Camper Van Beethoven

In the Beginning

MP3 of the Day: Kreamy 'Lectric Santa

Santa's got the long beard, so you know a band named in his honor is gonna throw some jams in the bag. But the East Bay --my way of Miami--act Kreamy 'Lectric Santa isn't so straightforward as to sound like a bunch of holiday hippies hitting the bong. The group has been around the block a few times ... More >>

Night+Day

Santa's got the long beard, so you know a band named in his honor is gonna throw some jams in the bag. But the East Bay --my way of Miami--act Kreamy 'Lectric Santa isn't so straightforward as to sound like a bunch of holiday hippies hitting the bong. The group has been around the block a few times ... More >>

Snapshots in time from the Nodzzz' phono album

Santa's got the long beard, so you know a band named in his honor is gonna throw some jams in the bag. But the East Bay --my way of Miami--act Kreamy 'Lectric Santa isn't so straightforward as to sound like a bunch of holiday hippies hitting the bong. The group has been around the block a few times ... More >>

Camper Van Beethoven at 25: from warm beer to funny ideas

Santa's got the long beard, so you know a band named in his honor is gonna throw some jams in the bag. But the East Bay --my way of Miami--act Kreamy 'Lectric Santa isn't so straightforward as to sound like a bunch of holiday hippies hitting the bong. The group has been around the block a few times ... More >>

Baseball season! San Francisco's musical farm team down south

Santa's got the long beard, so you know a band named in his honor is gonna throw some jams in the bag. But the East Bay --my way of Miami--act Kreamy 'Lectric Santa isn't so straightforward as to sound like a bunch of holiday hippies hitting the bong. The group has been around the block a few times ... More >>

Some of My Best Friends Are Records

SF Weekly writers pick their favorite Bay Area records of all time

Roly-Poly Cat Heads

Join local legends the Cat Heads, the (ex) Cat Heads, and It Thing for a trip down memory lane

Go West

Join Kanye and the rest of the music community in sharing your thoughts about Dubya's response to Katrina

Meow Mix

Tune in, turn on, say "fuck": This is the story of a man named Monkey and his very special Pirate Cat Radio

Jacked Around

Nick Tangborn's Jackpine Social Club label sells its CDs in stores across the country. When you buy one, he doesn't see a dime. Why?

Hear This

Break out the Pucker shots and vomit bags: Camper Van Beethoven is turning 21

House of Tudor

The godfather of hip hop graces S.F. with his presence, as do some Filthy Thieving Bastards

Hear This

Brooklyn's Mink Lungs exhale rock that suffers from a delightful identity crisis

Think Different

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

Shock and Brouhaha

Why San Francisco is better than Austin, even during the South by Southwest music festival

Land of the Lost

After 13 years, Savage Republic returns to find its Middle Eastern post-punk world largely intact

Out of Sight

Doing the Landmark switcheroo, hitting the underground S.F. music scene, and encouraging chick flick-makers

Mac Attack

Camper Van Beethoven's long-lost version of Fleetwood Mac's Tusk album resurfaces -- and inspires a reunion

Laura Minor

Salesman's Girl (HighTone)

Live Wires

The subversive charms of Warm Wires' clever, strange, catchy rock

Scott Tuma

Hard Again (Truckstop)

Shine a Light

The Shimmer Kids Underpop Association may be ready to go aboveground

Projected, Not Stirred

How much does Peter Moody love martinis? He's spent 13 years making a movie about them, if that tells you anything.

Labor of Love

For 10 years, Mike Levy led the local band the Sneetches. It took half that time to put out his first solo album.

Meet the Foibles

How a one-man home-recording project turned into the oddest stage show in town

Stalker Fiction

Camden Joy turned Cracker's David Lowery into fiction. Too bad he's real -- and really angry.

The Last Party

The members of San Francisco's Donner Party have moved on to other projects, but they couldn't resist the pull of one last hurrah

Letters

Welcome to Newark, Calif.; Apparently, Ali, We Didn't Hit You Hard Enough; Natural Selection; Invasion of the Dot-Com Parasites; They Aren't All Millionaires; So, You Think We Should Start Paying Silke?; Cursing Those Who Curse the Morg

Happier Campers

Why the members of Camper Van Beethoven are talking again a decade after an acrimonious breakup

Stage

Why the members of Camper Van Beethoven are talking again a decade after an acrimonious breakup

Those Who Dared

Why the three San Francisco music scene vets who make up Virginia Dare have happily retired to home and hearth

Riff Raff

Why the three San Francisco music scene vets who make up Virginia Dare have happily retired to home and hearth

Riff Raff

Why the three San Francisco music scene vets who make up Virginia Dare have happily retired to home and hearth

Take This Tradition and Shove It

Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne reworks country and jazz, sticks it to the KKK, makes guitars out of rakes and toasters -- and dreams of working with Willie Nelson

House of Tudor

Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne reworks country and jazz, sticks it to the KKK, makes guitars out of rakes and toasters -- and dreams of working with Willie Nelson

Stage

Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne reworks country and jazz, sticks it to the KKK, makes guitars out of rakes and toasters -- and dreams of working with Willie Nelson

Riff Raff

Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne reworks country and jazz, sticks it to the KKK, makes guitars out of rakes and toasters -- and dreams of working with Willie Nelson

The Lonesome Death (and Life) of Souled American

Dank, dark, and sad with Chicago's weird country band

Night+Day

Dank, dark, and sad with Chicago's weird country band

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Dank, dark, and sad with Chicago's weird country band

Night+Day

Dank, dark, and sad with Chicago's weird country band

Wammies 1996

Dank, dark, and sad with Chicago's weird country band

SFO3 1996

Dank, dark, and sad with Chicago's weird country band

Night+Day

Dank, dark, and sad with Chicago's weird country band

The Hairy Man Group

Dank, dark, and sad with Chicago's weird country band

Video of the Day: McCabe and Mrs. Miller's Desert Drama

Lonesome country duo McCabe and Mrs. Miller fled the city for the rundown motel rooms and expansive landscapes of Yucca Valley and Joshua Tree to film the video for "Time For Leaving," a Dear John letter wrapped in bittersweet harmonies. McCabe and Mrs. Miller is the pseudonym for the musical partne ... More >>

Summer Guide: How to Get to Pioneertown

Lonesome country duo McCabe and Mrs. Miller fled the city for the rundown motel rooms and expansive landscapes of Yucca Valley and Joshua Tree to film the video for "Time For Leaving," a Dear John letter wrapped in bittersweet harmonies. McCabe and Mrs. Miller is the pseudonym for the musical partne ... More >>