03.04.2026: Foxy Shazam @ The Song & Dance w/s/g Descartes A Kant and Moondough

The night Foxy Shazam came to town it was a wall to wall rock spectacle. It may have been a Wednesday, and the doors to The Song and Dance opened at 6:30, just as people would be heading home from work, but nevertheless there was already a line of fans waiting to get in. The house was full by showtime.

Moondough was first to take the stage and proved to be the perfect kindling to the bonfire of energy to come. Boasting a laidback funk infused sound sound reminiscent of Jamiroquai or first-album Maroon 5, their performance got heads bobbing and feet shuffling. Their set started mellow and built energy until the final climax, where each performer soloed like they were battling the devil for solid gold instruments and priming the crowd for Descartes A Kant.

Descartes A Kant went beyond simple musical showmanship, brining a futuristic/sci-fi influenced layer of performance art flair to the stage. They had it all, matching costumes, props with lights and smoke, A/V clips that started playing while the stage was set and during gaps between songs, and robo-choreography that would have make Devo and Kraftwerk proud. Over the course of their set, they touched on topics ranging from sex and selfies, to creation and destruction, and mental health asking "Would you describe your life as a catastrophe?" and even addressing the elephant in the room of the realities of being a band from Mexico visiting America during MAGA. While totally different from the frenzied spectacle that is a Foxy Shazam live show, their show was an impressively cohesive in both concept and execution. The Syracuse Seen is glad they decided to brave visiting this version of America, and based on the the crowd 's reaction, we're not the only ones

Where to even start with Foxy Shazam? They didn't just take the stage, they stormed it. From the first note to the final reverberation, it was frenetic over the top rock and roll showmanship. It's not a wonder Eric Nally is as slender and fit as he is, he was in constant motion throughout the set. He ran, jumped, climbed, and even did a handstand. He belts out songs with such wild abandon it's incredible he can put on shows night after night without blowing out his voice, and each and every one of his bandmates match his energy.

The whole show is a wild spectacle. Forget simply running around on stage. Have you eve seen a keyboardist crowd surf? While playing his instrument? You will if you go to a Foxy Shazam show! Ever seen a singer do a handstand, tear off their shirt, or light and then EAT a handful of cigarettes? You might see that at a Foxy Shazam show.

It was a truly wild night. Of course they played "Oh, Lord" (of Peacemaker fame) but they also played roughly 25 songs in their set, which was still wrapped up before 11PM. An interesting Easter egg that was likely missed by anyone not a photographer, was that most of the setlists on stage were lines from a poem/lyrics sheets!

Overall, it was a wild night "in the Church of Rock and Roll", a breathless romp and everyone in the house was lucky to have been a witness to it.

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