Laetitia Sadier and Orca Team

Former Stereolab singer Laetitia Sadier is making a welcome return to the road, two albums into a solo career and three years since her old band went on indefinite hiatus. The French indie crooner’s newest record, “Silencio,” is an all-out protest record based on Europe’s crumbling state of affairs, with her familiar, Nico-like voice and layers of loungey cafe-pop and ethereal synth arrangements belying the sharp edge of the lyrics. Portland’s surf-punky Orca Team opens. Chris Riemenschneider