Perhaps the only genre ever to be named after its fans’ level of educational attainment, “college rock” was exactly what the name implied: smart, fun music perfect for hanging out and drinking beer, ideally on a Friday afternoon in fall just after your last class was over. College rock got its start at the close of the Seventies in Athens, Georgia, with the insanely original dance-punk band Pylon; soon it came to be defined by the sweet, cryptic guitar jangle of R.E.M., who went on to help define Nineties alt-rock as well.
- 11/19/2020
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Camper Van Beethoven front man David Lowery, a vocal opponent of streaming services, filed a class-action lawsuit against Spotify on Monday requesting $150 million in damages over unpaid royalties. According to Billboard, Lowery has accused Spotify of “knowingly, willingly, and unlawfully” reproducing and distributing copyrighted music to over 75 million users without obtaining the proper licensing. The suit claims the company failed to identify or locate the owners for payment and showed no signs or intentions of doing so. Songs mentioned in the complaint include "Almond Grove," "Get On Down the Road," "King of Bakersfield," and "Tonight I Cross the Border.” In addition to Lowery, the class proposed will include over 100 artists whose music Spotify has reproduced illegally, with Lowery acting as the representative during litigation. The suit also requests the court have Spotify remove the songs in question from its database, pay for an outside auditor to identify...
- 12/29/2015
- by Lauretta Charlton
- Vulture
Spotify has been hit with a $150 million class-action lawsuit filed by the lead singer of 1980s alternative band Camper Van Beethoven, alleging that the top subscription music service has failed to pay royalties to artists. The suit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, is the latest clash between artists and streaming services. It comes as the recorded music business shifts from paid downloads to online services that let consumers pay a flat monthly subscription or sit through ads to access a buffet of tunes. Worried that the subscription model devalues music, stars like...
- 12/29/2015
- by Joan E. Solsman
- The Wrap
David Lowery has had a curious third act. First he was at the vanguard of the 1980s American indie-rock boom with the wonderfully eclectic and loopy Camper Van Beethoven; and then he right-time/right-placed it again in the '90s, with the more aggressive, more snide Cracker. And while both those bands are ongoing — and excellent — concerns, Lowery has recently become one of the leading artists' voices in the continued discussion about digital music. (He even now lectures on the business of music at the University of Georgia.) We caught up with Lowery in the van on the way to a gig, just as the details of Apple Music, which will be available starting June 30, were being made public. Apple's entry into the streaming-music world has been the thunder rumbling off in the distance for a while. Now that Apple Music is finally here, what are your first reactions?...
- 6/8/2015
- by David Marchese
- Vulture
Camper Van Beethoven is back with its first album in nine years, La Costa Perdida, and to celebrate the release (and not to mention the band’s colossal 30th anniversary), the band is setting out on a month-long tour that will kick off Jan. 18 in Philadelphia. La Costa Perdida is set for release on Jan. 22. Take a look at the dates below. Camper Van Beethoven Winter Tour January 18 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ World Cafe Live ! 19 – New York, N.Y. @ Stage 48 ! 20 – Cambridge, Mass. @ The Middle East ! 23 – Augusta, Ga....
- 1/2/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
Less than a month after the release of his latest solo releases, Camper Van Beethoven’s fiddler, Jonathan Segel is keeping busy—from individual projects to Camper reunions, new recordings and constant touring. Segel chatted with Paste about the inspiration for _All Attractions_ and _Apricot Jam_, his rock and roll roots, performaing abroad during the Gulf War and the pros/cons of funding his newest records through Kickstarter.
- 4/2/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
The best of your comments on the latest films and music
Why just record a cover version of a single song when you can do a whole album instead? Last week, Pete Paphides spoke to some of the musicians who've taken on the challenge of recreating or reimagining entire albums, posing the question: why? It was a question to which readers had answers. "I don't think it's really any more ridiculous than covering one song – ie not at all – and classical music does similar-length 'covers' all the time," wrote jaytabb. "The whole thing about how important it is to do your own material is a bit bogus to me – half the 'new' stuff you hear sounds derivative anyway. At least this way you can see where the value added is."
"I don't see the habit as strange at all," reckoned IfThen. "It's just a more concentrated example of what happens...
Why just record a cover version of a single song when you can do a whole album instead? Last week, Pete Paphides spoke to some of the musicians who've taken on the challenge of recreating or reimagining entire albums, posing the question: why? It was a question to which readers had answers. "I don't think it's really any more ridiculous than covering one song – ie not at all – and classical music does similar-length 'covers' all the time," wrote jaytabb. "The whole thing about how important it is to do your own material is a bit bogus to me – half the 'new' stuff you hear sounds derivative anyway. At least this way you can see where the value added is."
"I don't see the habit as strange at all," reckoned IfThen. "It's just a more concentrated example of what happens...
- 9/15/2011
- by Michael Hann
- The Guardian - Film News
David Lowery has been making snarky, off-kilter roots music for more than 25 years, first with ’80s college-rock pioneers Camper Van Beethoven, then with ’90s alt-rock hitmaker Cracker. On his first-ever solo record, The Palace Guards, Lowery sticks with his usual stoner-country sound, skirting jokiness on the loopy title track, and eclipsing it on “I Sold The Arabs The Moon,” a wistful confession of life’s lies and cons in waltz-time. The surprising thing about The Palace Guards is that Lowery still writes sarcastic, knowing David Lowery songs about as well as he ever has. The humor of Lowery’s ...
- 2/8/2011
- avclub.com
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