Artist: Camper Van Beethoven

La Costa Perdida (429) kicks off Camper Van Beethoven’s 30th-anniversary year amidst an orchestrated (if deserving) surge in recognition for the group—everything from Paul Rudd donning a vintage Camper concert tee in the film This Is 40 to glowing quotes from members of R.E.M. and the Meat Puppets. The LP is CVB’s first album since 2004’s New [...]

Teena Marie: “Beautiful” R&B goddess Teena Marie’s unexpected death in 2010 left a huge void music, filled only by this disc, her final album, was fished just days before her untimely passing.  In the 3 years since, her daughter has added vocals to several tracks making it a document to love and funk. A fitting cap to a life full of amazing music, the saddest part in listening to this CD - which shows a singer still at the top of her game – is being left to wonder what would have come next.  Damn, Lady [...]

La Costa Perdida (429) kicks off Camper Van Beethoven’s 30th-anniversary year amidst an orchestrated (if deserving) surge in recognition for the group—everything from Paul Rudd donning a vintage Camper concert tee in the film This Is 40 to glowing quotes from members of R.E.M. and the Meat Puppets. The LP is CVB’s first album since 2004’s New [...]

La Costa Perdida (429) kicks off Camper Van Beethoven’s 30th-anniversary year amidst an orchestrated (if deserving) surge in recognition for the group—everything from Paul Rudd donning a vintage Camper concert tee in the film This Is 40 to glowing quotes from members of R.E.M. and the Meat Puppets. The LP is CVB’s first album since 2004’s New [...]

La Costa Perdida (429) kicks off Camper Van Beethoven’s 30th-anniversary year amidst an orchestrated (if deserving) surge in recognition for the group—everything from Paul Rudd donning a vintage Camper concert tee in the film This Is 40 to glowing quotes from members of R.E.M. and the Meat Puppets. The LP is CVB’s first album since 2004’s New [...]

La Costa Perdida (429) kicks off Camper Van Beethoven’s 30th-anniversary year amidst an orchestrated (if deserving) surge in recognition for the group—everything from Paul Rudd donning a vintage Camper concert tee in the film This Is 40 to glowing quotes from members of R.E.M. and the Meat Puppets. The LP is CVB’s first album since 2004’s New [...]

La Costa Perdida (429) kicks off Camper Van Beethoven’s 30th-anniversary year amidst an orchestrated (if deserving) surge in recognition for the group—everything from Paul Rudd donning a vintage Camper concert tee in the film This Is 40 to glowing quotes from members of R.E.M. and the Meat Puppets. The LP is CVB’s first album since 2004’s New [...]

La Costa Perdida (429) kicks off Camper Van Beethoven’s 30th-anniversary year amidst an orchestrated (if deserving) surge in recognition for the group—everything from Paul Rudd donning a vintage Camper concert tee in the film This Is 40 to glowing quotes from members of R.E.M. and the Meat Puppets. The LP is CVB’s first album since 2004’s New [...]

La Costa Perdida (429) kicks off Camper Van Beethoven’s 30th-anniversary year amidst an orchestrated (if deserving) surge in recognition for the group—everything from Paul Rudd donning a vintage Camper concert tee in the film This Is 40 to glowing quotes from members of R.E.M. and the Meat Puppets. The LP is CVB’s first album since 2004’s New [...]

La Costa Perdida (429) kicks off Camper Van Beethoven’s 30th-anniversary year amidst an orchestrated (if deserving) surge in recognition for the group—everything from Paul Rudd donning a vintage Camper concert tee in the film This Is 40 to glowing quotes from members of R.E.M. and the Meat Puppets. The LP is CVB’s first album since 2004’s New [...]

Camper Van Beethoven - La Costa Perdida During my freshman year of college, when the discovery of dorm-wide, peer-to-peer music-sharing programs enabled me to realize that a whole world of music existed outside of my Led Zeppelin Greatest Hits collection, one particular album download felt like a particularly golden discovery: Camper Van Beethoven’s Telephone Free Landslide Victory . The album is pure kitsch, seamlessly combining elements of folk, ska, punk, psychedelic and world music that at times feel like an appropriate soundtrack for a game of Tetris or [...]

La Costa Perdida (429) kicks off Camper Van Beethoven’s 30th-anniversary year amidst an orchestrated (if deserving) surge in recognition for the group—everything from Paul Rudd donning a vintage Camper concert tee in the film This Is 40 to glowing quotes from members of R.E.M. and the Meat Puppets. The LP is CVB’s first album since 2004’s New [...]

Built to Spill by Steve Gere This morning, along with another list of emerging artists , it was announced that Built to Spill frontman Doug Martsch will be curating a three evening showcase at Treefort Music Fest . The showcase will feature bands like Quasi and Camper Van Beethoven as well as a once in a lifetime weekend of Built to Spill sets. Friday night these grandfathers of indie rock will play through their first studio album,  Ultimate Alternative Wavers  (1993) , Saturday they play [...]

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La Costa Perdida (429) kicks off Camper Van Beethoven’s 30th-anniversary year amidst an orchestrated (if deserving) surge in recognition for the group—everything from Paul Rudd donning a vintage Camper concert tee in the film This Is 40 to glowing quotes from members of R.E.M. and the Meat Puppets. The LP is CVB’s first album since 2004’s New [...]

La Costa Perdida (429) kicks off Camper Van Beethoven’s 30th-anniversary year amidst an orchestrated (if deserving) surge in recognition for the group—everything from Paul Rudd donning a vintage Camper concert tee in the film This Is 40 to glowing quotes from members of R.E.M. and the Meat Puppets. The LP is CVB’s first album since 2004’s New [...]

Although I've only published a handful of posts at There Stands the Glass since New Year's Day, I've already offered abundant praise of hip hop, EDM, opera, gospel, R&B, reggae, folk, jazz, blues, punk and indie rock artists. Is there anything I don't like? I have, in fact, encountered a new album that encapsulates many of the things I abhor in popular music. The fashionable aural wallpaper of Toro Y Moi's Anything In Return serves as a case study of my dislikes. [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Spinner Interview Jeff Golden, Getty Images Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker frontman David Lowery caught a lot of flack last summer when he wrote an open letter to NPR intern Emily White, regarding her piece called " I Never Owned Any Music To Begin With ." The young writer admitted to only having bought about 15 CDs in [...]

La Costa Perdida (429) kicks off Camper Van Beethoven’s 30th-anniversary year amidst an orchestrated (if deserving) surge in recognition for the group—everything from Paul Rudd donning a vintage Camper concert tee in the film This Is 40 to glowing quotes from members of R.E.M. and the Meat Puppets. The LP is CVB’s first album since 2004’s New [...]

La Costa Perdida (429) kicks off Camper Van Beethoven’s 30th-anniversary year amidst an orchestrated (if deserving) surge in recognition for the group—everything from Paul Rudd donning a vintage Camper concert tee in the film This Is 40 to glowing quotes from members of R.E.M. and the Meat Puppets. The LP is CVB’s first album since 2004’s New [...]

The month of January was named after the Roman goddess Janus who had two faces.  Like the goddess, January is the month of the year when we both look back on the previous year that is over as well as ahead to the year coming up. I just posted my favorite releases for 2012 - here is a list of releases that I'm looking forward to in 2013. Mountains - Centralia (January 22) The Brooklyn duo of Brendon Anderegg and Koen Holtkamp is back with another [...]