Osheaga 2026 (Day 2 of 3)

Turnstile
Seemed very capable. Not my bag.

Franz Ferdinand
There’s this thing that sometimes to legacy bands. As they reach middle age they sort of become a lounge act cover of themselves. Still, those early songs still crush 22 years later.

Viagra Boys
What a deeply in-sexy group of fat middle-aged men. But from the tail end of their set, they rock and have great 0 Fs given vibe which immediately gives them cool points.

Mt Joy
Abut what you’d expect from the pedigree (Opened up for The Lumineers. ) sound good, play well. Your basic folk/americana/souther inflected indie rock. They an aren’t adding anything to the movement which started 20 years ago.

Angine de Poitrine
One of the most hyped bands in Montreal and on my corners of the internet. I’ve bailed on seeing them twice. But I’m glad I finally did. They live up to the hype. The whole alien angle adds theatricality to the stellar (pun intended) playing. I will definitely see them again

Bar Italia
Plagued by technical difficulties of the B stage. We lost about 10min of their show and it put them in a bad mood though they seemed to channel it well into an angry and rocking set. The bands is great. Love the alternating leads. What a seductive front person. Her dancing is quite mesmerizing.

Wolf parade
Obviously one of my favourite bands. I caught less of the sh than I wanted in order to rush to another band I haven’t seen as often. I wasn’t happy with the sound quality. A bit jangling. Of course the crowd didn’t seem to know who they were.