Starstruck

"On their fantastic third album, Set Yourself on Fire, Stars build cerebral torch songs out of boy-girl vocals, strings, synths, guitars and the occasional French horn. The music is ornate yet light on its feet, with a communal and almost hippie-ish friendliness behind the lonesome lyrics ("When there is nothing left to burn/You must set yourself on fire"). When Amy Millan sings the dreamy "Ageless Beauty," the effect is psychedelic, like somebody put too much cumin in your valerian-root tea. Stars sound confident enough to set anything on fire. "
- RollingStone (4 star review of Set Yourself on Fire)

Razzle dazzle rose

Razzle dazzle rose was the closing song, and it was truly magical. The kind that makes the hairs on your arm stand. Hearing it live was so amazing, you have no idea, the album one is totally incomparable. The other songs were pretty much like how they sound on the album, which is pretty good for a live gig. Anyway, the entire concert ended much too soon. An 80min performance, and when razzle dazzle rose ended, we weren't sure whether there was gonna be an encore or not. Evidently not the case, we made a mad dash to join the queue for the autographs. Lucky we were quick, still had to wait an entire hour before making it to the table!

Funny moment when the band took a break in the middle of the performance. There'd been an announcement saying that there wasn't an intermission, so when this old-eurasian-bar-singer-looking dude in leathers came on stage, we thought he was some middle act. He even took up one of the guitars and fiddled with it, so the crowd kept cheering madly for him. Only for him to put the guitar back down five minutes later and return backstage, whereby Camera Obscura came back out. He was the guitar tuner!