Music is different now. Finicky CD players are a rarity, for one thing. We hold the divine power instead to summon any song ...

Smile, was notoriously unfinished for years, until Wilson released Brian Wilson Presents Smile in 2004. While making the song was a painful process, it still possesses a sense of whimsy and wonder.

Wilson and surviving band members Mike Love and Al Jardine participated in assembling the tracks — which include the “SMiLE” album as it was originally intended plus alternate versions and ...

Brian Wilson might not have always got things right when he was in the Beach Boys, but the band were arguably worse off when left to their own devices.