Life’s a Beach

Die-hard Beach Boys fan will want to take a look at the deluxe 50th Anniversary edition called Made in California, coming out August 27, 2013, from Capitol/Universal.
The six disc release will contain 60 previously unreleased songs (consisting of home demos, alternative mixes, and live recordings), all presented in a nice yearbook-inspired hardbound book.

I'm lusting over the photos and the tracklisting, but with these things, I cannot afford it. Still, I'm left thinking, "wouldn't it be nice…?"

Anyway, seems like The Beach Boys are continuing touring – minus Brian Wilson. This version of the band features Mike Love (who holds an exclusive license for the use of touring and playing as The Beach Boys).

06/13 Lemoore, CA Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino 06/14 Wendover, NV Peppermill Concert Hall 06/15 Wendover, NV Peppermill Concert Hall 07/06 Oostende, Belgium Kursaal Oostende 07/07 Hyde Park British Summer time 07/08 L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix 07/10 Henley-On-Thames, UK Henley Festival 07/12 Delaware County Fair 07/13 Greenville, WI Greenville Lions Park 07/14 Lake Superior Big Top Chataqua 07/18 Tampa, FL Hard Rock Casino 07/19 Chesapeake, VA Chesapeake City Park 07/20 Baltimore, MD Pier 6 07/26 Big Flats, NY Summerstage 07/27 Ocean Grove, NJ Great Auditorium 07/28 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun 08/01 Grand Rapids, MI Meijer Gardens 08/02 Detroit, MI Freedom Hill 08/03 Bowling Green, OH Wood County Fair 08/04 Cleveland, OH Nautica – Jacobs Pavilion 08/06 Cancun, MX Moon Palace 08/08 Verona, NY Turning Stone Casino 08/11 Presqu'ille du Lac Osisko 08/13 Kennett Square, PA Longwood Gardens 08/14 Ramapo, NY Provident Bank Park 08/16 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino 08/17 Hyannis, MA Melody Tent

08/17 Cohassett, MA South Shore Music Circus 08/09 Chautauqua, NY Chautauqua Institute 08/10 Montreal, QC Maddie's Place 08/18 Toronto, ON Canadian National Exhibition 08/22 Nanaimo, BC Port Theater 08/23 Vancouver, BC Pacific National Exhibition 08/24 Manson, WA Mill Bay Casino 08/25 Snoqualmie, WA Snoqualmie Amph 08/28 Charlottesville, VA nTelos Wireless Pavilion 08/29 Supply, NC Odell Williamson Auditorium 08/30 Asheville, NC Biltmore Estate 08/31 Anderson, IN Hoosier Park 09/01 Elkhorn, WI Walworth County Fair 09/06 Lincoln, CA Thunder Valley Casino 09/20 Frederick, MD Great Frederick Fair 09/21 Ocean City, MD Ocean City Sunfest 09/22 Charleston, WV Clay Center For The Arts 09/26 Easton, PA State Theatre 09/27 Williamsport, PA Community Arts Center 09/28 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata 09/29 West Springfield, MA The Big E 10/05 Galveston, TX The Grand 1894 Opera House 10/06 Galveston, TX The Grand 1894 Opera House 10/11 Biloxi, MS Beau Rivage 10/12 Biloxi, MS Beau Rivage 10/17 Tuscaloosa, AL Tuscaloosa Amph 10/18 Hampton, GA Atlanta Motor Speedway

You may remember us seeing Brian Wilson at NXNE in 2011 or that the Beach Boys reformed on their 50th anniversary to do that one last tour… Well, the Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson has returned to Capitol Music Group and he is currently recording and self-producing his 11th solo studio album.

So why the new record? Wilson commented, "I was really moved by the fans' excitement about The Beach Boys' album and tour last year (That's Why God Made The Radio). It charged me up and my head was full of music – I just couldn't wait to get back into the studio to let it out."

Brian Wilson will be performing select shows this summer with Al Jardine and David Marks, both former Beach Boys bandmates:

Florida-based trio Beach Day has a debut album called Trip Trap Attack coming out on June 18, 2013, via Kanine Records. Nylon claimed that the album is "sun-washed, '60s-inspired album", which actually fits right in there with the Beach Boys theme.

Look for this 60s-inspired girl group on tour, which incidentally kicks off today:

Karen Mould, otherwise known as Bitch, and recently, as BEACH, will be releasing In Us We Trust on July 16th, 2013, via Short Story Records. Mould describing the project BEACH as "a place where everything shifts. Rocks become sand, water meets earth, birds screech, tides turn and colors collide."

Check out the violinist' video for "Ibuprofen" on YouTube.

Expect even more touring for BEACH, in the meantime, these dates are confirmed: