The Beach Boys appeared in Full House and had “California Dreamin’” featured in Stranger Things. This band intended for one song to appear in a James Bond film, even if the details surrounding the Pet ...

The Pet Sounds Project is Paste’s two-week celebration of the Beach Boys’ eleventh album, which turns sixty years old on May 16, 2026. Good music makes me laugh—whether out of jealousy, absurdity, or ...

The Beach Boys’ critically acclaimed and hugely influential album Pet Sounds was released on May 16, 1966. Utilizing his bandmates’ pristine harmonies and the ample talents of the famed collective of ...

The story of Pet Sounds is the story of art versus commerce, youthful optimism versus adult cynicism and the independent spirit versus the mundane status quo. It's also a story of tremendous courage.

It was greeted with some confusion by fans and even members of the band, but the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" album has attained more reverence and legend as the years move along. It is today considered ...

If you enjoy most any kind of pop music, you’re a cork in Brian Wilson’s ocean. The principal songwriter and sonic architect of the Beach Boys, he bottled the vibes of Southern California — and really ...

Pet Sounds found The Beach Boys leaving behind the surfing and street racing for trenchant self-examination, with music as sophisticated and ambitious as anything in pop/rock to that time. It ...

The Pet Sounds Project is Paste’s two-week celebration of the Beach Boys’ eleventh album, which turns sixty years old on May 16, 2026. I’ve had multiple phases of total inundation with the Beach Boys’ ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Pet Sounds, but there was no talk of surviving Beach Boys Mike Love and Al Jardine coming together for a tour to celebrate. There's simply way too much bad ...