Alex Cameron is back in Columbus with Late to Set

The Australian songwriter plays Ace of Cups on Monday, April 5, 2027, his first Columbus show since a November 2019 night at A&R Music Bar.

The last time Alex Cameron came through Columbus was a Wednesday night in November 2019 at A&R Music Bar. Since then he's made two records, opened for the Strokes across Europe, and decided to put out his newest album on his own. Next spring he's back, in a 300-capacity room on a Monday night.

Alex Cameron plays Ace of Cups on Monday, April 5, 2027, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 through See Tickets. The date was announced Oct. 23. It's his first Columbus show since Nov. 13, 2019.

The record he's bringing is *Late to Set*, his fifth studio album, which came out July 24. He released it himself, a change from earlier records that came out through Secretly Canadian. He announced it with the lead single "Red Hook Rain," and Stereogum, The Line of Best Fit and BrooklynVegan all covered the rollout. Before that came *Oxy Music*, announced with the single "Best Life" and its video. Taken together, those are the two records Columbus hasn't heard him play live.

He spent this fall on the road. Cameron opened for the Strokes across the U.K. and Europe and played North American headline dates of his own, including two nights at Brooklyn's Baby's All Right in September. Opening for an arena band and then booking a 300-capacity bar in Columbus is a wide range for one year. But part of his appeal has always been how a small room makes his songs feel close.

That's what Ace of Cups offers. It's a 300-capacity bar, and on a Monday night the crowd will be mostly the people who actually wanted to be there. Cameron's songs are full of characters and wry storytelling, and that kind of material works best when you can see the singer's face. Longtime fans will also be watching for his longtime onstage foil Roy Molloy, who has toured with him on horn, though the April lineup hasn't been announced.

Columbus has been good to artists who sit between indie rock and something stranger, and Ace of Cups is one of the rooms where that happens. A $25 ticket for a songwriter five albums in, on a weeknight, is the kind of show that's easy to skip and easy to regret skipping.

Practical notes: it's an early 7 p.m. start on a Monday, which is good news for anyone who works Tuesday. No support act is listed yet. At $25 and 300 capacity, this is the sort of show that can sell out quietly, so don't wait for a reminder.

Seven and a half years is a long gap. On April 5, Columbus gets him back in a room small enough to catch every line.

Sources: Alex Cameron announces new album Late To Set, hear Red Hook Rain – Stereogum (stereogum.com); Alex Cameron announce new record Late To Set – The Line of Best Fit (thelineofbestfit.com); Alex Cameron announces new album, tour, shares Red Hook Rain – BrooklynVegan (brooklynvegan.com); Alex Cameron announces new LP Oxy Music, tour, shares Best Life video – BrooklynVegan (brooklynvegan.com); Alex Cameron shares new single Stepdad – Secretly Canadian (secretlycanadian.com); Alex Cameron With Roy Molloy (On Horn) Announce New Zealand Tour – 13th Floor (13thfloor.co.nz); Alex Cameron at Ace of Cups – See Tickets (prod-nts-api.seeticketsusa.us)