November 21, 2012 - Camper Van Beethoven will join forces with sister band Cracker for a limited winter itinerary CVB prepares for its first new studio release in nine years.
November 23, 2011 - Alternative-rock pioneers Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker will be out on the road for late December and the first part of January.
February 22, 2010 - Currently out on the road with a scaled-down, two-man, acoustic version of the group, Cracker has lined up co-headlining dates with Reverend Horton Heat for later this spring.
September 24, 2009 - Alt-rockers Blue October will team up with rapper/producer B.o.B. for a fall tour to benefit suicide-prevention services and raise awareness of mental health issues.
May 12, 2009 - Alt-rockers Cracker will take to the road later this month to begin supporting their just-released new studio album, "Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey."
November 7, 2008 - Alt-rock sister acts Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven will continue their recent habit of co-headlining a few dates together late in the year.
October 29, 2007 - Alt-rockers Cracker have mapped out a headlining tour that runs through early December, as well as some new shared dates with "sister" act Camper Van Beethoven.
August 15, 2007 - David Lowery will spend significant time this fall fronting both of his bands-- Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven--with a full schedule of dates running through October.
June 8, 2007 - As the frontman and primary songwriter for the '80s startup Camper Van Beethoven, David Lowery may have penned the quintessential college-radio anthem, "Take the Skinheads Bowling." But this and other influential numbers from among the group's seven studio releases and a smattering of EPs and compilations may have actually paved the way for an entire genre of music pigeonholed by the broadcast and recording industries as "adult alternative."
Camper Van Beethoven will join forces with sister band Cracker for a limited winter itinerary CVB prepares for its first new studio release in nine years.
Follow @soundspike