On the evening of March 6th at the Fox Cabaret, Laetitia Sadier presented her recently released album Rooting For Love and some other solo work. The welcoming venue seemed almost sold out and the age of attendees indicated fans of Laetitia’s earlier gorgeous sonic concoctions with Stereolab. Due to financial constraints of lugging a band around the continent she played solo guitar and trombone with help of a drum machine and other preprogrammed effects. Laetitia is a concerned and angry world citizen and the songs reflect this.

Del Water Gap are a shining example of the resurgence of glittering indie-pop in the last decade. They are the solo project of Brooklyn singer-songwriter S. Holden Jaffe, who claims it has been his fight against his inner critic and the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic that have led him to pursue a presence within the indie scene.

Post-Punk revivalists Shame released their third album, Food for Worms, in February this year through Dead Oceans records, home to other post-rock and post-punk artists such as Wednesday and Slowdive. Since then, they have been debuting tracks such as the erratic and mosh-ready ‘Six Pack’ and the anthemic pub ballad ‘Adderall’ live across Europe and most recently, North America.

The show on September 15th at the 648 Kingsway, promoted on the poster as “CAN YOU DEFEAT THESE FOES?” featured a killer lineup, a ton of energy, and a fantastic poster to boot.