On April 21, a.k.a Record Store Day, Sub Pop Records will release a new promo sampler that will feature a new Beachwood Sparks song called Forget the Song. This will be the first new Beachwood Sparks song to be released since June 4 2002!

More info here.

Uncut writer John Mulvey has given us some new information on the forthcoming Beachwood Sparks album on his blog and Twitter feed:

1. The album will be titled The Tarnished Gold
2. It will be released on SubPop
3. It will sound “kind of nice” and like a “sunny morning”

That’s alright with me.

Beachwood Sparks just announced that they will be playing the Huichica Music Festival that takes place in Sonoma, California on June 1st and 2nd.

The festival is arranged by wine producer Jeff Bundschu (on which property the festival is being held) and Fruit Bats front man Eric D. Johnsson.

Other artists performing at the festival are Little Wings, Paper Cuts, Sonny and the Sunsets and Sea of Bees.

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We’ve manage to restore the old forums that went missing in cyber space in a site upgrade some years ago. Better late than never, right?

Let’s pick up where we left it 1109 days ago!

As we’ve reported earlier Beachwood Sparks have recorded new music. We got in touch with Farmer Dave Scher who revealed some interesting facts about the new record. The album will hopefully be out before summer and will feature the classic Beachwood Sparks line up of Chris Gunst, Brent Rademaker, Farmer Dave Scher and Aaron Sperske, with additional help from Ariel Pink and Neal Casal among others.

Read the full interview with Farmer Dave here!

From Farmer Daves Twitter:

Mixing new Beachwood Sparks album
There’s some reverse cosmosis goin down

Yes!

This brand new Beachwood Sparks song was performed last Saturday at a backyard gig in Silverlake, CA. It’s a lovely little jangle gem that certainly reminds us of why the world really needs a new Beachwood Sparks album!

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…