Camera Obscura: Tour Dates, Disambiguation

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Disambiguated at the corner of Wikipedia Avenue and Camera Obscura Boulevard. Details follow.

The Object
"The camera obscura (Lat. dark chamber) was an optical device used in drawing, and one of the ancestral threads leading to the invention of photography. Photographic devices today are still known as 'cameras'.

"The principle of the camera obscura can be demonstrated with a rudimentary type, just a box (which may be room-size) with a hole in one side, (see pinhole camera for construction details). Light from only one part of a scene will pass through the hole and strike a specific part of the back wall. The projection is made on paper on which an artist can then copy the image. The advantage of this technique is that the perspective is right, thus greatly increasing the realism of the image (correct perspective in drawing can also be achieved by looking through a wire mesh and copying the view onto a canvas with a corresponding grid on it)."
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The Scotland Indie Pop [Official Site | MySpace]
"Camera Obscura is an indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 1996 by Tracyanne Campbell, John Henderson, and Gavin Dunbar. The band's latest album, Let's Get Out of This Country was released on June 6, 2006; the first single from the album, 'Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken,' is a response to Lloyd Cole's song 'Are you ready to be heartbroken'."
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The San Diego Punk
"Camera Obscura is not pulling any punches: they're out to rock you so hard you fall onto the dance floor. The band launches its aural attack using an arsenal comprised of Michelle Maskovich's squealing keyboards, Duane Pitre's mountains of guitar squiggle, William Lamb's thunderous drums, and Russell White's urgent-yet-muffled vocals. Like a dance party during a tornado watch, Camera Obscura throws caution and moderation out the window in favor of thrilling, adventurous sound combinations.

"Camera Obscura formed in '98 in San Diego, incorporating members of The Shortwave Channel, The Interstate Ten, and Spanakorzo. The band self-released a seven-inch (now in its fourth pressing on Three One G Records) in October '98 and went on its first U.S. tour in January '99. More touring and recording followed, leading up to the release of their first full-length, 2000's To Change the Shape of an Envelope, on Troubleman Unlimited."
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Camera Obscura of the Scotland Indie Pop sort is touring the United States end o' Enero to mid o' Febrero of 2007. They have been topping a lot of blogger Top Tens [Daily Growl: #5 | Musicisnotdead: Top Ten | Chandler @ The Yellow Stereo: #2] and also made Grizzly Bear's Top Album list as well. They squeaked in to the Top 100 Sellers of 2006 over at Insound and popped a 7.8 from our homeboy Brian Howe at P4K.

I'm speaking on their behalf in kind of a round about way because I'm just getting around to it. I think it is definitely worth a $15-spot at the 9:30 Club. Someone out there made the Mazzy Star comparison in terms of the vocals and it is spot on. "Dory Previn" is a subtle bombshell of a track.

  

MP3: Camera Obscura - "Dory Previn"
MP3: Camera Obscura - "Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken"

Upcoming Tour Dates
1/17 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
1/18 - Tallahassee, FL - The Club Downunder
1/19 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
1/20 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
1/21 - Charlottesville, NC - Satellite Ballroom *
1/22 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club * | Tickets
1/24 - New York, NY - Warsaw *
1/26 - Northampton, MA - Pearl Street *
1/27 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club *
1/29 - Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa *
1/30 - Ottawa, ON - Barrymore's Music Hall *
1/31 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace *
2/1 - Ann Arbor, MI - Bling Pig *
2/2 - Kalamazoo, MI - Kraftbrau Brewery *
2/3 - Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium *
2/5 - Columbia, MO - Mojo's
2/6 - Kansas City, MO - The Record Bar
2/8 - Denver, CO - The Bluebird Theater
2/10 - Mexico City, MX - City Hall
2/12 - Seattle, WA - Neumos ^
2/13 - Vancouver, BC - Richard's on Richards ^
2/14 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom ^
2/16 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's ^
2/17 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre ^

* with The Essex Green
^ with Portastatic