Nowadays Festival: Gus Englehorn at the Buffalo Club (Presented by Pop Montréal)

NOWADAYS FESTIVAL 2026

POP MONTREAL PRESENTS

GUS ENGLEHORN live at the Buffalo Club

With special guests BILL RICKY, BODYWASH, and NICKY BAND

If Gus Englehorn didn’t exist, one of his songs would have to invent him. A former pro snowboarder reborn as a nomadic psych-pop prophet, Englehorn has lived a rollercoaster life that reads like one of the fantastical fables that fill his songbook.

His early albums—2020’s Death & Transfiguration, 2022’s Dungeon Master, and 2025’s The Hornbook—introduced listeners to his unpredictable blend of lo-fi charm, surreal storytelling, and genre-warping invention. With The Broken Balladeer, Englehorn reunites with producer Paul Leary (Butthole Surfers), continuing a collaboration that began on The Hornbook and further refining his off-kilter, time-bending sound.
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Bill Ricky is an alt-country outfit from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Taking inspiration from traditional country, they have a knack for original songwriting and delivering high-energy performances. Their music combines heartfelt acoustic waltzing with stomping woman-rock. Since their live debut in 2023, the group has encouraged folks near and far to shine their boots and hit the dance floor. Riding the high of their sophomore EP release, Bill Ricky is serving country to all.

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Bodywash is the Montreal duo of Rosie Long Decter and Chris Steward, a project they launched after first meeting in college, finding common ground between British dream pop, classic shoegaze, folk, and atmospheric pop. Their 2019 full-length Comforter, sharpened their sound into a distinctive mix of airy vocals, intricate guitar work and pulsing synths. Bodywash returned in 2023 with I Held the Shape While I Could, a darker and more adventurous second album exploring themes of decay, instability, and the shifting meaning of home. 

The record drew renewed attention with coverage in NPR, Allmusic and Stereogum and further established the band’s reputation for pairing lush, immersive sounds with lyrical songwriting. Now, Bodywash begin their next chapter with the direct and kinetic single “Come and Go”, a first glimpse of where their sound is heading. The band has toured North America and the UK, opening for acts like Land of Talk, Airiel and Owen Pallett, and will be hitting the road again in Canada this fall.

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Nicky Band makes music that feels good like an awesome sandwich and a big thing of chips. Folk rock shoe gaze dope jams.