Friday , June 12 2026

Reissues

Music Reviews: Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds Sessions Highlights,’ plus Teddy Thompson and Crow and Gazelle

Beach Boys cover

To mark the original album’s 60th anniversary, the Beach Boys have released 'The Pet Sounds Sessions Highlights' as a two-CD set and in multiple vinyl versions.

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Bowie, Dylan, Eagles, Pretenders, Hank Williams, Grateful Dead and Much More: 21 Stupendous Big Box Sets for Music Fans

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Here are 21 of popular music’s most spectacular gargantuan anthologies, each featuring 10 or more discs.

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Rediscover Buddy Holly: A Revelatory Edition of His Classic LP with the Crickets, Plus New Music from Sky Smeed, Daphne Roubini, and Asher Brinson

Chirping Crickets

'The “Chirping” Crickets' isn’t just any album. It has influenced countless musicians over the decades, and its songs have been savored by millions of fans. If you’re one of them, you’re bound to love the way those tunes have been enhanced for this release.

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Music Reviews: Steve Forbert, plus Andy Hedges, Dwight + Nicole, a Rockabilly Anthology, and George Usher

Steve Forbert 'The Things I See' album cover detail

Forbert was about 60 when he made this record, and he spends some of it looking back.

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Music Reviews: The Beach Boys’ ‘We Gotta Groove,’ plus The Third Mind’s ‘Spellbinder!’

Beach Boys-We Gotta Groove

Brian Wilson himself called 'Love You' the Beach Boys’ best album, and though many other people would probably put 'Pet Sounds' at the top of the list, this record is pretty darn great.

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