Brooklyn Vegan — Camper Van Beethoven will release their first new album in nine years, La Costa Perdida, which will be out January 22 via 429 Records. The record features original members David Lowery, Greg Lisher, Jonathan Segel and Victor Krummenacher and... more info

E! Online —  There's a reason Lil Wayne is a multiplatinum rapper. The "Lollipop" emcee decided to break out the peanuts and Cracker Jacks by serenading fans with a very off-key... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Amidst the outpouring of ogling and admiration that comes with every new online music services, actual artists are very often an unpaid afterthought. The commentary of Cracker's David Lowery sets the record straight. more info

Impose Magazine — PART THREE: DINNER I'm so excited to share my concluding recipe for "Why It Sucks to be Vegan"!!! Being vegan hasn't gotten any better since my last post. It especially blows when it's Memorial Day weekend. War is a very uncomfortable si... more info

Dlisted — The Cyrus family carport might soon be filled with a lavish spread fit for a hillbilly teen bride including a moonshine fountain, a three-tier dick cake, plastic red Solo champagne flutes, a Taco Wedding Party Pack, Dr. Pepper-glazed roasted possum, ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Boulder blues band Big Head Todd and The Monsters have announced their Winter club tour. They will perform the Midnight Radio album in its entirety at a few select shows. Live dates: 12/31 House of Blues Chicago, IL (w/ Cracker and Camper Van ... more info

Starpulse — Psych goes out to the ballgame this week, and treats us to a fantastic time. The only way this episode could get better is if it had come with a box of Cracker Jack. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Alt-rock vets Camper Van Beethoven and frontman David Lowery's other band Cracker are going on tour together in December & January. They'll kick off the tour in their home state of California and make their way over the east... more info

Dlisted — The pat-and-peel Cracker Jack tattoos on the bargain basement Sam Merlotte! The hot doorway dance moves (you know I love doorway dancing)! The shower sex scene that looks like two crawdads steaming to death in a glass pot on a car-powered hot plate!... more info

Pop Justice — The stage is set! (There's no stage.) The lights are lit! (There is no special lighting.) The (GET ON WITH IT - ED) Tonight in London a panel of judges will meet to award a prize fund totalling twenty pounds (cash) to the British pop single they ... more info