Farmer Dave just announced the launch of his new site farmerdavescher.tv. Check it out!

There’s a couple of interesting BWS related shows coming up in the coming weeks:

This saturday January 30th, Farmer Dave will take the stage at The Prospector in Long Beach, CA together with Greater California to perform songs from his solo album as well as by Beachwood Sparks and All Night Radio! For more info go here.

And on February 12th Brent Rademaker will be opening for Evan Dando at the Crowbar in Tampa, FL. Brent has promised to do “a few BWS #’s for good measure”! More info here.

The release of Farmer Dave Scher’s debut album Flash Forward to the Good Times is only two weeks away. Yay! We’ve heard the record and it’s super rad!

Something else that’s cool is Dave’s new blog, The F.D. Zone. It’s got a talking fish and a rod fishing bird! Check it out at http://farmerdavezone.blogspot.com/

Please mark these dates in your calendar: July 1 and August 18. Those are the release dates for Farmer Dave Scher‘s debut 7″ and album respectively.

The 7″ Bab’lone Nights b/w You Pick Me Up will be released on the eminent label Mexican Summer. Pre-order and have a look at the artwork here.

The full LP, called Flash Forward to Good Times, will be released on Kemado Records. The album is produced by Once We Were Trees-producer Tom Monahan and will feature guest appearances by members of Entrance and Vietnam as well as Jonathan Wilson.

We are noticing more life signs from different Beachwood Sparks related band and we are looooving it!

Farmer Dave is going to perform his music wizardry live while supporting Jenny Lewis. Live dates can be found on his groovy myspace-thingy. On his myspace you can also listen to the music which will be on his new 7″ single on Kemado Records. After that you’re gonna be wanting to pre-order this single with a one-click motion. This can be done here!

Also Mystic Chords of Memory (Chris Lee Gunst & Jennifer Lee Gunst) are recording music for a 7″ single which will be released on Avec Vinyl. There is no information yet on when this will be out but we’ll keep you updated on this.

As you already may know (if you’ve checked out our All Night Radio special) Farmer Dave Scher has recently been busy working on his debut album which will be released later this year on Kemado Records.

Now you can get a sneak peak of what’s to come on Dave’s new Myspace page. Go there and have a listen to the dreamy “Surf Out Sunset” and soulful “Bab’lone Nights”. But that’s not all! There you can also pre-order the debut solo 7″, “Bab’lone Nights b/w You Pick Me Up”!

Dave will also be playing a solo show on June 3 in a yet to be revealed venue in Minneapolis, MN.

Exciting, isn’t it?

Roots & Wings is the name of former Beachwood Sparks tour guitarist Neal Casal’s new record. The album, that features guest performances by steel guitarist virtuous Farmer Dave Scher and The Tyde front man Darren Rademaker, is out now on Fargo Records in Europe and will be available in the U.S. on the 27th through Casal’s website.

We at thecalmingseas might seem old fashioned but we do our best to keep it up with the modern times. One sign of that is that we’ve spotted Aaron Sperske joining Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti through the social phenomena known as Facebook (also known as satans playground). We hope to get back to you with more info about whether Aaron’s just touring with the band or planning on recording with them as well.

If you live in the Tampa area be sure to head over to Kellys Pub on Saturday night as Brent Rademaker and Ben Knight will be playing a special show. Expect “lots of BEACHWOOD SPARKS songs and some other surprises”!

On Saturday January 26th, Beachwood Sparks bassist/singer/songwriter Brent Rademaker will perform at WMNF 88,5 FM’s “Pop Goes the World” eighties tribute concert. The event will be held at the Crowbar in Ybor City, FL. Brent will hit the stage around midnight!
More information can be found here and here.