In the '80s, the band Camper Van Beethoven came out of Santa Cruz with wry and musically witty observations of scenes around the state. Like the bluegrass-Balkan-ska-punk song "Take the Skinheads Bowling," for example. According to pop music critic Steve Hochman, the band's first album in nine years, "La Costa Perdida" has all those early qualities, and more.
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