Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura

My Maudlin Career

PUBLISHED May 8, 2009

In theory, Camera Obscura should have painted themselves into a Belle & Sebastian-like corner by now. Yet they have flourished and have gon...

Camera Obscura Announce Tour Dates

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2009

As we previously reported, Camera Obscura have a new record coming out. It's called My Maudlin Career and is due April 20 via their new lab...

Camera Obscura Ready New Album, Give Away New Song

PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2009

After leaving Merge for the even greener pastures of 4AD, Camera Obscura have let us in on the details of their forthcoming new full-length...

Camera Obscura Leave Merge, Sign With 4AD

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2009

While most indie-hearted bands could spend an entire career and then some trying to get on a label as esteemed as Merge Records, Camera Obs...

Camera Obscura / The Essex Green

Barrymore’s Music Hall, Ottawa ON - January 30

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2007

The lone songwriter of Camera Obscura, Tracyanne Campbell, has a bit of a reputation for being a grumpy Scot. In interviews, she never quit...

Camera Obscura / The Diableros

Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON - July 4, 2006

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

Jetlag has the power to suck the wind out of the sails of even the loudest and most energetic rock’n'roll bands, so you can imagine what he...

Camera Obscura

Let's Get Out of the Country

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

Classic pop music comes to some people naturally; others study it with an academic rigour. While there’s nothing that sounds remotely force...

Camera Obscura

Underachievers Please Try Harder

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Girls who came of age in the UK during the late ‘70s, might be familiar with Puffin Books: paperback treasures sold alongside sweets and "g...