Early on in its career, Camera Obscura endured endless comparisons to
revered fellow Glaswegians Belle & Sebastian. At this point,
however, any comparison threatens to make the latter look bad: Among
scholars of the heartache and growing pains of bookish, precocious
youth, Stuart Murdoch's got nothing on Camera Obscura
vocalist/guitarist Tracyanne Campbell. Her band's new album, My Maudlin Career,
swathes Campbell's melancholy yet droll lyrics in the warm glow of
Motown/Spector '60s pop and
Steve GullickForming in London in 2003, the Duke Spirit has evolved a sound that
brings together elements of garage rock, soul, the blues and swirly,
noisy atmospheric rock. Rather than sounding like's trying to do too
many things at once, act's music sounds rich with textures
and emotional landscapes. A perfect mixture of the gritty and the
sublime, the Duke Spirit employs an impressive palette of sounds and moods.
Frontwoman Liela Moss cuts a commanding figure on stage with an image
reminiscen
The Siren Project
Sunday, November 1, 2009
The Church
Better Than: The Project has been in a long time.
Having a show at the Church is a bit of a losing proposition not
because it's not that a cool place to have a show -- although it's a beautiful
building inside and out and the sound system is excellent, the regular crowd seems more into pre-recorded, comfort music. The DJs
played a great mixture of songs familiar to anyone who was ever into
darker music (Goth, post-punk, downtempo, darkwav
