Tag: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart

New releases: Camper Van Beethoven, Neil Finn, Devo, Clan of Xymox, ZTT Records

New releases: Camper Van Beethoven, Neil Finn, Devo, Clan of Xymox, ZTT Records

This week’s new releases include a pair of Camper Van Beethoven reissues, new studio albums from Crowded House’s Neil Finn and Clan of Xymox, a Devo DVD, an expanded best-of from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, a pair of ZTT Records compilations and vinyl reissues from Orange Juice.

Camper Van Beethoven's 'Sweetheart,' 'Key Lime Pie' due for expanded reissues

Camper Van Beethoven’s ‘Sweetheart,’ ‘Key Lime Pie’ due for expanded reissues

Omnivore Recordings next month will reissue seminal college-rock act Camper Van Beethoven’s two major-label albums — 1988’s Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart and 1989’s Key Lime Pie, with its hit cover of Status Quo’s “Pictures of Matchstick Men” — in expanded CD versions and on 180-gram vinyl.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Camper Van Beethoven goes under the ‘120 X-Ray' — 1988

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Camper Van Beethoven goes under the ‘120 X-Ray’ — 1988

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we head back to 1988 for this “120 X-Ray” spotlighting what Kurt Loder refers to as “the biggest cult band in the land”: Camper Van Beethoven. This segment was filmed in Miami Beach, Fla., while the band was on tour in support of Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart.