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?

The Tyde are opening for The Vaselines at the El Ray Theatre in LA on Sunday. I think you should go as the legendary Ann Do will be rejoining her old band exclusively for this show.

Brent Rademaker are playing two solo shows in the coming weeks. On May 22 Brent will enter the stage at Lowery Park Bandshell in Tampa, FL together with bassist Brian Lane, mandolin player Jason “Fil” Pate and a surprise guest! And on June 19 Brent will be opening for the Explorers Club at the New World Brewery in Ybor, FL. Be there!

The idea for this homepage was actually born when All Night Radio’s Spirit Stereo Frequency hit our ears and minds five years ago. We loved Beachwood Sparks before that but through the different solo projects which saw the light of day in 2004 we (Mathias and Staffan) started to meet up and comparing booklets and information about the genealogy of the band, its members and the different recordings. When all this new music and collaborations started to happen we realized that we needed to investigate which members who had played what in which band and how this all came together in the different recordings. Once we had done that we felt that a lot of work (which mostly can be found in the members section) could be helpful to others as well and therefore we decided to put together this page. It is meant to be a homage to the band and their music but also a helpful source of information for fans of Beachwood Sparks and other psychedelic music.

It is now five years ago we started doing this and we felt it would be fun to do a special celebration of Spirit Stereo Frequency which we feel is one of the best albums of all time, but also a forgotten work. It seems like the mainstream have caught up with the mood and sounds of All Night Radio through works from also great bands such as Caribou and Animal Collective. We don’t think these bands are undeserving of the praise coming their way but we feel that All Night Radio should be recognized with more an important legacy. Therefore we have contacted both members of the band and conducted interviews with them. You can read those now in our special Spirit Stereo Frequency-section. We also have written a text about the album and collected some media about the band. Enjoy!

thecalmingseas.com/ssf

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.

Josh Schwartz‘ new band Painted Hills (f/k/a Bolero) have posted four new tunes on their MySpace page! Imagine that! Saddle up the palomino and have a listen now!

This past weekend Farmer Dave joined his (former?) band mates on stage for four California shows and thus completing the classic Beachwood Sparks lineup of Gunst, Rademaker, Scher and Sperske! You can read a short review of the shows in our forum. Thank you Michael!

Also, The Tyde premiered a brand new song, “Banned”, at the Echo on Friday. Check it out here.

The Quarter After (with Rob Campanella, producer of The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks and contributor to frausdots) are heading out on a tour to Europe this fall. They’ll be visiting UK, France and Spain so if you’re living there you should check them out. More specific information on tour dates will be available soon on the bands official homepage

Fans of Beachwood Sparks should really check out this band. We got the chance to talk to Rob Campanella a while ago and he shared his love of the Sparks with us saying that there are a couple of songs on the new album (which we wrote a news item about a couple of weeks ago) which would never have been made with out inspiration from the music of our beloved cosmic cowboys. You can stream their new album in entirety here

We at The Calming Seas hope to perform and post an interview with Mr. Robbie C about his work with The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, frausdots & other artists in a month or two. Be on the look out for that!