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Camera Obscura Keyboardist Carey Lander Dies After Cancer Battle
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 11 October 2015
The musician was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in 2011.
Camera Obscura keyboardist and singer Carey Lander has died after battling cancer, the band has announced. Lander had been diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer, in 2011 and her illness had forced her to take time off from the band earlier this year.
The band announced Lander’s death on their official Facebook page writing, ‘It is with the greatest sadness, that we must share the news that Carey passed away peacefully this morning after her illness with cancer.
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Visions 2015 Is Looking Yet More Colourful With New Additions
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 22 April 2015
Camera Obscura, Shamir and Merchandise are added to the line-up.
More acts have been announced for the ever growing line-up of London's Visions Festival, set to take place in August. With acts like Camera Obscura and The Antlers, this year is sure shaping up to be one of the best for Visions yet.
Now in its third year, Visions Festival brings a host of stellar new additions to their 2015 line-up, joining the likes of already announced The Antlers, Toy, Son Lux and Andy Stott. Plus, the day will be bigger than before with yet more venues added across London to celebrate what will hopefully be another sell-out success.
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Primavera Sound 2013 - Live Review
By Dom Gourlay in Music Reviews on 29 May 2013
Barcelona: arguably the most picturesque city in Europe. Situated on the Mediterranean coast in the heart of the Catalonian region, it's a landmine of history and culture. In amongst the beautiful landscapes and symbolic architecture; much of it crafted by Antoni Gaudi; lies the wonderful Park Guell, while at the city's highest point resides the Olympic Stadium, redeveloped with an increased capacity for the 1992 event. Then, of course, there's always the world famous Nou Camp, home to arguably the greatest and most successful football club of this generation, which is where our week long journey begins.
This year's event marks the thirteenth edition of Primavera Sound and, with weekend tickets having sold out months ago, it would be fair to say it's one of the few whose reputation and audience is growing despite the current economic decline. Mainly situated across three venues; the Parc Del Forum, Parc De La Ciutadella and Sala Apolo; Primavera has developed from an initial three-day weekend into a full blown seven-day event.
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Indietracks 2013 - Preview
By Jordan Dowling in Music Reviews on 29 April 2013
Three years ago in an interview with this very site, Indietracks' head honcho wearily talked about scaling down the cult festival after the pressures of maintaining it, even with a trusted team of volunteers, were becoming too great. The two editions that followed certainly consolidated the key elements of what made the festival unique without losing any of its charm, but somewhere along the line a change of heart must have occurred, as the seventh annual of the world's best celebration of indiepop, real ale and steam trains promises to be its biggest, and best, yet.
Like every year preceding it, however, the real treats of 2013's line-up lay on its undercard. The Ballet make a short trip over to the UK for the festival and should prove to be a highlight with irresistibly catchy hooks which has led to comparisons with the earlier work of last year's headline act The Hidden Cameras, whilst The Lovely Eggs and Martha promise to inject a little pop-punk into the proceedings. At the other end of the spectrum (well, the festival's spectrum), Fever Dream offer something much darker, taking Interpol's call-and-response bass/guitar intricacies into the realm of hazy shoegaze and Flowers submerge beautiful melodies in a sea of feedback and fuzz in a way not too dissimilar from festival favourites The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart.
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Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Phoenix, My Bloody Valentine And Blur Will Be In The Line Up Of Primavera Sound 2013
Posted on24 January 2013
Camera Obscura, My Maudlin Career Album Review
By Dom Gourlay in Music Reviews on 19 March 2009
Review of Camera Obscura's album 'My Maudlin Career' released through 4AD.