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Filter reports that they have teamed up with American Eagle Outfitters to gather rarities, covers, and remixes from an all-star cast of musicians to create Hear to Help, a compilation to benefit the crisis in Haiti. The CD will feature Surfer Blood, Vampire Weekend, Julian Casablancas, Busdriver, Grizzly Bear, and many other notable players in today’s music scene. Check out that intriguing tracklist for yourself:

Hear to Help:

01 Beck: “Volcano” (acoustic version)
02 Snow Patrol: “You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will.” (Bright Eyes cover)
03 Keane: “Black Burning Heart” (French version)
04 Air: “So Light Is Her Footfall” (Breakbot Remix)
05 Charlotte Gainsbourg: “Dandelion”
06 Julian Casablancas: “Long Island Blues”
07 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: “Am I Only” (ReMix)
08 The Breeders: “We’re Gonna Rise”
09 Vampire Weekend: “Cousinz” (Toy Selectah Mex-More Remix)
10 Noah and the Whale: “Love of an Orchestra” (Chew Fu Fix)
11 Camera Obscura: “The World Is Full of Strangers”
12 Minus the Bear: “Broken China”
13 of Montreal: “Take Me Out” (live) (Franz Ferdinand cover)
14 Busdriver: “Running Water”
15 Surfer Blood: “Take It Easy” (Drop the Lime Remix)
16 Grizzly Bear: “Boy From School” (Hot Chip cover)
17 AM: “Endings Are Beginnings” (Piano Mix)

The compilation is available at American Eagle stores from now until March 19. Starting tomorrow, it will also be available on their website. All proceeds will go to Oxfam America.

British record label 4AD has recently announced an April tour for the Scottish indie pop band Camera Obscura. We can’t quite call it a full North American tour, as they will not be visiting Canada this time. They will spend the month trekking throughout the U.S. and Mexico, likely performing in light of their 2009 album, My Maudlin Career, which did quite well on “Best of 2009″ lists in the music world. In fact, it ranked number 11 on the year-end list here at onethirtybpm.

Fans in the Pacific and Europe can expect some presence from Camera Obscura a little before April, as their label disclosed. “They are playing two shows in Indonesia this March and a one-off show in Portugal in late-February.” Tour dates have also been planned for New Zealand, Australia, and Japan, but they have not yet been announced.

Camera Obscura US & Mexico Tour April 2010:

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Saturday 3 – Iowa City, IA. Mission Creek Festival at Blue Moose Tap House
Sunday 4 – Madison, WI. High Noon Saloon
Monday 5 – Chicago, IL. Lincoln Hall
Wednesday 7 – Lawrence, KS. The Bottleneck
Thursday 4 – Norman, OK. Meacham Auditorium at University of Oklahoma
Friday 9 – Austin, TX Emo’s, Outside
Saturday 10 – Denton, TX. Hailey’s
Sunday 11 – Houston, TX. Warehouse Live Studio
Tuesday 13 – Mexico City, MX. Lunario
Wednesday 14 – Guadalajara, MX. Lydo’s Show Center
Friday 16 Las Vegas, NV. Club Aruba at Aruba Hotel
Tuesday 20 – Visalia, CA. Cellar Door
Wednesday 21 – San Francisco, CA. Great American Music Hall
Friday 23 – Eugene, OR. WOW Hall
Saturday 24 – Bellingham, WA. Nightlight Lounge
Sunday 25 – Portland, OR. Berbati’s Pan

Camera Obscura recently released their new single “My Maudlin Career”, which will be off the album of the same name. My Maudlin Career is due out April 20th, and will be the follow up to their 2006 album Let’s Get Out off This Country.

You can stream or download the MP3 below:

MP3: Camera Obscura – “My Maudlin Career” (Requires email)

My Maudlin Career is out on April 20th on 4AD

-Brent Koepp