giuliano da Empoli’s bestseller by the same name.

Produced by Olivier Delbosc’s banner Curiosa Films and Gaumont – who last partnered on Cannes prizewinning “The Taste of Things” — “The Wizard of the Kremlin” is one of the hottest packages launching at the Cannes Film Market where Alexis Cassanet, Gaumont’s EVP international sales and distribution, is kicking off pre-sales.

“The Wizard of the Kremlin” is co-written by Assayas and Emmanuel Carrère, whose novel “Limonov” has been adapted for the big screen by Kirill Serebrennikov and will premiere in official selection at Cannes.

The story opens in Russia, in the early 1990’s, in the aftermath of the Ussr’s collapse. In a new world that promises freedom and flirts with chaos, a young artist-turned-tv producer,...

“The Beach Boys” is a new documentary feature, directed by Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny, showcasing the American band that has sold over 100 million records, streaming May 24, 2024 on Disney+:

Formed in 1961, ‘The Beach Boys” are known for hit tracks including “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “Surf’s Up,” “In My Room,” “Don’t Worry Baby,” “Caroline, No,” “California Girls,” and a whole lot more.

The doc delves into the band’s humble beginnings…

….with never-before-seen footage and new interviews with band members…

…including Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks and Bruce Johnston.

Interviews include Lindsey Buckingham, Janelle Monáe, Ryan Tedder, and Don Was.

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The Beach Boys hold a “family reunion” at the same spot where their Surfin’ Safari was photographed in this exclusive clip from the upcoming Disney+ documentary about the trailblazing group.

In The Beach Boys clip from 2023 — and premiering on the 58th anniversary of the release of Pet Sounds — director Frank Marshall gathers the group’s Brian Wilson, Mike Love, and Al Jardine at California’s Paradise Cover, where the cover of their 1962 debut album was captured; Marshall even conjured up the original surfboard featured on the cover.

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Beach Boys co-founder and virtuoso songwriter-producer Brian Wilson was placed under a conservatorship this week, following a petition from his family after his wife, Melinda Ledbetter, died in January.

Wilson, 81, who was diagnosed with a “major neurocognitive disorder,” was placed under the conservatorship at a Tuesday hearing overseen by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gus T. May. The hearing was the culmination of a series of proceedings initiated by Wilson’s family and friends after Ledbetter, who famously extracted Wilson’s affairs from his former psychologist via a court-ordered separation and then became his manager, died at their Beverly Hills home on Jan. 30.

“I find from clear and convincing evidence that a conservatorship of the person is necessary,” May said at Thursday’s hearing, according to the minutes viewed by The Hollywood Reporter.

Wilson consents to the conservatorship, May declared, noting that the 11-time Grammy nominee cannot make health care...

Updated with latest: At a hearing today, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gus T. May placed Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson in a conservatorship. The arrangement is to be overseen by the 81-year-old musician’s longtime publicist Jean Sievers and manager LeeAnn Hard.

“I find from clear and convincing evidence that a conservatorship of the person is necessary,” said May at the hearing.

Wilson has reportedly consented to the conservatorship.

A doctor’s statement in the filing said that Wilson suffers from a “major neurocognitive disorder,” is taking medication for dementia and “is unable to properly provide for his own personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter.”

His wife, Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, died in January.

Previously on February 16: Beach Boy founder Brian Wilson is suffering from a “major neurocognitive disorder” and should be placed in a conservatorship in light of the recent death of his wife and primary caregiver Melinda Ledbetter Wilson,...

The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson has been placed under a court-ordered conservatorship after it was recently revealed that he is suffering from dementia.

As Rolling Stone reports, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Gus T. May has put Wilson’s longtime publicist and manager, Jean Sievers, and longtime business manager, LeeAnn Hard, in charge of the conservatorship. It applies to Wilson’s personal and medical affairs, and requires that his children be consulted on all major healthcare decisions.

As requested by Wilson’s eldest offspring, Carnie Wilson Bonfiglio and Wendy Wilson Knutson, “all of Brian’s children who wish to be added will be added to the text chain from his nurses providing updates about Brian.” Sievers and Hard will also be required to run “all material healthcare decisions” by Wilson’s children.

Sievers and Hard filed a petition for the conservatorship in February stating that Wilson is dealing with...

Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson was placed in a court-ordered conservatorship Thursday that will be run by his longtime publicist and manager, Jean Sievers, and his longtime business manager, LeeAnn Hard. The reps revealed in a petition filed last February that Wilson is suffering from dementia at the age of 81.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Gus T. May granted the petition after finding that Wilson is living with a “major neurocognitive disorder” and needs the assistance as the least restrictive way to address his needs. The judge also added...

“Be My Baby” is as universal as a pop song can be. It’s the song that made Ronnie Spector a timeless rock & roll legend, a teenage girl from Spanish Harlem who packed a lifetime of raw power into three minutes. Ever she belted out “Be My Baby” in 1963, it’s been the classic that sums up the whole Sixties girl-group era, with Phil Spector’s lavish Wall of Sound production. But it’s never left the airwaves. On Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs, “Be My Baby...

Good Vibrations: The Beach Boys Channel returns for a limited time to celebrate the new Disney+ documentary on the iconic band. Hear sun-drenched songs from The Beach Boys’ decades-spanning career, exclusive stories from band members, a fan-voted countdown, and more.

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Good Vibrations: The Beach Boys Channel is available on satellite channel 79 and streaming on the SiriusXM app from May 8 through June 4.

What you’ll hear

Featuring songs from every phase of their 60-year career, Good Vibrations: The Beach Boys Channel brings The Beach Boys’ iconic sounds from the California coastline into your homes and cars.

As the most complete and comprehensive audio collection from one of America’s most-beloved bands, the channel plays The Beach Boys’ early songs about surf, sand, girls, and cars, to...

From “Star Wars” to The Beatles and The Beach Boys, everything old is new again this month at Disney+! The streamer is feeling nostalgic and is getting ready for several major premieres this May, including the remaster of the infamous 1969 Beatles documentary “Let It Be” and the premieres of new documentaries on The Beach Boys and visionary Jim Henson.

Disney+’s biggest premiere this month, though, is an international affair: the long-awaited new season of “Doctor Who,” starring Ncuti Gatwa as the recently regenerated Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson as his interdimensional companion Ruby Sunday.

Check out everything coming to Disney+ this May and get your watch list in order with The Streamable’s top 5 picks for the month!

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The Beach Boys‘ Mike Love is sometimes seen as a critical member of his band, but some fans and critics feel his talents are minimal compared to another Beach Boy. Notably, Love said he wrote most of The Beach Boys’ first song. That song clearly paved the way for many other Beach Boys songs about the same topic.

Mike Love explained the origin of the hook from The Beach Boys’ 1st song

During a 2020 interview with American Songwriter, Love was asked to name his favorite memory from The Beach Boys’ early days. “The most dominant memory would be when we did our first recording, ‘Surfin’,'” he said. “We had gone to a producer in Hollywood at the suggestion of my Uncle Murry, and we sang a song or two but they wanted something a little different than just a guy singing some song that preexisted.

“So, we came back...

To the average listener hearing Jessica Pratt for the first time, it’s possible to mistake her for an artist from a different era. Her music sounds decades old, like an obscure artist unearthed from the dusty bin of a Midwestern antique shop. But this is not the Langley Schools Music Project, and Pratt is no Connie Converse. Born in 1987, the Los Angeles musician has been surprising people with her otherworldly indie folk since 2012. And now she’s returned with her fourth album, Here in the Pitch, out May 3 via Mexican Summer.

The Beach Boys and The Monkees will forever be remembered as two of the best pop bands ever — even if they constantly get compared to The Beatles. During their peak era, The Beach Boys and The Monkees had the same number of chart-topping singles. One band managed to have another chart-topper years later.

The Beach Boys and The Monkees both evolved from bubblegum to psychedelia

The Beach Boys did very well for themselves in the 1960s. The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits says they had three No. 1 singles during that decade. They were “I Get Around,” “Help Me, Rhonda,” and “Good Vibrations.” Those songs encapsulate the band’s pea period pretty well. The first two show off the band’s bubblegum/doo-wop side, while “Good Vibrations” is one of their prime psychedelic experimentations.

During the same decade, The Monkees also had three No. 1 hits. They were “Last Train to Clarksville,...

Brian Wilson has joined forces with the late Glen Campbell for a posthumous duet of Campbell’s song, “Strong.”

“Strong (with Brian Wilson)” is the latest entry in the upcoming duet collection Glen Campbell Duets — Ghost on the Canvas Sessions, which is out everywhere on April 19th. Originally appearing on Campbell’s 2011 “farewell” album Ghost on the Canvas, “Strong” is a warm, string-laden track that describes Campbell’s onset of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Campbell vows to his wife to maintain his resilience in the face of the disease, confessing, “All I want to be for you is strong.” All the while, signature harmonies from Wilson add a dreamy, hopeful feel, and Wilson shares Campbell’s verses with conviction and clarity. Listen to the song below.

Of the posthumous collaboration, Brian Wilson said in a statement, “Glen was a great singer and a great guy. Our intention in doing ‘Strong’ was...

The story of iconic band The Beach Boys is being told in a new feature length documentary for Disney+, here’s the trailer.

The Beach Boys have released some of the most iconic songs in the history of popular music, with the 1966 Pet Sounds album breaking new ground in music production.

The life of singer and songwriter Brian Wilson was previously dramatised in Bill Pohland’s terrific 2016 drama Love and Mercy, which saw Paul Dano and John Cusack share the lead role. Wilson’s life was further explored in documentaries like 1995 film Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times and 2021 film Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road.

The Beach Boys is a feature length documentary which will explore the history of the band. The synopsis reads as follows:

The Beach Boys movie is a celebration of the legendary band that revolutionized pop music, and the iconic, harmonious sound...