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Wednesday, February 3 2010

Cracker + Camper Van Beethoven: 17 January 2010 - Cambridge, MA

The two hour set was a strong and generously apportioned mix from both of the band's decades, even if the strength of old school crowd-stokers like "Eurotrash Girl" and "Low" meant exposing some of the weakness of Cracker's more recent material.


Friday, November 21 2008

Camper Van Beethoven: Popular Songs of Great Enduring Strength and Beauty

Popular is a point of debate, but the best picks from the legendary indie slacker outfit's catalogue still spreads strength and beauty across college radio stations to this day.


Thursday, February 22 2007

Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven: First Annual Camp Out Live

Adequately filmed, badly edited, and indifferently packaged, this DVD is still a goldmine for hardcore fans


Tuesday, October 19 2004

Camper Van Beethoven: New Roman Times


Wednesday, March 3 2004

Camper Van Beethoven


Camper Van Beethoven: Cigarettes and Carrot Juice: The Santa Cruz Years [2.Dec.02]
Camper Van Beethoven [11.Sep.02]
Camper Van Beethoven: Camper Van Beethoven Is Dead - Long Live Camper Van Beethoven [1.Jan.95]

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Tuesday, January 10 2012

Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven frontman takes both bands on a winter tour

MINNEAPOLIS — He’s flattered to be remembered at all, but David Lowery did not need the new Diablo Cody-written movie “Young Adult” to remind him…


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