
Alex Cameron
Tue, 30 March 2027, 9:00 PM CDT
Doors open
8:00 PM CDT
Gasa Gasa
4920 Freret St, New Orleans, LA 70115
Description
In January 2025 Alex Cameron exploded his life in a controlled detonation largely ignored by the universe. No one was safe. And nobody noticed. The charred remains of Cameron’s life fragmented and reassembled into 9 synthetic rock songs detailing his world’s deep confusion and regret. He continues to find pieces of his own reflection in the shattered characters he creates and embodies. Their yearnings and their humiliations. The promised Messiah. Agamemnon’s appetite for war. Mel Gibson’s ransom note. Humanity’s Pro-War destiny. A cold war breakup. This is the sound of a man walking out on somebody else’s family. Into a new world afraid to remember what it used to be. These are songs of protest against life itself. This is the world our fathers feared. And here is its soundtrack.
Listen as he runs from the lonely blaze of his own making, towards the warmer, smaller fire of the underground. Production credits include Mark Perkins, Zach Dawes and Maxim Ludwig among others.
“Red Hook Rain” is a growling triumph - an ancient anthem for your most local devastation. Barry Gibb meets Martin Rev. Depeche Mode via a construction site stereo. It’s Cameron at his most heartbroken and hopeful. Written on the edge of a hurricane with the sky shaking like the heads of so many disapproving Gods. For Cameron the tornado is still spinning in New York. And you can talk at him all you want but you can’t make him go back. Even if he wants to.
LISTEN TO “RED HOOK RAIN” HERE
In October, Cameron will join The Strokes in the UK and Europe, before returning to the States to finish out the year.
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Event Information
Age Limit
18+

Electronic Pop
Alex Cameron
Alex Cameron
Electronic Pop
Alex Cameron rewrites the rules of intimacy. Whether it be as a photographer, songwriter, or performer, the Sydney-native spins unflinching truths through singular fictional narratives, chameleonic as he slips in and out of the mindsets of contemporary villains, the people we hold at arm’s length (for good reason). His minimal debut Jumping the Shark offers a synth-driven understated exploration of deadbeat parents, failing showmen, and all that comes with the dark, seediness of show biz. 2017’s Forced Witness, produced by Jonathan Rado and including collaborations with The Killers’ Brandon Flowers, zeroes in on the alpha male. Plush, glimmering ‘80s pop, all synths and sax, skitters over the dark underbellies of Bad Men, the toxic masculinity lurking in corners of the internet or in pubs, and the feeling that even if you want to, you can’t look away. And why would you? Across his work, Cameron inhabits the darkness effortlessly -- his solution to the mayhem is a danceable and dangerous earnestness, vivid portraits of misfits’ views of the world.
Known for a red-hot live show, thanks to both Cameron’s dancing chops and his chemistry with business associate and sax player Roy Molloy, Cameron and associates have spent the better part of the last several years touring globally, both as headliners and as support for the Killers, establishing themselves as bonafide road dogs and building up a die-hard fan base. Because in these chaotic times when we aren’t able to look away, Cameron is offering us a pure account as he’s seen it.