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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.


Wednesday, August 12 2009

Cracker: Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey

Sixteen years past its moment in the sun and in the face of critical indifference, Cracker builds sardonic wit and musical in-jokes into what is possibly the best album of its career.


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


Thursday, June 1 2006

Cracker: Greenland

When you think about it, Greenland is a lot like life, really. It's huge, but 85% of it is covered with ice and completely uninhabitable. It's confusing. And it belongs to Denmark.


Tuesday, March 7 2006

Cracker: Greatest Hits Redux

It's David Lowery vs. The Man, but its a strictly undercard fight.


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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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