The Beach Boys

Music League: Covers better than the originals

It was sick but it got better

• Part of a series

• Low: Surfer Girl
  Alan and Mimi from Low used to sing their daughter to sleep with this before they started playing it live, and it’s such a perfect lullaby. Mimi’s been gone almost three years and her voice still puts a lump in my throat.
• Devo: (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
  I dunno, “I can’t get no girl reaction” (or “girly action” in the Devo version) just seems more believable coming from the bespectacled guy… See more →

Listening: March 2014

My most-played music for the month

• Gwar, Nothing, Whores, Unwound, Low, and 8 more

Listening: September 2010

My most-played music for the month

• Gang of Four, Arcade Fire, The Knife, Cheap Trick, Dead Can Dance, and 8 more

Listening: May 2009

My most-played music for the month

• Low, Mastodon, Broadcast, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Karp, and 8 more

Pet Sounds

• The Beach Boys, 1966