After a nine-year hiatus, the venerable rock band Camper Van Beethoven has returned with its eighth studio album, La Costa Perdida. Thematically, the record revolves around midlife nostalgia and the group's California roots. Core members David Lowery, Jonathan Segel and Greg Lischer recruited Michael Urbano and Frank Funaro, both known for their work in Lowery's band Cracker, to collaborate on the recordings and subsequent performances.
Here, Camper Van Beethoven brings its mix of psychedelia, country, ska and Mexican styles to World Café, and talks with host David Dye about its reunion. (Link)
Tracklisting
(( )) for interlude music
HOUR 1
The Sir Douglas Quintet “Mendocino” Best of the Sir Douglas Quintet
Joe Ely “Fingernails” Honkytonk Masquerade
Cracker “Satisfy You” Cracker
David Wax Museum “Harder Before it Gets Easier” Knock Knock Get Up
((Camper Van Beethoven “Come Down the Coast” Recorded Live for the World Cafe))
Camper Van Beethoven “Too High for the Love-in” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Camper Van Beethoven “Come Down the Coast” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Camper Van Beethoven “Northern California Girls” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
((Camper Van Beethoven “Northern California Girls” Recorded Live for the World Cafe))
Wall of Voodoo “Mexican Radio” Songs That Made this Country Great
Neil Young & Crazy Horse “Walk Like a Giant” Psychedelic Pill
Erin Mckeown “The Jailer” Manifestra
Bjork “Venus as a Boy” Debut
((Atoms For Peace “Default” Amok))
HOUR 2
Bob Dylan “Shelter from the Storm” Tangled Up in Blue
Josh Ritter “Joy to You Baby” The Beast in Its Tracks
David Bowie “Heroes” Heroes
Rodriguez “Sugar Man” Cold Facts
Wild Belle “Keep You” Isles
((Wado E Realismo Fantastico “Se Vacilar O Jacare Abraca” Brazil Classics 7))
Luis Kalaff Y Sus Alegres Dominicanos “Por Abajo Y Por Arriba” Luis Y Sus Alegres Dominicanos' Tu Crees Que Es Asi
Wilfrido Vargas “Abusadora” Coleccion Diamante
((Hacienda “Barbacoa” Big Red & Barbacoa))
Calexico “Sinner in the Sea” Calexico
Vampire Weekend “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” Vampire Weekend
Luna “Anesthesia” Lunapark
Yo La Tengo “Ohm” Fade
((The Kyle Sowashes “I Would Like To Speak To Yr Manager” Nobody))