Jun 16 AURALWEST: CAMERA OBSCURA

Remember when I said that great music will not be brought to you for free this summer... Well I was wrong.Famous Scottish indie pop band will be playing at the Wiltern this Tuesday for approximately 20$, this is not the show of the week, they will also be playing tomorrow (monday) at Amoeba for free. Camera Obscura is a Scottish indie-pop band from Glasgow. They are close friends of Belle and Sebastian and basically the San Antonio Spurs of indie-pop. They are consistant, tight fundamentally, and doing quite well for themselves right now. They play dreamy highly structured songs about love with the beautiful, yet commanding, voice of Tracyanne Campbell leading them.

Jun 3

Jun 3 AURALWEST: CEREMONY

Nick Selden

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n case you've never heard of Matador Records they are probably the coolest label ever. The original label of Sonic Youth and Pavement has been producing some of the world's best indie rock since. Any band signed to Matador is worth checking out and you guessed it this week is a Matador band. Ceremony is a post-punk outfit from norcal that are hella tight. Blistering guitars, a driving rhythm section, and the bleak whiny yet hypnotic voice of frontman Ross Farrar made their Matador debut "Zoo" one of my favorite records of 2012.