Everyone needs a Beach Boy break every now and then, and I’m happy as a clam to announce this sharp left turn with Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite, as we take a mutual descent into the heart of darkness.  Our examination of every last triumphantly bleak release by post-punk progenitors Joy Division is a dependably in-depth celebration...

Everyone needs a Beach Boy break every now and then, and I’m happy as a clam to announce this sharp left turn with Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite, as we take a mutual descent into the heart of darkness.  Our examination of every last triumphantly bleak release by post-punk progenitors Joy Division is a dependably in-depth celebration...

Believe it or not, this explicitly vulnerable catch-up was simply my prelude to rapping with Pete Kember about The Beach Boys’ Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!). Pete’s a truly great man, so wonderful to talk with, and these 15 minutes were a free-range roam during which we tackled a wide variety of topics just as...

For our big Season 2 Finale, Discograffiti’s opted to fudge the timeline just a bit in order to give the proper red-carpet drum-roll gravitas to Season 3, especially since much of the music on The Beach Boys’ “Stack-O-Tracks” was created during this period, by the musicians who’d go on to create 99% of the music...

The Best Show’s Tom Scharpling has been a Beach Boys obsessive for over 40 years, and the idea behind bringing him on for Party!, The Beach Boys’ oft-dismissed 10th LP that also served as a stopgap measure allowing Brian Wilson to buy time to shape Pet Sounds, was to feature a guest who took this...

This incredibly special bonus episode, possibly the longest documented conversation about The Beach Boys 9th LP, is exactly as its title suggests.  Here we have four human beings disproportionately excited by the task at hand, throwing down in a medically unadvisable manner. I crushed this 3 1/2 hour behemoth down to 2 1/2 hours, and...

Returning guest Pete Kember (aka Sonic Boom) is back, and better than ever, as he tackles the 9th LP by The Beach Boys.  As it says in David Leaf’s 1990 CD two-fer liner notes: “After side two of Today!, it didn’t seem possible that Brian could return to these simpler themes, but for one last...

This is an absolute treat of a bonus episode, featuring the remainder of my interview with David Leaf…and the most important material, to boot.  This hour-long special is a track-by-track rundown of all the songs featured on The Beach Boys’ classic 8th LP, “Today!”  Part 1 found us just getting started—welcome, then, to the main...

Welcome to Season 2 of “The Beach Boys: And Your Dreams Come True!” Sub-titled “Icarus Ascending,” this season focuses solely on the year 1965 because, well…a whole heck of a lot can happen in that short a timespan if you’re Brian Wilson edging ever closer to your peak.  The Beach Boys’ 8th LP, Today!, is...

Welcome to the fulcrum point of Season 1’s finale and the beginning of Season 2! In this episode, special guest Joe Kennedy and I talk about all the juicy Season 1 Wrap-Up Gossip I can’t talk about on the public platforms, an explanation of Season 2’s entire line-up, what’s coming up around the bend in...