The relationship between Connan Mockasin and Sam Dust began with happenstance and folly. Yet a listen to their years in the making joint effort gives the impression that theirs was an intersection of fate disguised as coincidence.

With Good Vibrations, Mike Love chronicles the history of The Beach Boys and attempts to dispel the myths that have cropped up about him over the years.

You likely know his name from production work on albums by mega-artists including U2, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, and Willie Nelson. You might also know him from his spacious soundscapes with Brian Eno. But did you know Daniel Lanois is also one helluva pedal steel player? I didn’t.

When it was first released in the spring of 2006, Midlake‘s sophomore album was a revelation.

When Glaswegian songwriter Chris Duncan released his debut LP Architect last year, it felt majestically unrushed. The spacious arrangements and multi-faceted melodies soaked up the spirit of Brian Wilson and speckled it across each of the record’s dream pop masterpieces.

Fleetwood Mac’s 1982 album Mirage demands reconsideration on this deluxe reissue.

A little over a year ago, Marching Church were one of the most unforgiving, scathing, and totally unhinged bands on the planet.

There’s something unexpectedly and welcomingly familiar in Luke Roberts’ music. Like coming home or a favorite chair, Roberts’ Sunlit Cross is comfortable and soothing, something to appreciate, embrace, and sink into.

There’s a small moment in The Walking Dead‘s season one finale “TS-19,” where Rick Grimes tells Dr. Edwin Jenner that he’s “grateful” that he and his group have been allowed to enter the safety of the CDC. “The day will come when you won’t be” is Jenner’s grim reply.