― Andy, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Can't understand why they're still so "under the radar" - I think a lot of people would really like them.
There are a few "genre" bands these days that I think could appeal to a lot of people outside of their individual scenes if given half a chance: Beachwood Sparks, The Go, The Deadly Snakes, The Detroit Cobras... Have people heard these bands?
― fritz, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I much prefer Eagle, they're part of that scene, how come they never get any of the acclaim? Too fun, I suppose.
Anyone see the Lilys backed by Beachwood Sparks?
― Arthur, Tuesday, 3 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
But then I got the record, and it sounded exactly like the Eagles. Disappointing.
― masonic boom, Tuesday, 3 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
And the new LP, which at the risk of sounding like an arse, they had just finished mastering and were playing to us while we were in LA, is about 1,000,000 times better than their debut, a much clearer, more focussed sound, and swathed in really spooky, ethereal harmonies. Even James, who is usually horribly cynical about these things thought it was destined for classic status.
― Alasdair, Tuesday, 3 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Makes you want to believe in music again.
― ktremaineoyouwiththeflowers@yahoo.com, Tuesday, 3 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
A big fan of theirs played me some of their stuff the other day - I liked it.
That's all.
― dog latin, Thursday, 1 October 2009 08:25 (fourteen years ago) link
They coulda been contenders. Amazing first record followed up with a shitty grunge record with shitty J Mascis. One pretty good pretty weird e.p. and they're out.
― Brio, Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Summer of 98 in LA you couldn't turn around w/o seeing these guys ... Liked 'em then, though they seemed a little overrated. One of the guys used to have a great radio show on KXLU, I think. First album was nice! Never heard the second one. Really liked the one Tyde record I've heard. Is Beechwood Sparks back together? I thought I heard something to that effect. Or that they had never really broken up. Or something.
― tylerw, Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Classic!
― scott seward, Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
i love the first album and the EP and the tyde album. i've never heard the "grunge" album. is it really grunge?
― scott seward, Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
doesn't it have a Sade cover on it? How grunge could it be?
― tylerw, Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:36 (fourteen years ago) link
i like that sade cover. anyone heard the new album by "farmer" dave scher?
― mizzell, Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
haven't heard it -- Farmer Dave's the guy who had the radio show I mentioned. Heard a lot of great stuff for the first time back in the mid 90s on that show.
― tylerw, Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
OK OK, it's not really grunge exactly, just a lot sludgier and less fun to my ears than that bright beautiful crystalline California country pop of the first record.
― Brio, Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link
they're back.http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RlqqHwrmsQA/T5C_zHdNZII/AAAAAAAAD-g/XosErlpDW38/s1600/11614.jpg
the single, forget the song, is somewhat forgettable but nice. verses are lovely and drifty, chorus is a bit weak.
― mizzell, Friday, 20 April 2012 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
"The Tarnished Gold" is the work of the classic Beachwood Sparks lineup: singer/guitarist Chris Gunst, singer/bassist Brent Rademaker, singer/multi-instrumentalist Farmer Dave Scher, and drummer Aaron Sperske, with invaluable support from guitarist and longtime friend Ben Knight (The Tyde). For the sessions, the band expanded to seven pieces, with guitarists Knight and Neal Casal, with Dan Horne on pedal steel in place of Scher, who opted to play organ, key, flying V guitar and electrified melodica. Also lending a hand were Gunst’s wife Jen Cohen, Sparks’ very first drummer Jimi Hey, Brent’s brother Darren (leader of The Tyde) and L.A. indie-rock maestro Ariel Pink. Once We Were Trees producer Thom Monahan returned to his familiar spot behind the console. (Sub Pop)
― mizzell, Friday, 20 April 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
really excited to hear this, probably setting my expectations too high but i really loved these dudes
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
classic!
― scott seward, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:29 (eleven years ago) link
no ariel pink!
― scott seward, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
thom monahan my old CT homeboy! Xdanburyhardcore4everX
man, i love beechwood sparks so much. fuck a wilco.
― scott seward, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
i didn't know bob fay used to play with the tyde. he told me that on facebook after i mentioned how much i loved that album and especially the Felt tribute on the tyde album.
― scott seward, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MybPelion4I
― scott seward, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
I loved Scher and Hey's side project
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
what's that called?
― tylerw, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
like this new song. like these guys. i remember when they came out making snide remarks along the lines of "hey i like the byrds too", but i don't really care about that now. rock on!
― tylerw, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
All Night Radio
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
Scher is also the man behind Farmer Dave’s Hot Nuts, a habanero-roasted almond snack based on a family recipe.
the jingle for this on dave's website is pretty good.
― mizzell, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
sometimes i'll listen to this EP 35 times in a row at work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV9gkM8Sjys&feature=related
― scott seward, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
they were like a whole band of really talented doug yules.
― scott seward, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHdnXoO2y_w
― buzza, Sunday, 15 July 2012 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
I adore the new record. Can't stop playing it.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Friday, 19 October 2012 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
i want it!
― scott seward, Friday, 19 October 2012 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIVknPPpltw
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 19 October 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
no bites on that one^^^
c'mon dudes. okay this is way better, written and sung by Britney Spears' guitarist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kgagAdTH5s
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 1 November 2012 04:12 (eleven years ago) link
RIP John Schwartz
https://pitchfork.com/news/beachwood-sparks-josh-schwartz-dead-at-45/
― Kibbutzki (Jaap Schip), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 02:54 (six years ago) link
Josh, of course.
― Kibbutzki (Jaap Schip), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 03:00 (six years ago) link
RIP... This is one of my all-time favorites, the first song the BS recorded, and maybe Josh's best song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lodtgXoL4sA
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 03:25 (six years ago) link
Aw man... Further is one of my favorite lo-fi acts ever. That music is very important to me.
― Evan, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 03:52 (six years ago) link