“If everybody had an ocean / Across the U.S.A. / Then everybody’d be surfin’ / Like Californ-i-a.” That’s from “Surfin’ USA.” ...

We pick Brian Wilson's five greatest songs from a long career that moved from the Beach Boys to his eclectic solo creations.

As the Beach Boys sang “house,” the song, “All Summer Long,” didn’t just change chords — in a luscious instant, it ascended ...

Brian Wilson was a troubled genius who made so many people happy but had far too much sadness in his life already.

As Travis Knight’s live-action take on He-Man, titled Masters of the Universe, nears its release date, actress Camila Mendes, ...

Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs like "God Only Knows" and "Good Vibrations" helped define ...

The Beach Boys mastermind has been the subject of pop scholarship and major boxed sets, but some corners of his oeuvre remain ...

Darian Sahanaja, a crucial part of Brian Wilson's band since 1999, shares his thoughts about the late Beach Boy's brilliant ...

Part I Wouldn’t It Be Nice The eulogies for Brian Wilson continue to roll in like the surf break at Huntington Beach.

Brian Wilson’s death on Wednesday at the age of 82 heralds an end to one idea of Southern California — as the temperate ...

Upon the song’s standalone release in 1965, the prolific Beatle enthused: “This is the greatest! Turn it up, turn it right up. It’s got to be a hit. It’s the greatest record I’ve heard for weeks. It’s ...