Camper Van Beethoven Discography
The “alternative indie” bands of the eighties were an oasis in a dry wasteland of dance pop, hair metal and whatever Phil Collins…
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Camper Van Beethoven: Telephone Free Landslide Victory (1985)
“I didn’t really know anything about Eastern European, klezmer, Balkan music, or any of that stuff. The idea of Camper Van Beethoven was…
Camper Van Beethoven: II & III (1986)
Kronomyth 2.0: COWBOYS FROM HOLLYWEIRD. The band’s second album features more smartalecky, lo-fi indie rock made by everyone’s favorite former latchkey kids from…
Camper Van Beethoven (1986)
Kronomyth 3.0: WILL HE AMAZE? In 1986, after two years of tantalizing speed and power, Eric Davis of the Cincinnati Reds became only…
Monks of Doom: Soundtrack to the Film “Breakfast on the Beach of Deception” (1987)
“Not a day at the beach, but work” I recall thinking when I first bought this. Listening to it again, years later, Breakfast…
Camper Van Beethoven: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (1988)
CvB’s major-label debut. You can take the cowboys out of Wyoming, but you can’t take the Wyoming out of the cowboys.
Camper Van Beethoven: Key Lime Pie (1989)
This made a Camper out of me. “Sweethearts,” “(I Was Born In A) Laundromat,” “June,” “Flowers,” “The Humid Press of Days,” “Pictures of…
Monks of Doom: Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company (1989)
The Monks are back with a (voodoo) vengeance. The Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company is nothing short of sweet, beautiful mutiny. Morgan Fichter had left…
Cracker: Kerosene Hat (1993)
This is the part of the story where our hero, taking a hiatus from highbrow jazz reviews, rediscovers his inner Cracker and with…
Camper Van Beethoven: Cigarettes & Carrot Juice – The Santa Cruz Years (2002)
Kronomyth 7.0: CAMPER VAN BOXED EVENTUALLY. The faithful, feasting on the crumbs of Cracker and Krummenacher, were finally treated to a Camper Van…
Victor Krummenacher: The Cock Crows At Sunrise (2007)
I have always loved a story, especially a tragic one. The Cock Crows At Sunrise is a beautiful tragedy about a man arrested…
Monks of Doom: Forgery (1992)
[Kronomyth 4.0] Oblivion as They Rose Shrank Like a Thing Reproved.