The Best Concerts of the Year: Paste writer matt_mitchell48 chooses AlexCameron (ALKCM) at SoupFest614
On my last day living in Columbus, Ohio, my feet are soaked in puddles of Pabst Blue Ribbon and my body is engulfed in the fumes of award-winning Creamy Tomato Tortellini. There are no windows in sight, only dudes wearing bandanas and coffee mugs cuffed to carabiners dangling from belt loops. Someone examines the small pond of PBR beside me and gently places a stack of paper towels over it. They plop their foot down on the towels, do one or two side-to-sides, and call it a day.
SoupFest started at an ambitious 1 PM, but many attendees arrived much earlier than that. I’ve only just now made my appearance at 7:45 PM, as my Uber pulls up to a parking lot full of soup disciples having a smoke or a vape near the Ayy! Karamba food truck. I’ve gotten to the point in my life where my body has most certainly been keeping the score, and I often don’t ever have enough spoons to sit through a two-hour show, let alone a full day’s worth of tunes.
My buddy Evan Harris, a God-like figure in the world of soup, who has the charisma of a titan, is emceeing the festivities. He’s noticeably tired from running around all day helping out with anything he can, but, as he’s about to introduce Cameron and Molloy, a bit of awe gets caught in his eyes. For the first time the entire day, he gets to cool down and enjoy some music from the pit. Like everyone else, from the first beat loop that poured out a MacBook sitting atop a table, he was mystified.
Cameron takes long pauses in between songs. There is as much banter as there is music. You can tell he’s jet lagged and maybe even a bit taken aback by the audience he’s performing for. He nurses a beer before taking a break in the set to let Molloy have a moment in the spotlight. Instead of offering gratitude or gushing over the festival, Molloy instead goes into a full-blown critique of the stool provided to him for the performance. It’s round and blue, speckled with white.
But in truth, I don’t remember nearly enough of Cameron’s set as I do other shows I’ve been to in my life. I think that’s what makes it so great, how it’s become folklore even in my own mind. 332,278,000 people didn’t see Alex Cameron play at SoupFest. I’m pretty sure I wasn’t one of them! I remember a discourse about the soups, and how Cameron brought one of the category winners on stage, hugged her and led a “Soup!” chant in her honor.
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