Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker: Teen Angst?

Thirty years of David Lowery in two sets at the Mohawk

"...Both their most recognizable bandmember and bandleader, Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker frontman David Lowery is never..."

July 29, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Spotlight: Camper Van Beethoven

The return of Camper Van Beethoven -- and Tusk?

"...Camper Van Beethoven at SXSW in 2003? No, it's not..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

What the World Needs Now

David Lowery of Cracker reminisces.

"...David Lowery started playing here in the mid-Eighties with Camper Van Beethoven and later, Cracker. That’s OK, because David..."

Nov. 1, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Camper Van Beethoven

Picks & Sleepers

"...Camper Van BeethovenCigarettes & Carrot Juice: The Santa Cruz Years..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Camper Van Beethoven

Record Review

"...Camper Van BeethovenTusk (Pitch-A-Tent)..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Music Review by Michael Bertin

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Jesus, and Bomarr Monk as "ghetto-tech, prog-hop, bit-pop, and avant-psych R&B" are simultaneously invented and reinterpreted within one fell..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Page Two

When they label war protesters' speech as traitorous, right-wing war supporters reveal themselves as truly anti-American.

"...Lee Ann Womack, Vic Chesnutt, Jim Lauderdale, Pete Droge, Camper Van Beethoven, the B-52s, Cat Power, John Stewart, Harvey..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Column by Louis Black

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

Bruce Hughes

"...San Francisco with Joe DeLago and Hundredth Monkey's Patrice Sullivan. In a warehouse close to Berkeley, Hughes, Moore, and..."

June 5, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Sxsw

"...his custom guit-steel guitar. It takes some kind of savant to infiltrate Nashville and end up on CMT actually..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Things get so bad in the Live Music Capital of the World that they're citing the 'King of Sixth Street,' Gerry Van King, for busking on the street

"...8, when the King of Sixth Street himself, Gerry Van King, was issued a citation for performing on the..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

FSK International (Catamount)

"...on only their second stateside CD. David Lowery (Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven) is now a member, and produces as..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

The Future's Still Bright

Barbara K, the woman who turned down $900,000

"...From Timbuk 3 (1986) was produced by Dennis Herring (Camper Van Beethoven), but by 1988's Eden Alley, K had..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...and backpackers grouse not! Even from a Triple A vantage, Maxo Kream's journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Playback: They Only Came To Kick Some Ass

Both Jack Black the actor and Jack Black the rocker rule Austin

"...Deven Ivy, 14. The results are reminiscent of early Nirvana: feral punk energy spiked with noise-rock abandon. Just a..."

July 27, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Checking in to South by Southwest 2010

"...increasingly looking for more direct support from their audiences. Camper Van Beethoven, for example, allowed fans to choose one..."

March 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...his solo albums he really works the whole Townes Van Zandt and John Prine storyteller vibe to full effect...."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...group of Tejano, California, and Mexican acts. When Javier Galvan y Fama, the first act of the evening, came..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...eye-opening roundup of guests, including members of Hawkwind, Nektar, Camper Van Beethoven, the Dictators, and Blue Öyster Cult, The..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

SXSW Panel: Love the Art, Fuck the Artist

A bull market for artist compensation? Dream on.

"...Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker leader David Lowery has been particularly vocal..."

March 13, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Playback: HAAM-er Time

Being a musician doesn't always come with a choice, and rarely includes health insurance, so HAAM Benefit Day remains paramount

"...in a profession grounded in late hours, death-trap touring vans, alcohol and substance abuse, and shit pay...."

Sept. 28, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

LSD C&W

Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne's got a thing about Austin

"...decades, he's collaborated with everyone from John Zorn to Camper Van Beethoven and Ramblin' Jack Elliott to the Violent..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Joe Strummer: 'Punk Rock Warlord'

"...by Jason Ringenberg & Kristi Rose on the succeeding "Ivan Meets G.I. Joe" meets Amy Rigby taking down "The..."

May 15, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Go Insane

Lindsey Buckingham swears he's not mad

"...AC: Have you heard Camper Van Beethoven's cover of Tusk?..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Silver Jews

Record review

"...on "Animal Shapes" channels somnambulant left-of-the-dial transcendence of the Camper Van Beethoven variety. "The Poor, the Fair and the..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

Left of the Dial: Dispatches From the 80s Underground

Gift guide

"...the Cramps, They Might Be Giants, Public Image Ltd., Camper Van Beethoven, the Raincoats, the Sugarcubes, and Texas' own..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Alcorn/Chadbourne, Dr. Eugene Chadbourne

Texas Platters

"...John Zorn, Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser, Elliott Sharp, and Camper Van Beethoven, and with that pedigree, one expects good..."

May 23, 2003 Music Review by David Lynch

One More Time

Wrapping up SXSW 03: Saturday Showcases

"...a mutiny onstage weren't quite as Sixties galactic as Camper Van Beethoven ending their New Times day party at..."

March 21, 2003 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The March of Time

"...teasers for now: Ryan Adams, Apples in Stereo, Avail, Camper Van Beethoven, Clem Snide, Cedell Davis, Dillinger Four, John..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Fluffers Union

Texas Platters

"...the same time, owing as much to Centro-matic as Camper Van Beethoven, and because when they play it straight..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Lowery 66

Texas Platters

"...of Eighties roots rock bands like the Silos and Camper Van Beethoven or anything fronted by Michael Hall. Elsewhere,..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

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