Cracker with Camper Van Beethoven - The Middle East, Cambridge MA (January 16, 2010) It's not often that a musician gets to open for himself, but I've now seen this neat trick played out twice in the last four months, as David Lowery sang with Camper Van Beethoven prior to Cracker handling closing duties (Lou Barlow was the other instance, doing a solo set prior to Dinosaur Jr.). Expanding on the 'Campout' concept when the two bands first got on a bill together in 2005, they took to the road this year and ended [...]
[ image by songbirdnest ] All 2007 Recordings Listed [ HERE ] Part 1 of 2008 Recordings ( January through June 13 ) Listed [ HERE ] Part 2 of 2008 Recordings ( June 13 through July 31 ) Listed [ HERE ] Part 3 of 2008 Recordings ( July 31 through December 31 ) Listed [ HERE ] Alphabetical List of All Available Recordings at NYCTAPER.COM (Click on Title for location): Posted in 2009 Alela Diane: February [...]
(photo courtesy: Pitch-a-Tent) Cracker came back into the mainstream this year when the first single, "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out With Me", from their Sunshine in the Land of Milk and Honey CD hit the Billboard charts. Cracker and the reconvened Camper Van Beethoven have been playing a series of double-bills which kicked off in California right after Christmas and the two bands' Traveling Apothecary Show hits the Highline Ballroom on Jan. 15th. Cracker, featuring co-founders David Lowery (vocals/ guitar) and Johnny Hickman (lead guitar / vocals), along with bassist [...]
Jonathan Richman is pro-turkey , set to perform at a celebration for turkeys this Saturday Susan Boyle's forthcoming album has set a pre-order record on Amazon... ....meanwhile, Adam Lambert chats with Idolator Members of Aerosmith insinuate that Steven Tyler is back on drugs NPR assesses the decade's 50 most important recordings .... ...while the A.V. Club also chimes in with their picks for the best music of the decade Cymbals Eat Guitars visit Daytrotter [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alejandro Escovedo : 2008-11-11, Boston [mp3,ogg,flac] "Always a Friend" [mp3] other Alejandro Escovedo posts at Largehearted Boy Back Forty : 2009-10-31, Ypsilanti [mp3,ogg,flac] "Thriller (Michael Jackson cover)" [mp3] other Back Forty posts at Largehearted Boy Backyard Tire Fire : 2009-10-31, Bloomington [mp3,ogg,flac] [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Backyard Tire Fire : 2009-10-17, Madison [mp3,,ogg,flac] "Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young cover)" [mp3] other Backyard Tire Fire posts at Largehearted Boy Chatham County Line : 2009-10-10, Pittsboro [mp3,ogg,flac] other Chatham County Line posts at Largehearted Boy Cracker : 2009-10-13, Freiberg [mp3,ogg,flac] "Brides of Neptune" [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Arbouretum : 2009-06-04, Baltimore [mp3,ogg,flac] "The Midnight Cry" [mp3] other Arbouretum posts at Largehearted Boy Bloodkin : 2009-05-29, Charlottesville [mp3,ogg,flac] "Wet Trombone Blues" [mp3] other Bloodkin posts at Largehearted Boy Cracker : 2009-06-03, Falls Church [mp3,ogg,flac] "Sweet Thistle Pie" [mp3] [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Acid Mothers Temple : 2009-04-18, Philadelphia [mp3,ogg,flac] Acid Mothers Temple : 2009-04-01, Minneapolis [mp3,ogg,flac] other Acid Mothers Temple posts at Largehearted Boy The Gourds : 2009-05-08, Missoula [mp3,ogg,flac] "Hallelujah Shine" [mp3] other Gourds posts at Largehearted Boy Hayseed Dixie : [...]
Contributor Mike Bailey enjoys talking about records from yesteryear -- the 70's, 80's and 90's -- that influenced what's happening today. Thus, Gold Soundz was born. (Props to Pavement for the perfect name.) In this piece, Bailey takes a different seminal indie record every week and examines its significance and impact on the present. Camper Van Beethoven : Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (Virgin, 1988) [...]
Lists are so passé. Lists are to the blogging internet what bleak endings are to Kubrick films, what innuendo is to Mae West, what neurosis is to Woody Allen, what self-consciousness is to French New Wave. Lists have been done to death, and Donnybrook has an established history of setting trends, not reinforcing them; so the following is in no way a list of any sort, just a free flowing mess of films that made up 2008's cinematic offerings. Most Meta Film of the Year: Michael Haneke's [...]
NYCTaper Live Radio23.org Show #2 Sunday January 25, 2009 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Listen: http://radio23.org/listen.html NYCTaper on the web: http://www.nyctaper.com Segment 1: Brother Sport Fireworks - Animal Collective 2009-01-21 Segment 2: Music Tunes - Ponytail 2009-01-23 Double Double Yolk - These Are Powers 2009-01-23 ( coming soon ) Two - Antlers 2009-01-22 ( coming soon ) Segment 3: Southern Heights - Victor Krummenacher 2009-01-09 No [...]
[photo by Ian Weintraub from Jonathan Segel's MySpace photos ] After his impressive multi-instrument performances with Camper Van Beethoven on Friday and Saturday , Jonathan Segel stepped forward and performed a set at Pianos last Sunday. Segel's solo work features primarily his songwriting and outstanding guitar work. Although the Pianos set was limited by time constraints, there was certainly enough time for Segel to exhibit his guitar proficiency to the intimate yet enthusiastic crowd. The highlights included "Civil Disobedience" and the catchy "I Can't Help [...]
[photo by nyctaper] If its possible to summarize twenty-five years of making music into one show, then Camper Van Beethoven was about as successful as possible last night at Bowery Ballroom . The well-paced set lasted nearly two hours and the twenty-nine songs were selected judiciously from their entire catalog. Each member of the band had their moments, but we were particularly focused on Jonathan Segel, who flowed naturally from violin to guitar to organ, often simultaneously, and all while he provided vocal harmonies. The highlight of the evening was the main set closer, [...]
by Bill Pearis Currently celebrating their 25th anniversary, Camper Van Beethoven are playing Friday (1/9) ( tickets ) and Saturday (1/10) ( tickets ) at Bowery Ballroom in NYC - the band's first shows here since 2006 (thx anon). They also played some shows in 2004 when they released New Roman Times , their first album of original material in 15 years. Camper Van Beethoven were one of the few bands of [...]
We have read elsewhere and been told in emails that KEXP, a Seattle-based radio station that broadcasts locally in NYC on 91.5 FM has been reporting that the Sunday night show at Piano's with Victor Krummenacher and Jonathan Segel of Camper Van Beethoven is actually a CVB secret show. As far as we know, this is not actually correct. Victor and Jonathan are each performing full band solo sets, and while we are told that all the members of CVB will be in attendance, there is currently no scheduled full [...]
[image by Songbirdnest ] Happy 2009 to all of our readers. This promises to be an interesting year for NYCTaper. There are four major areas of development for the site, with more details to follow. NYCTaper has been invited to produce a weekly radio show for a large new fledgling web radio station. The details are still being worked out, but expect more information in the Spring. We also expect to present more concerts this year, the first of which is our exciting show on January 11 at [...]
It has been two and half years since Camper Van Beethoven performed live in NYC. We were there to record that Irving Plaza performance (listen below) and we will be there when they return to NYC for two nights at Bowery Ballroom on Friday January 9 and Saturday January 10 . The shows are being billed as a 25th Anniversary celebration, although the actual 25th anniversary show took place last February at the Fillmore in San Francisco. CVB bassist Victor Krummenacher is performing the opening [...]
The NYCTaper schedule is still on the front page if you scroll down or click [ here ]. We still plan to attend and record those events. We also have new NYCTaper photographers who will capture several of the events listed below. More photographers are needed! Additionally, we have added several new dates since that was posted (even more will be added - still not certain about New Year's week). Here are the new additions: They Might Be Giants : November 29, 2008 Le Poisson [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Bodies of Water : "Water, Here" [mp3] from A Certain Feeling other Bodies of Water posts at Largehearted Boy Cut Off Your Hands : "Happy As Can Be" [mp3] from Happy As Can Be EP (out October 21st) other Cut Off Your Hands posts at Largehearted Boy [...]
Every so often in music, the loss of a loved one seems to evoke some of the most passionate and moving creations from deep within an artist. The Arcade Fire proved this on their magnificent 2004 debut, 'Funeral', and, prior to that, Lou Reed delivered two strong rock eulogies, 'Magic & Loss' and 'Songs for Drella' (a tribute to the late Andy Warhol from both Reed and The Velvet Underground's John Cale). Such is also the case for Victor Krummenacher , the bassist and co-founder of the influential indie-rock band Camper Van Beethoven [...]
TOUR: The Tallest Man On Earth Announces U.S. Dates
Yeasayer – Odd Blood (Review)
New Releases V2.9
[mp3] Joanna Newsom - "Kingfisher"
