Live, Camera Obscura Underdeveloped [Correction 7/28/06] From: The Washington Post | Date: July 11, 2006 | Copyright 2006 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

The things that make Camera Obscura charming on record -- singsong melodies, unpretentious indie-rock aspirations -- are the same things that doomed its live show Sunday at the Black Cat. The Scottish sextet played an enervating hour-long set, ambling through 14 songs with all the urgency of a concussed sloth.

Singer and guitarist Tracyanne Campbell has a flat, wee voice, but it sounds sweet and innocent on the band's latest CD, "Let's Get Out of This Country," where you can make o...

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