The Beachwood Sparks will be invading New York City this weekend. The first stop is Maxwell's tonight in Hoboken, New Jersey with our friends the Hymns. Tomorrow night, they will be at the Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan. I seriously recommend you attend at least one of these shows. These guys are legends in the recent California psychedelic country scene and when I saw them play a couple of weeks...
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All photos by David Greenwald Apologies for the tardiness of these photos. They were snapped wandering around my first trip to the Sunset Junction festival on Sunday, a sweaty, blissful experience that found me eating Silverlake's finest sandwich at Casbah Cafe, deciding Onitsuka Tigers (Mexico '66, obv.) are the finest sneakers on earth, and reveling in the sweet sounds of the Beachwood S...
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All photos by David Greenwald It was a triumphant return to Los Angeles for hometown heroes Beachwood Sparks , reunited after a half-decade off. Not off? The band's chops, which were sharper than ever. Their best material, especially songs from their self-titled debut like "Canyon Ride" and "Silver Morning After," was rich and lush live, alternatively twangy and surreal. They were just as ...
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Work suxIt's finally Friday, and in the U.S. it's the beginning of a three-day weekend too! The weekend is typically the last summer blow-out before school starts, and heralds the beginning of the fall/winter holiday season, although here in SoCal the hot, muggy weather is making brisk fall days seem far, far away.Big congratulations to Lonesome Music Blog for passing their 4th anniversary ear...
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Caught The Willowz and Beachwood Sparks last night at the Bowery Ballroom, definitely one of the better sounding rooms here in NYC.The Willowz were fun, some real boogie, strong high tenor rock vocals, kind of Geddy meets Jack, and some americana thrown in for good measure.But the natural majesty of Beachwood Sparks was something special. I swear, as soon as they played my favorite tune, Canyon...
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Gram Parsons famously dubbed the songs he played "Cosmic American music." Perhaps no band embraced the possibilities of the genre as much as the short-lived Beachwood Sparks , a Los Angeles band who followed in the California tradition of Parsons and the Byrds over two albums and an EP that saw bleary-eyed psychadelics share barstools with cowboy twang and sugary, high-pitched melodies worthy...
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I like this. Sub Pop has a new feature on their site called For the Record that has staffers dig through the back catalog and write up something on the records that move them. This week's feature is Beachwood...
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not much to say..... it just works on this cold grey morning.
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There is new and exciting music coming out into the world every day; too much to keep up with, honestly. And because of that fact, many great artists tend to get overlooked and forgotten very easily. Anyone remember a little group from southern California called Beachwood Sparks? I first heard of the greatness that is Beachwood Sparks from my guitar player, Andy Cox, about a year and a half a...
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MP3: Beachwood Sparks - Yer Selfish Ways (Matt's pick)MP3: Beachwood Sparks - The Hustler (Joey's pick)#21 - Beachwood Sparks - Once We Were TreesSub Pop Records 2001Oh shit we both like this record and put it at the same spot. You get a double dose in one post.Matt On Once We Were Trees:It was tough decision as to which Beachwood Sparks album to include, but ultimately, it's their last full-le...
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Former Beachwood Sparks' member Farmer Dave Scher is on the brink of releasing his new solo album Flash Forward To The Good Times (out August 18th). In anticipation, Scher is giving away an MP3 for the first track. Get your free download right here:"Bab'lone Nights"- MP3This should be an interesting album once it hits.Farmer Dave Scher's Myspace
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