The Tyde is featured on a new covers compilation called C44 put together “to celebrate the twentieth birthday of French monthly magazine Magic, Revue Pop Moderne“.

Darren Rademaker and Co. contributes with a spectoresque version of Primal Scream’s Leaves taken from the Scottish band’s jangly debut LP Sonic Flower Groove. The track was recorded by Farmer Dave Scher and features vocals by Piper Kaplan of Puro Instinct fame.

Listen below and head over here to download the complete comp for free!

Also, the audio section has been updated with some new tracks by Farmer Dave Scher, Painted Hills and Neal Casal.

The video section has finally received a long overdue update.

May I suggest the following procedure:
1. Click here.
2. Turn the volume up on your computer.
3. Hit the fullscreen button.
4. Hit play and…
5. … enjoy!

Next up: fixing the broken music player (and perhaps adding some new songs…)

Beachwood Sparks live on Spanish television!

Happy new year fellow Beachwood fans! Will 2011 be the year that finally brings us new BWS music? Keep those fingers crossed.
More treats to follow! Keep coming back…

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

Painted Hills‘ self titled debut album is out now! Order you physical copy from Parasol (the vinyl is a real beauty!) or download the album from the iTunes Store or from Bandcamp, where you also can listen to the entire album for free!

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 self-titled debut album from former Beachwood Sparks singer/songwriter Josh Schwartz‘ new band Painted Hills is now available for pre-order at parasol.com. As we’ve reported earlier, the album is going to be released in February on The Tyde drummer/Velvet Crush legend Ric Menck’s Bird Song label.

Just a quick update: The Tyde is back in the studio! Back in VisionQuest Studios, were the band’s first three albums were recorded, to be more exact. Head over to darrenrademaker.com for some shots of the band in action. And while you’re over there, make sure you scroll down and have a look at the videos from Darren’s tour of Europe back in November.

TheCalmingSeas.com wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Will 2010 be the year that’ll bring us new music from our belowed Beachwood Sparks? Let’s keep our fingers crossed…

Dear fellow Europeans,

We know that you’re probably busy analyzing the results of yesterday’s referendum in Ireland concerning the ratification of the Lisbon treaty, but what we are about to tell you is way more important and will have a much bigger and more direct impact on your day to day life:

In early November The Tyde frontman Darren Rademaker will be heading out on a short European tour of France, England and Sweden. The dates are below. Book your train tickets right away. This is going to be rad!

31 Oct: Paris, Instore Ground Zero Records
01 Nov: Paris, La Maroquinerie
03 Nov: Stockholm, Last Waltz, Bonden Bar
04 Nov: Göteborg, Woody West, Pusterviksbaren
05 Nov: London, The Lexington

Painted Hills, led by former Beachwood Sparks guitarist/singer/songwriter Josh Schwartz, is set to release their debut album on Bird Song Recordings in February 2010. I think this is gonna be good!