The band were older and heavily influenced by psychedelia, from John Perry’s Jimi Hendrix-influenced guitar to Perrett’s ...

Co-worker Jeanne M. DePaul shares this contender for most summer song of all time: “Beach Baby” by the one-hit wonders The ...

A Midsummer Night on Mass, 4-10 p.m., downtown Lawrence. See msnonmass.com for list of special offers at downtown businesses.

The band will promote Shake on a brief tour this fall, kicking off at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right on Oct. 2 and wrapping at Empire Control Room in Austin, Texas on Nov. 16.. Sunflower Bean ...

There are so many iconic songs by the Beach Boys, with classics like "God Only Knows," "Good Vibrations," and "Surf's Up" being some of the best.

On Sunflower Bean's 'Mortal Primetime,' glam pivots to folk and hair-metal melds seamlessly with soft rock, yet it never once trips over itself with an out-of-place reference or hoary retread.

Apr 25, 2025 Web Exclusive By Andy Von Pip Photography by Anna Nazarova. Mortal Primetime, the fourth album from Sunflower Bean, very nearly didn’t happen.In the years following their previous release ...

Brian Wilson, the influential pop musician who co-founded the the Beach Boys and wrote such hit songs as 'Good Vibrations,' ...

The song, written by Kerry Livgren, became the band's fourth to make Billboard Magazine's American Top 40. It topped out at No. 23 on the Billboard charts.

Over 150 songs have been certified diamond, and 38 artists have multiple songs on the list. Drake has the most with 10, followed by Post Malone with 9. Rihanna and The Weeknd have 7 each.

Last we heard from Sunflower Bean, the psych-sludge group had released 2022’s Headful Of Sugar, which was home to singles like “I Don’t Have Control Sometimes,” “Roll The Dice,” and ...

Sunflower Bean formed back in 2013, when all three members were still “basically children,” as Cumming (who was only 17 at the time of the band’s creation, if my math is right) puts it.