Uncanny

MVD “Most people imagine California during the sixties to be an idyllic peaceful and highly creative place in which some of the greatest music of the sixties and beyond was created. In many ways this is true but there was also a dark undercurrent that took hold during the late sixties and it stretched out and infiltrated what many people to be ‘America's Band’ The Beach Boys when drummer Dennis Wilson became involved with a cult led by Charles Manson called ‘The Family’. This documentary details the Beach Boys rise to success into context with rarely seen footage of the band, while it exposes the Summer of Love's darkest side and investigates the connections between some of the most controversial characters of that period (Anton La Vey, Kenneth Anger, and Brian Wilson) and their connection to the Manson Family. The film includes interviews with Kim Fowley, Don Was and the creative force behind the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson. The film which was originally released in 1997 has been unavailable for some time and this release on DVD will be highly anticipated.”

UNCUT "An album of poetry and sparse music arrangements co-produced by Brian Wilson and Stephen John Kalkinich in 1966 has to come to light, and will be released in October. Kalinich was the first artist to be signed to Beach Boy's Brother Records label, and recorded the album 'A World Of Peace Must Come' over the course of one night at Brian Wilson's Bel Air house. However the recorded tapes were lost, only found 20 years after, and a release finally possible now through Light In The Attic Records. Kalinich has previously contributed lyrics to songs such as "Rainbows" which appeared on the recently reissued Dennis Wilson album 'Pacific Ocean Blue' and "Gettin' In Over My Head", performed by Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney. A World Of Peace Must Come will be accompanied with a booklet of all of Kalinich's poems, as well as liner notes by Beach Boys archivist Alan Boyd. The album is set for release on October 6. "

Brian Wilson - An Evening With Brian Wilson (2Pro-CDR) Live At Royal Albert Hall, London, UK 1st July 2008. (AUD) Trial-337

***EDIT*** scans removed at request of the record label.

I finally received an advance copy of Brian Wilson's new solo album, "That Lucky Old Sun." It was well worth the wait. I noticed awhile back that someone on the BlueBoard made a comment that the record label was only sending out advance copies of "TLOS" as a digital download. That may well be the case in the UK, but here in the USA Capital/EMI have thankfully pressed up a few advance discs. This is a truly great album. While the demo version that leaked some time back was good, this is amazing. The fully fleshed out arrangements are wonderful. I probably listened to this album about four times straight through yesterday I was enjoying it so much. Too bad I did not get the chance to see "TLOS" performed live.

One sneak-peak: there's a hidden track #18, a unique riff on the "TLOS" theme; too bad it only lasts about 40 seconds. I don't want to give too much away. You should have the joy that I did upon first listening.

UNCUT

MOJO

RED ORBIT

MASS LIVE "Tuesday's Brian Wilson concert at the Calvin Theatre didn't get off to the best start, as the famously troubled genius from The Beach Boys took the stage, sat behind his keyboard and said 'I forgot the city. What city is this?'"

HARTFORD COURANT "Brian Wilson was, in a way, a figurehead at his own show Tuesday night at the Calvin Theatre in Northampton: He didn't always sing, and he rarely played an instrument. He often just sat on a stool behind his keyboard and listened to his rip-roaring band mine the Beach Boys catalog."

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Rolling Stone

NEWS-PRESS

BROOKLYNVEGAN "In response to several disgruntled fans, Brian Wilson and his wife and manager Melinda Wilson have decided to refund fans'tickets for his July 11th New York City concert at Hammerstein Ballroom. Fans complained that the show, which was a benefit for the Stand Up For A Cure cancer benefit, ran up to several hundred dollars but had poor visibility for some seats, and only contained a 75-minute performance by Wilson. Wilson performed with a scaled-back band, and his setlist lacked Beach Boys or solo rarities."

GUARDIAN "Brian Wilson is reportedly so upset about fans criticising a recent gig, he has offered to reimburse them their expensive ticket fees out of his own pocket. Great news for disgruntled concertgoers, but could the ex-Beach Boy be setting a dangerous precedent?"

KSBY

METRO TIMES "From "Surf City" and "Drag City" to "Dead Man's Curve" and "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)," each one of these Hemi hits is guaranteed to light up your Christmas tree every time. Red light! Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys helped Jan and Dean write some of their hits and he sung on them as well. Yellow light! Jan and Dean's original recording of "Bucket ‘T' " smokes the Who's later Moon-equipped cover version. Green light! Jan and Dean wrote some of the hippest lyrics ever, as evidenced by this suave little gem from 1964: "They wear organdy dresses and high-button shoes, they read Playboy magazine and Hot Rod News."

RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH