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Reveal European Tour

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:50:16 GMT

A message we've got to pass on from Camera Obscura:

Hello again.

A big thanks to everyone who came out to see us in North America. We will be back soon!

Now remember how we told you about all the festival shows we'd be playing throughout the summer, and we might have mentioned that we'd be touring round the UK and Europe in the Autumn. Well, here we are, barely finished in North America, and we'd like to fill you in on the shows we have organised for later in the year so far. See below.

While we have you, you can also watch us make our TV debut on The Craig Ferguson Show here and a new video for Honey in The Sun here.

That’s pretty much it for now, we'll see you soon no doubt, unless you are in Australia or New Zealand or one of them lands, in which case you'll have to wait a little bit longer (there's a hint there somewhere).

Thanks,
Camera Obscura

July
10 T In The Park Festival, UK
12 Oxegen festival, IRE
18 Suffolk Latitude Festival, UK
25 Derbyshire Indietracks, UK
26 Ben & Jerry's Sundae, UK

August
2 Big Weekend Cardiff, UK
8 Ayrshire Dean Castle, UK (with Lloyd Cole - how good is that going to be?)
15 St Malo La Route de Rock, FRA
23 Hay-on-Wye Green Man Festival, UK
29 Stockholm Popaganda Festival, SWE

September
25 Leicester Musician, UK
26 Southend Village Green Festival, UK
28 TBC, BEL
29 Osnabruck Glanz & Gloria, GER
30 Copenhagen Loppen, DEN

October
1 Gothenburg Parken, SWE
2 Oslo Parkteatret, NOR
3 Stockholm Strand, SWE
5 Malmo Debaser, SWE
6 Aarhus Woxhall DEN
7 Hamburg Knust, GER
8 Berlin Postbahnhof, GER
9 Prague Cross Club, CZE
10 Vienna Flex AUS
12 Munich 59to1, GER
13 Zurich Abart, SWZ
14 Milan Casa 139, ITA
15 Lyon TBC, FRA
16 Paris Maroquinerie, FRA
18 France Tourcoing Grand Mix FRA
19 Brussels Ancienne Belgique, BEL
20 Amsterdam Paradiso, NED
22 Norwich Waterfront, UK
23 Brighton Komedia, UK
24 Exeter Phoenix, UK
25 Bristol Thekla, UK
26 Lancaster Library, UK
27 Leeds Cockpit, UK
29 Glasgow Barrowlands, UK

November
3 London Shepherd's Bush Empire, UK
5 Zaragoza Casa Del Loco, SPA
6 Salamanca Multiusos Sanchez Paraiso, SPA
7 Valladolid Fair Sun, SPA
8 Madrid Heineken, SPA
9 Barcelona Apolo, SPA

Doolittle Tour Announced

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:21:00 GMT

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of their 1989 album Doolittle, the Pixies - Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering - will embark on a very special tour this fall - The Doolittle Tour - which will kick off with two nights at the Olympia in Dublin, Ireland on October 1 and 2. Tickets for all dates (listed below) go on sale this Friday, July 3 at 9AM.

For The Doolittle Tour, the Pixies will perform all of the songs from Doolittle and its related B-sides. Pixies' classics such as 'Debaser', 'Wave of Mutilation', 'Here Comes Your Man', 'Hey', and 'Gouge Away' are all on Doolittle's track listing.

"We wanted to do something special for Doolittle's 20th anniversary," said Black Francis, "and we thought his was a good opportunity to play all of the songs from that album, something we don't normally do at a regular gig."

With the first date still three months away, the band is brainstorming on Doolittle-related surprises that will also comprise the nights' entertainment.

The ultimate Pixies Collector's Set, Minotaur, will be ready to ship to purchasers in early October. To find out more about Minotaur and to order a copy, log onto AINR.

Dates for the Pixies' Doolittle Tour, and appropriate links to purchase tickets are as follows:

OCTOBER
Thursday 1st - Olympia, Dublin, IRE TICKETS
Friday 2nd - Olympia, Dublin, IRE TICKETS
Sunday 4th - SECC, Glasgow, UK TICKETS
Tuesday 6th - Brixton Academy, London, UK TICKETS
Wednesday 7th - Brixton Academy, London, UK TICKETS
Thursday 8th - Brixton Academy, London, UK TICKETS
Friday 9th - Brixton Academy, London, UK TICKETS
Sunday 11th - Jahrhunderhalle, Frankfurt, DE TICKETS
Tuesday 13th - Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, NED TICKETS
Wednesday 14th - Forest National, Brussels, BE TICKETS
Thursday 15th - Zenith, Paris, FR TICKETS

Watch The West Coast Video

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:44:00 GMT

This aired on Pitchfork TV last week so time to share it.

As you'll see, it's the excellent new video for 'The West Coast' by Anni Rossi. Made by Rollin Hunt, it's most apt as Anni has been spending a lot of time on the road of late. She is, as we type this, just finishing off a tour with label mates Camera Obscura in North America and will soon be off again with Micachu And The Shapes. That tour starts in her hometown of Chicago on July 13th - more information here.

Performs 'Marrow' on The Late Show with David Letterman

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:38:00 GMT

Courtesy of The Audio Perv

Travels With Myself And Another out now

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:07:48 GMT

The new album by Cardiff-based trio Future Of The Left is out now. Clocking in at just over half an hour in duration, this is the band's second album and their first for 4AD.

"One of the best rock albums of 2009." NME (8/10)

"Brisk, brash, agitated songs that bristle with tension and aggression." The Fly (Album of the Month, 4.5/5)

"These Brits spit fiery, trebly guitarrock venom with such lusty glee that following them to hell actually sounds inviting." Spin (4/5)

"A scene-eschewing smart bomb... You won't be disappointed." Rock Sound (9/10)

"Pure pop brilliance." Artrocker (Album of the Month)

"The best rock band in Britain; Travels... is the undisputable evidence." Plan B

"Terrific second album that takes you to the most unexpected places." The Observer

"Short at 33 minutes but long on ambition - it should take them a long way." The Sun

"A fantastically unique album." Total Guitar (4/5)

"As crackling and taut a half-hour as you'll spend with any hard rock act of the moment." Mail On Sunday (4/5)

"The most staggeringly refreshing post-hardcore album in years." The Quietus

Catch Future Of The Left live this summer:
4th July - Faversham, Leeds GB
10th July - Upstairs at The Garage, London GB
13th July - Maxwells, Hoboken US
14th July - Johnny Brendas, Philadelphia US
15th July - El Mocambo, Toronto CA
17th July - T.T. The Bear's Place, Boston US
18th July - Siren Music Festival, New York US
19th July - DC9, Washington US
21st July - Schubas, Chicago US
22nd July - Turf Club, St. Paul US
25th July - Capitol Hill Block Party, Seattle US
28th July - Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco US
31st July - Spaceland, Los Angeles US
15th August - Summer Sundae Festival, Leicester GB

Performing 'The Hope That House Built" for The JD Set: