Made In California: A Beach Boys Podcast

#8 Little Deuce Coupe

Just three weeks after Surfer Girl, The Beach Boys were back with their fourth studio album: Little Deuce Coupe. But was this hot-rod-themed LP simply a rushed cash-in, o

#7 Hot Rod Boogie: The Road to Little Deuce Coupe

Before the Beach Boys got to little deuce coupes, shut-down races and custom machines, America had already been singing about cars for more than 50 years. In this episod

The Beach Boys Live in London 2026 – Field Report

Harry and Andy head to London to see The Beach Boys live in 2026, joined by special guest Connie: Harry’s long-suffering partner, whose main exposure to the band has larg

#6 Surfer Girl

By September 1963, things are moving quickly for The Beach Boys. Surfin’ U.S.A. has taken them to number two, Al Jardine is back in the fold (briefly giving us a six-man

#5 If Everybody Had An Ocean (Surfin USA Pt. 2)

We covered the title track in the previous episode, so this time we drop the needle on the rest of Surfin’ U.S.A. Brian’s falsetto steps properly into the foreground on “

#4 Surf City, Here We Come (Surfin USA Pt. 1)

We’re into 1963, and this is where things start getting serious. First, a little housekeeping from Surfin’ Safari. What happened to Gary Usher? Was Ten Little Indians a

#3 Surfin Safari

At last, we have an actual Beach Boys album. This week we arrive at Surfin’ Safari, the band’s 1962 Capitol debut, and hear a group growing up almost in real time. Denni

#2 The Birth of The Beach Boys

How exactly did The Beach Boys become The Beach Boys? In this episode, we dig into the band’s origin story — the early rehearsals, first songs, first recordings and the

#1 Early Influences

Before The Beach Boys had their own sound, they were absorbing everything around them. In this episode, we look at the music Brian, Dennis, Carl, Mike, David and Al grew

Welcome To Made In California

Made in California: A Beach Boys Podcast. The Beach Boys made some of the greatest pop music ever recorded. They also have one of the strangest, funniest and most chaoti