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The Brooklyn-based indie rock band, Geese, has been the subject of contentious discourse in the last year amongst music critics, chronically online indie-rock-heads, and that one friend you know who can’t help but tell you their new music hot-take. Stop by the CJLO station office and check out our “Geese Discourse Jar” (25 cents per mention) relic as proof. The band took to the Forest stage at the OSHEAGA Music and Arts Festival on Friday, July 31st, to perform for a crowd of both die-hard fans and curious festival-goers passing by the last set of the night to see what all the fuss was about.

On July 30th, 2026, La Sala Rossa was filled with a large audience, varied in ages and styles, all there to see an epic lineup of indie-alternative bands essential to the current moment in Canadian music. Toronto’s PACKS, Montréal’s Ribbon Skirt, and Halifax’s Nap Eyes may never again be all together in a small venue, playing to Montréal’s young music lovers.

Tuesday July 28 was a pretty dark and rainy evening, but that’s not what the crowd at La Sala Rosa noticed during the KT Laine / boyhood / Eliza Niemi performances that night. As the audience grew throughout the night, it felt like a microcosm of the Plateau culture – with a mix of people in their 20s to 30s in classic Montreal styles. Before anyone took to the stage, it already had the intimacy of a university dorm show.

Neon, black and snapbacks colored the crowd around the booth this Friday night for the TECHG1RLS set at Bar le Ritz PDB. With support from whyhaze and beamskii, the Miami-based DJ duo of Paris and Rosey brought high energy, and despite playing to a relatively small crowd they made it an iconic night – bringing a set that felt like the afters you never want to leave.