429 Records released indie rock pioneers Camper Van
Beethoven's new album 'La Costa Perdida' this week, which has earned raves from
press and bloggers. In addition, the band is taping NPR's World Café today and
NPR's Mountain Stage on Sunday and has added new tour dates (at bottom). Here's
what we're reading:
"Delightful… It does illustrate how unique this band
still is, 30 years after it formed. And it truly is a kick to hear CVB ply its
craft with road-tested assurance and subtly virtuosic musicianship."
– Steve Hyden, Pitchfork Media, January 17, 2013
"For 30 years and counting, Camper Van Beethoven have
existed in a parallel-universe borderland, coming across like a punk band
perpetually on a Balkan bluegrass bender. But they finally bring it all back
home to their native California on 10th album, La Costa Perdida, recalling
'60s-vintage West Coast pop filtered through their timeless, idiosyncratic
prism."
– David Menconi, SPIN, January 14, 2013
"I'm so happy the band is back."
– Whitney Matheson, USA Today.com, January 18, 2013
"The new album’s lead single, 'Someday Our Love Will
Sell Us Out' [is] a swirling, Eastern-flavored psychedelic jam."
– Michael Nelson, Stereogum, January 10, 2013
"A uniquely skewed, bong-tastic surrealism… There's
Americana, Mexican music, ska, fiddles both mournful and manic."
– Thomas Connor, Chicago Sun-Times, January 19, 2013
"Camper Van Beethoven still remain [sic] easy to love."
– Matt Melis, Consequence of Sound, January 21, 2013
"If the frigid air of winter is getting to you, rather
than crank up the heat, throw on La Costa Perdida. It will wipe away all your
seasonal depression."
– Steve Bonanno, Boston's Weekly Dig, January 7, 2013
"Engaging."
– Chuck Campbell, Scripps Howard Newswire/Knoxville
News-Sentinel, January 15, 2013
"[The] writing glimmers in thick San Francisco Bay fog…
Enter these redwoods at your own risk, and prepare to be bewitched."
– Tris McCall, Newark Star-Ledger, January 4, 2013
"Sure to satisfy… It’s an album unmoored in quiet,
often fascinating ways."
– Matthew Fiander, PopMatters, January 21, 2013
"Northern California Girls" (radio edit) lyric
video.
Postable, embeddable "Someday Our Love Will Sell Us
Out" mp3.
CVB Tour dates:
Wed Jan 23 - Sky City – Augusta, GA
Thu Jan 24 - 40-Watt Club - Athens GA
Fri Jan 25 - The Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC
Sat Jan 26 - The Earl – Atlanta, GA
Sun Jan 27 - Mountain Stage - Charleston WV
Thu Feb 14 - Burnsville PAC - Minneapolis MN (w/ Cracker)
Sat Feb 16 - Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco CA
Sun Feb 17 - Hopmonk - Novato, Novato, CA
Mon Feb 18 - Odd Fellows Hall - Davis CA
Thurs Feb 21 – Hollywood, CA – House of Blues (w/ Leftover
Salmon)
Fri Feb 22 - Tractor Tavern - Seattle WA
Sat Feb 23 - Mississippi Studios - Portland OR
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