A small group huddled around Kenny McKeeve and Gavin Dunbar not long after Camera Obscura‘s sold-out show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Sunday night (11/22). One globe-trotting fan from Toronto ...

Scottish indie-pop band Camera Obscura released their first new album in 11 years, Look to the East, Look to the West, in May via Merge. Now they have digitally released Look to the Demos, an EP ...

On the cover of Camera Obscura’s 2024 album “Look to the East, Look to the West,” a woman perches on a rocky bank, caught in a pensive moment. She’s the same woman who appeared on the Scottish band’s ...

When Camera Obscura lost Carey Lander to cancer in 2015, the future of the band was undecided. The group took a break, and frontwoman Traceyanne Campbell made a very good record with Danny Coughlan ...

It proved more than fitting that a moody, gray thunderstorm rolled into the region hours before Camera Obscura took the stage Thursday night at the Wonder Ballroom. After all, the Glaswegian band's ...

There is very sad news to report from the Camera Obscura camp. We are saddened to write that keyboardist Carey Lander passed away this morning after a long battle with bone cancer, the band has shared ...

With summer fast approaching, the timing couldn’t be more perfect for a poppy, charming album from Camera Obscura. The indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland, has returned with its fourth album, “My ...

Early in her band's career, Camera Obscura's Tracyanne Campbell won constant comparisons with Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, and rightfully so. Both singers held merit badges in restrained pop ...

Camera Obscura keyboardist Carey Lander has died following her battle with bone cancer. She was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma in her leg in 2011. In August, the band canceled shows to accomodate ...

Audio for this feature is no longer available. Camera Obscura has been crafting its own blend of shimmering chamber-pop since first forming in Glasgow in 1996. Now, more than a decade later, the group ...

It was summertime, so insects of prey were legion. In 2006, the Glaswegian indie-pop band Camera Obscura performed at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro. I had the assignment to interview lead singer and ...