Sled Island 2016 Official Program Guide - Published by BeatRoute Magazine

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SLED ISLAND STAFF 

Anna Alger – Media Partnerships Coordinator 

Christian Argyll – Bookkeeper 

Lindsay Bowman – Marketing & Communications Director 

Morgan Cairns – Box Office Coordinator 

Vanessa Chaplin – Graphic Design Assistant 

Colin Gallant – Marketing & Communications Coordinator 

Karolina Gajewska – Artist Lounge Coordinator 

Kat Gajewska – Transportation Coordinator 

Brendan Kane – Assistant Transportation Coordinator 

David Kenney - Photo Crew Lead 

Queenie Li – Community Partnerships Coordinator 

Trevor Morelli - Pass Pick-Up Coordinator 

Kayla Morin – Volunteer Coordinator 

Meghan O’Neil – Logistics & Billeting Coordinator 

Shawn Petsche – Festival Manager 

Josh Ruck – Poster Show Coordinator 

Becky Salmond – Office Coordinator 

Maud Salvi – Executive Director 

Chloe Saunders – Green Team Coordinator 

Joel Schmid - Assistant Technical Director 

Tyler Scollon – Technical Director 

Paisley Sim – Immigration Coordinator 

Colin Smith – Green Island Coordinator 

Melissa Whiteside – Assistant Volunteer Coordinator 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Arif Ansari 

Christina Colenutt 

David Cramb 

Chris Gokiert 

Martin Kennedy 

Renée Matthews 

Brian Milne (outgoing) 

Sarmad Rizvi 

Terry Rock 

Chad Saunders 

Lindsay Schonfelder 

Rob Schultz 

COMEDY CURATORS 

Sarah Adams 

Evan Wilson 

SLED ISLAND FILM COMMITTEE 

Adele Brunnhofer - Coordinator 

Jesse Cumming 

Felicia Glatz 

Ted Stenson 

Jeff Storey 

VISUAL ART CURATOR 

Ginger Carlson 

CREATIVE 

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PROGRAM GUIDE MANAGER 

Todd Harkness 

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS 

Mason Hastie 

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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS 

Julijana Capone - Editor 

Mike Dunn 

Colin Gallant - Editor 

Michael Grondin 

PJ Lavergne 

Arielle Lessard 

Jamie McNamara 

Brittany Rudyck 

Lee Shedden 

Aurora Sol 

Jenna Lee Williams 

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WELCOME 

COMEDY 

FILM 

VISUAL ART 

SPECIAL EVENTS 

MUSIC 

PULL-OUT SCHEDULE 

OLYMPIC PLAZA 

BLOCK PARTY 

ALL AGES 

GREEN ISLAND 

DISCOUNT GUIDE 

THANK YOU 

SPONSORS 

HOW TO SLED 

Sled Island is an annual five-day music and arts festival that brings together over 250 bands, 

comedy, film and art in more than 35 venues across Calgary, Alberta. Returning for its 10th year 

from June 22 - 26, 2016, Sled Island offers multiple ways to explore the staggering number of 

options that go down across five jam-packed days. 

Passes and tickets* are available at SledIsland.com, Sloth Records (736B 17th Ave. SW), Lukes Drug Mart (112 4th 

St. NE), the Sled Island office (2206A 4th St. SW) and Pass Pick-Up at the Fairmont Palliser** (133 9th Ave. SW). 

*Tickets for shows at Theatre Junction GRAND are available via SledIsland.com and through Theatre Junction 

GRAND (608 1st St. SW) only. 

**Pass Pick-Up is open from June 20 - 25 only. See below for details. 

DISCOVERY PASS | 

$199 ADVANCE, $219 AFTER JUNE 19 

A Discovery Pass is our first recommendation for anyone 

wanting the full Sled Island experience. Armed 

with a Discovery Pass, you’ll have access to all Sled 

Island events (250+ bands, comedy, film and art), 

subject to capacity. You really can’t go wrong! 

DISCOVERY PLUS PASS | 

$349 ADVANCE, $369 AFTER JUNE 19 

A Discovery Plus Pass gives you all the benefits of 

a Discovery Pass, plus priority access to all Sled 

Island events (subject to capacity), Artist Lounge 

privileges, a Sled Island delegate bag and more! 

ALL-AGES PASS | $50 

Exclusively for our under-18 attendees, an All-Ages 

Pass offers full access to Sled Island’s all-ages venues, 

including Olympic Plaza, the Central United Church, 

Theatre Junction GRAND, Tubby Dog and day shows 

at Broken City. Passholders must be under 18 years 

of age at the time of the festival. Valid ID required at 

pick-up. 

OLYMPIC PLAZA TICKETS | 

$50 ADV, $55 GATE 

Olympic Plaza is Sled Island’s main outdoor venue. 

This year’s lineup features Guided By Voices, Built To 

Spill, Land of Talk, SUUNS, Speedy Ortiz, Moon King 

and more on Saturday, June 25. Best of all, the event is 

all-ages, fully licensed and free for kids 12 and under! 

Entry is included with all Sled Island passes, but single 

tickets are also available. 

ADVANCE TICKETS | PRICES VARY 

A limited number of advance tickets are available for 

select shows (visit SledIsland.com for details). Advance 

tickets guarantee show access. 

DOOR TICKETS | PRICES VARY 

Door tickets will be available for all shows not sold out 

at the time of the festival, subject to capacity. Show 

up early to get in! 

PASS PICK-UP 

Our range of festival passes are available for purchase 

and pick-up at the Fairmont Palliser (133 9th Ave. 

SW), where you’ll also find festival merch and helpful 

volunteers this June 20 - 25. All purchased passes 

must be picked up during the hours listed below. 

Monday, June 20: 12:00pm - 6:00pm 

Tuesday, June 21: 10:00am - 10:00pm 

Wednesday, June 22: 10:00am - 10:00pm 

Thursday, June 23: 10:00am - 10:00pm 

Friday, June 24: 10:00am - 10:00pm 

Saturday, June 25: 10:00am - 4:00pm 


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WELCOME TO SLED ISLAND 

photo: Allison Seto 

ABOUT OUR GUEST CURATOR 

WELCOME 

Sled Island could not be more excited to have iconic provocateur Peaches as 

the festival’s 2016 guest curator! 

Each year, Sled Island’s guest curator helps set the direction and tone of the 

festival through special programming choices and with their presence at 

the event. This year, that includes a sure- to- be- wild set by Peaches at Flames 

Central on Saturday, June 25. Additionally, she has thoughtfully assembled 

some incredible music and film selections, including: 

Born In Flamez (Berlin, DE): A post -human electronic music producer 

who is rewriting the rules of what it means to be a performer. 

Cakes Da Killa (Englewood, NJ): A super high energy MC with 

rhymes that sting and excite. 

Desire Will Set You Free: A one -of- a- kind love story set against a backdrop 

of queer Berlin and some of the best forward -thinking music going. 

Hyenaz (Berlin, DE): A duo of performance artists who reimagine the 

stage as a platform for bodily transformation. 

Junglepussy (Brooklyn, NY): The fiercest rapper in Brooklyn. Expect 

club beats and explorations of overlooked subjects in hip -hop today. 

Lafawndah (Brooklyn, NY): A global citizen who won’t rest until she’s 

explored all the world’s best club fare. 

Maluca (New York, NY): A tropical club queen with co -signs from Mad 

Decent, Dillon Francis and other fan-favourite dance music staples. 

LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

Welcome to the 10th edition of Sled Island. Can you believe we made it to 

the double digits? 

It’s been a bit of a bumpy ride but here we are, 631 shows and 1,633 bands 

later. Since 2007, Sled Island has presented music, comedy, film and visual 

art in 126 Calgary venues to over 216,000 attendees. Impossible to count, 

but just as important to our story, are the number of people who met at the 

festival and started projects or created memories together. 

Planningtorock (Berlin, DE): Waging a war on gender normativity 

via synth pop tunes as manifestos, Planningtorock’s most recent release is a 

remix of Peaches’ track “Vaginoplasty.” 

TT The Artist (Baltimore, MD): A bold new force in Baltimore’s rich 

dance music scene, TT makes everything from ‘90s diva tunes to dancehall 

all her own. 

Vice Cooler (Los Angeles, CA): A longtime collaborator of Peaches 

with a vast body of work in both video and music. 

Peaches has an artistic output and personality unlike anyone else working 

today, and we are so excited to welcome her and her picks to this year’s 

festival! 

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Sled turning 10 is an achievement we can all be proud of. We, as a community, 

made it happen. Through thick and thin you helped us keep it going, 

and for that, we are forever grateful. 

As a token of our appreciation we’ve decided to throw the party of the decade, 

and who better than Peaches to take it to the next level? If you’ve ever 

been to a Peaches show, you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t, 

prepare to be wowed. It’s an honour to have her join us to celebrate and put 

her own stamp on our programming. 

We are often asked where we want to see the festival in two, five or even 

10 years, but if you ask me, Sled Island is right where it needs to be. Big 

enough to get lost for a while, but small enough that you’ll always end up 

finding a familiar face. It’s a magical sweet spot that we work hard to maintain. 

So take it in while you can and make the most of it—who knows where 

we’ll all be in 10 years! 

Maud Salvi 

Executive Director 

PEACHES 


COMEDY 

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COMEDY 

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We are very VERY excited to present this year’s 

Sled Island comedy lineup. It’s more than safe to 

say we’ve completely outdone ourselves yet again. 

Start lining up now, guarantee your seats, you will 

never see another comedy show quite this good. 

Steph Tolev! Cheryl Hann! James Hartnett! Crimson 

Wave! Success 5000! Locals! These people are 

so funny, the exclamation marks are legally part 

of their names! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry (from laughing), 

you’ll remember what it’s like to FEEL again. 

You will tell your grandchildren about these shows. 

Only a fool would miss them! A damn fool! 

Evan Wilson and Sarah Adams 

Comedy Curators 

ALAN CHO 

CALGARY, AB 

Fri 7:30pm - Theatre Junction GRAND Studio 

Sat 7:30pm - Theatre Junction GRAND Studio 

Alan Cho is a stalwart of the Calgary comedy scene. 

He’s represented the city at Sirius XM’s Next Top 

Comic contest, and his Yelp reviews are quoted 

around town behind his back by those in the know. 

Does he mean for them to be so funny? Who cares, 

they ARE funny! Anyway, he does try to be funny 

on stage and guess what—it works! 

CHERYL HANN 

HALIFAX, NS 



Driving all the way to Calgary from Halifax 

(seriously, that’s like 86 straight hours!) is the 

hilarious Cheryl Hann. Her act defies description, 

which actually means something in this case, 

because we’re VERY good at description. Cheryl 

may actually reinvent comedy right in front of you. 

Why would you risk missing that? DON’T. And if 

that isn’t enough for you, remember that she was 

a member of Picnicface, makers of seriously the 

funniest show coming out of North America in 25 

years. (Sorry, North America—we have a soft spot 

for Sherlock.) 

STEPH TOLEV 

CRIMSON WAVE 

TORONTO, ON 

Fri 7:30pm - Theatre Junction GRAND Studio (stand up) 

Sat 5:30pm - Good Luck Bar (podcast taping) 

Sat 7:30pm - Theatre Junction GRAND Studio (stand up) 

One of Toronto’s “most addictive podcasts” 

(copyright Toronto Life magazine) is about to 

become one of Calgary’s! Natalie Norman and Jess 

Beaulieu are best friends, roommates and hosts 

of Crimson Wave, the only podcast about gender, 

politics, Indian food and, yes, putting tampons in 

wrong. They’ve performed at JFL42 and Toronto’s 

legendary Comedy Bar, and now they’re bringing 

the show on the road to Sled Island! 

EMILY BURDEN 

EDMONTON, AB 


If there is a great comedy show going on in 

Edmonton, Emily Burden is on it. Featured at the 

Edmonton Comedy Festival and Improvaganza, 

she’s also opened for Mark Little, Ari Shaffir and 

Jen Grant. And now, thanks to Sled Island, you 

don’t have to hop on a Red Arrow to go see her! 

JAMES HARTNETT 

TORONTO, ON 



Toronto’s James Hartnett has built a solid career 

writing sketch comedy for the CBC, but don’t let 

that fool you—he’s super funny and you don’t want 

to miss him! A member of the legendary Laugh 

Sabbath comedy collective and co-host of The 

Abernathy Zone podcast, he’s the first to say “don’t 

call me ‘alt-comic’” while making scare quotes with 

his fingers. We can say this: he is definitely the 

alternative to staying home and NOT laughing your 

head off! 

KAHEER FAZEL 

CALGARY, AB 


Kaheer Fazel is one of the hottest up-andcomers 

on the Calgary comedy scene. Armed 

with a razor sharp wit, he demolishes everything 

from politics to relationships to commercialism 

and consumerism. Combining unflinching 

honesty with big laughs, Kaheer is known for 

his goofy likability and professional delivery of 

lighthearted, witty and relatable material. We 

think you’ll love him! 

LATE NIGHT AT THE PLAZA 

CALGARY, AB 

Wed 9:30pm (doors at 9:00pm) - Plaza Theatre 

Late Night at the Plaza is an overnight sensation. 

Running for the past several years at the Plaza 

Theatre, Late Night at the Plaza is the city’s hottest 

late night variety show, drawing comparisons to 

Late Night with David Letterman, Late Night with 


Conan O’Brien and Late Night with Seth Meyers, 

but with cursing! They’ve built something really 

energizing, exciting and funny, and we’re thrilled 

to have them aboard! Special guests (!) include 

Brett Forte and the Heirlooms. 

COMEDY 

STEPH TOLEV 

TORONTO, ON 



Oh my goodness, Steph Tolev is funny. She’s 

done it all—Just For Laughs, the Halifax Comedy 

Festival, Canadian Music Week, Sirius XM’s Next 

Top Comic—and now she’s topping those. Imagine 

your funniest pal, telling you the funniest, 

dumbest things you’re glad YOU didn’t do. Now 

imagine that pal is actually good at standup (not 

easy!), and that’s exactly what you’re in for with 

Steph. 

CHERYL HANN 

SUCCESS 5000 

EDMONTON, AB 



With Success 5000 you are in for a TREAT. When 

we first saw Josh Coss and Robyn Slack climb 

the stage with guitars of all things, we were like, 

“ugh, who are these guys?” But after they climbed 

down, we were like, “WOW, WHO ARE THESE 

GUYS?!” Come see them at Sled Island and have 

the exact same experience! They might be from 

Edmonton, but soon they are going to be famous. 

JAMES HARTNETT 

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FILM 

FILM 

For me, Sled Island has always been about discovery. 

Every year I find a ton of bands, comedians 

and artists that I previously didn’t know, and they 

soon become my favourites. 

This year, the Sled Island film committee sought to 

program films that would offer this same sense of 

discovery, whether it be by introducing audiences 

to new filmmakers, new subject matter, new 

experiences or a new perspective on someone 

they thought they knew (see Miss Sharon Jones!). 

I’m especially thrilled about our screening of 

EMOCEAN – a funny, kaleidoscopic film from the 

Berlin-based band Fenster, who we’re bringing to 

Calgary to perform a live score. Elsewhere, explore 

the first pirate TV station in the US, the counterculture 

movement in 1969, love and Berlin city 

streets, and the original blues musicians of the 

American South. 

Most screenings are early, giving you lots of time 

to get to Sled’s must-see shows! 

Adele Brunnhofer 

Film Program Coordinator 

DESIRE WILL SET YOU FREE 

GERMANY, 92 MINS, 2015. DIR. YONY 

LEYSER 

Wed 7:00pm - Theatre Junction GRAND Studio 

Selected by Sled Island 2016 guest curator Peaches, 

Desire Will Set You Free is a funny, vibrant 

narrative that explores artistic and marginalized 

life in Berlin. Through Ezra, an American living 

in Berlin, we take a journey through Berlin’s 

underground and queer scenes, touching on the 

city’s complex identity shaped by Weimar, WWII 

and David Bowie. Waltzing through the film are 

“Godmother of Punk” Nina Hagen, Peaches and 

Blixa Bargeld (formerly of Nick Cave & The Bad 

Seeds), among others. 

Presented with community partner Fairy Tales 

Presentation Society. 

EMOCEAN 

GERMANY, 67 MINS, 2015. DIR. JONATHAN 

JARZYNA, JJ WEIHL AND LUCAS UFO / 

FENSTER 

Tue 9:15pm - The Hifi Club 

Get to know Berlin-based multinational synth band 

Fenster (performing a live score at the screening!) 

via their wild, visionary documentary/mockumentary/musical. 

En route to record their third 

album, the band members go missing in a parallel 

MISS SHARON JONES 

dimension where emotions are forbidden. Cue a 

psychedelic trip through an absurd reality that can 

only be told via VHS cameras, kilometres of tape 

and a cast of, oh, 100 people. Made almost in full 

by the band, EMOCEAN is a totally engrossing visual 

and auditory experience that’s sure to become a 

cult classic. Bonus: Fenster will be in attendance to 

perform a live score! 

HERE COME THE VIDEOFREEX 

USA, 79 MINS, 2015. DIR. JON NEALON & 

JENNY RASKIN 

Thu 9:15pm - Theatre Junction GRAND Studio 

In 1969, a CBS executive created a secret project 

to broadcast the American counterculture that was 

being ignored by mainstream media. The Videofreex, 

a group of renegade journalists with handheld 

video cameras, sought to democratize media on 

CBS’ dime. Over two years, the collective covered 

the anti-war, Black Power and women’s movements, 

and in 1971, they launched the country’s 

first pirate television station at a hippie commune 

in the Catskills. Insightful and at times humorous, 

this documentary is a time capsule of America on 

the brink of huge change and a timely addition to 

Sled Island’s 2016 film lineup. 

Presented with community partner Calgary Cinematheque. 

I AM THE BLUES 

USA, 106 MINS, 2015. DIR. DANIEL CROSS 


This documentary introduces us to original blues 

greats living in America’s Deep South. Though many 

are well into their 80s, their personalities and music 

are as big, vibrant and soulful as ever. This musical 

odyssey through the swamps of the Louisiana Bayou 

and the juke joints and BBQs of the Mississippi 

Delta is compulsory viewing for anyone who has 

ever picked up a guitar. I Am The Blues is a film for 

new and dedicated blues fans alike. 

MISS SHARON JONES 

USA, 93 MINS, 2015. DIR. BARBARA KOPPLE 

Tue 7:00pm - The Hifi Club 

Directed by two-time Academy Award winner 

Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, USA, American 

Dream), this moving documentary follows Sharon 

Jones and her band The Dap-Kings as they face 

Jones’ pancreatic cancer diagnosis—right as they’re 

poised for greater success. Tour dates are pushed 

and an album is postponed, all taking a toll on 

Jones and the band. If you’ve heard the 2014 album 

Give the People What They Want, you’ll know 

this doc has a happy ending, but Sharon Jones’ 

courage and soul have to be witnessed. 

Presented with community partner the Calgary 

Underground Film Festival. 


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VISUAL ART 

This year’s visual art lineup once again aims to 

animate the spaces and non-spaces of Sled Island, 

offering a wide range of exhibitions, installations, 

performances and screenings to round out your 

festival experience and stimulate discussion between 

you and your pals. How can art bridge sites, genres 

and planes of existence? What does it look like when 

the metaphorical and the digital become physical? 

How can art act as a mediator for ideological revision 

and rendition? Informed by the interdisciplinary, 

interspatial and intersectional, the Sled Island 2016 

visual art lineup foregrounds work that considers and 

complicates identity, gender and perception, while 

highlighting the potential of artistic practice to both 

incite change and encourage reflection. 

Many thanks to our sponsors, the Alberta College 

of Art + Design and the Arusha Centre Take Action 

Grant, as well as our presenting partners, the 

Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers, Contemporary 

Calgary, EMMEDIA Gallery & Production 

Society, Marion Nicoll Gallery, M:ST Performative 

Art Festival, Quickdraw Animation Society, Stride 

Gallery, Secret Eight and LESS 17, Theatre Junction 

GRAND, The #1 Legion, The New Gallery and Untitled 

Art Society.

ecorded media (aka the power of the dead) into a 

spastic orgy of cut-ups. 

VISUAL ART 

Presented in partnership with EMMEDIA and Theatre 

Junction GRAND. 

GLORY, WHOLE 

ARTIST: NINE KENNEDY 

June 22 - June 25 - The #1 Legion (Upstairs) 

The glory hole occupies a unique realm of sexual 

activity that is reliant on a spatial element, 

where bodies and desires fragment themselves 

through the separation of intimacy and pleasure. 

But there’s a problem. They’re all about penises! 

Glory holes are found in men-only spaces; they’re 

dick-height, dick-sized, and predic(k)table. GLORY, 

WHOLE is an architectural intervention subverting 

the iconic sexual site into a multitude of 

pleasure possibilities. It’s not about the passage 

of genitals through a constructed barrier. It’s 

about anticipation, trust, illusion, the unknown 

and the impermanent. GLORY, WHOLE will materialize 

fantasy and propose a utopia of inclusive 

experimentation. 

THE HERMITESS 

ARTIST: JENNIFER CRIGHTON 

June 22 - June 25 - Performance June 25, 3:00pm - 

see SledIsland.com for more info 

The Hermitess is the doppelganger of Jennifer 

Crighton. Composed of a film, sound, and sculptural 

installation, The Hermitess portrays the voice and visage 

of its central character as she comes to terms with 

her otherness, searching for a lone and impenetrable 

place both within and without. Part landscape video-painting 

and part aural incantation, The Hermitess 

describes those sweet and troubled dreams played 

out against a backdrop of almost still scenes. 

Presented in partnership with The New Gallery. 

I WANT TO LIVE IN A CASTLE 

ARTIST: SETH CARDINAL 

May 30 - July 29 / Reception July 21, 6:00pm - Marion 

Nicoll Gallery + 15 Window 

I want to live in a castle is about the hazy pink 

mess that growing up leaves in your soft brain, 

and how reflecting on past memories from your 

childhood is a blurry whirry whir of nostalgia. 

Presented in partnership with the Marion Nicoll 

Gallery. 

THE LANGUAGE YOUR TONGUE MIGHT FIND COULD BE 

HAUNTING 

ARTIST: JENEEN FREI NJOOTLI 

Performance June 25, 8:00pm - Theatre Junction 

GRAND - Flanagan 

Performance-based artist Jeneen Frei Njootli’s music 

creates a dissonant soundscape that is unsettling, 

yet alluring. An angle grinder on bone yields 

long cello pulls. A hum into a braid of hair rumbles 

through the room while an explosive percussive 

quality erupts from fingertips on antler. You strain 

to see, but some sounds are part of blood memory 

and are better felt than gazed upon. 

Presented in partnership with M:ST Performative Art 

Festival and Theatre Junction GRAND. 

THE LANGUAGE YOUR TONGUE MIGHT FIND COULD BE HAUNTING 

RELEASING: LIVE FROM UAS, DELVIS AND LOUCEY 

ARTISTS: NICOLE KELLY WESTMAN AND 

DEL HILLIER 

Performance June 23, 7:00pm - Untitled Art Society 

Main Space 

Nicole Kelly Westman and Del Hillier come together 

for an evening of performance and conversation as 

they drop their newest cassette tape Live From UAS, 

Delvis and Loucey with text by Sophia Bartholomew. 

Releasing: Live From UAS, Delvis and Loucey is 

presented as part of the artists’ collaborative 

exhibition Presenting Two Left-Footed Loocee and 

Delvis Cache at Untitled Art Society. The exhibition 

unites the characters of Two Left Footed Loocee 

and Delvis Cache for a performative and sculptural 

installation that bridges the multifarious contexts 

of contemporary art with personal narrative, as 

the artists explore their shared experiences of 

growing up in blue collar mining families through 

performance. 

Presented in partnership with Untitled Art Society. 

SHADOW OF A DOUBT 

ARTISTS: COLE KUSH, FANTAVIOUS FRITZ, 

ZOE KOKE, AND MATT KRYSKO 

June 24 - September 4 / Dada Plan Performance June 

24, 5:30pm / Reception 6:30pm - LESS 17 / Secret 

Eight 

Shadow of A Doubt brings together a selection of 

video works by artists who position the familiar 

materiality of cinematic ambiance within a space 

of altered temporal impermanence. A subterranean 

exhibition site in host of isolated worlds, 

imagined realities, and focused desires, while 

avatars and musicians shape shift with the viewer 

in a recombinant experience of pace, colour and 

tone. 

This exhibition will coincide with a free live performance 

by Dada Plan + special guest presented by 

LESS 17. Curated by Austin Taylor and presented in 

partnership with Secret Eight. 

SLED ISLAND POSTER SHOW 

ARTISTS: ROBYN CONDON, JFRY CRAIG, 

JONATHAN DYCK, GODCHILD, ZACK HALAS, 

JAMES MACKENZIE, TAYLOR ODYNSKI. 

CRAIG QUILL, ERIC SEYMOUR, TREVOR VA- 

REM, HELEN YOUNG, CHRIS ZAJKO 

June 21 - June 26 / Reception June 21, 6:00 pm - 

Home & Away 

A vital part of Sled Island since its inaugural year, the 

annual Sled Island Poster Show pairs local artists with 

musicians playing the festival to create limited edition, 

hand-silkscreened posters by Burnt Toast Studios! Posters 

will be on display and for purchase. This year’s poster 

subjects are Angel Olsen, Deafheaven, ESG, Guided By 

Voices, HEALTH, Julia Holter, New Bomb Turks, Peaches, 

Psychic TV, Seth Bogart, The Sonics and Tortoise. 

WILL, WISH, WANT OR PURPOSE 

CURATOR: JUSTIN WADDELL 

June 22 - June 25 / Reception June 24, 8:00pm - The 

#1 Legion Basement 

Will, Wish, Want or Purpose is a multi-channel video installation 

of historical and contemporary experimental 

films and videos that explore relationships, sexuality, 

love, and cooperation towards self-realization and actualization. 

Intended to invoke a spirit of togetherness, 

rebellion, light, and strength, this collective space will, 

hopefully, motivate participants to consider their physical 

actions and bodies in relation to a larger force of 

desire, purpose, and personal inhibitions. Will, Wish, 

Want or Purpose is also intended to be kind of sexy. It 

is a safe and inclusive space where people can be free 

to discover, celebrate, and manifest their own path. 

There will be a lot of films with explicit sex and nudity 

and romance. There will be places for people to stand, 

dance, sit, and lay either by themselves or with a few 

friends. Including K. Daymond’s Nice Girls Don’t Do It 

(1990), GB Jones’ The Lollipop Generation (2008), Go! 

Push Pop’s Push Porn (2012), Will Munro’s Rebels Rule 

(1998), Steve Reinke’s Sad Disco Fantasia (2001) and 

Scott Treleaven’s The Salivation Army (2001). 

Presented in partnership with the Calgary Society of 

Independent Filmmakers. 

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photo: Jacquie Hodge 

Sled Island is thrilled to present a series of 

discussions, workshops and other programming to 

educate and engage curious minds of all types! 

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CREATING SAFER SPACES DISCUSSION PANEL 


The Society for the Advocacy of Safer Spaces 

(SASS) was formed in response to conversations 

about discrimination, harassment and violence 

in the music community. The purpose of SASS 

is to help create safer spaces by providing 

resources, advocacy and education to Calgary’s 

arts community. This panel will discuss challenges 

in creating safer spaces, with a specific focus on 

gender. Participants include Cari Ionson, Sexual 

Violence Response Awareness Coordinator for 

Mount Royal University; Emily Ophus, Community 

Programs Manager for the Calgary Sexual 

Health Centre; and Sarah Adams, comedian, arts 

advocate and SASS co-founder. 

CREATING SAFER SPACES WORKSHOP 


The Calgary Sexual Health Centre will lead a 

one-hour workshop to start the conversation 

about what we can all do to create safer spaces. 

We will discuss the basics of how to respond 

to someone disclosing an experience of sexual 

assault, as well as how to be an active bystander. 

Participants in this workshop can expect to leave 

with tools to address conflict, clarify boundaries 

and understand the role that bystanders can play. 

It will be facilitated by Emily Ophus, Community 

Programs Manager and Chelsea Kelba, Training 

Centre Coordinator. 

Presented by the Society for the Advocacy of Safer 

Spaces (SASS). 

PUNK ROCK BINGO 

PUNK ROCK BINGO 

Tue 8:00pm - The Ship & Anchor 

What’s better than a punk rock DJ night? If you 

said a punk rock DJ night where you can win 

prizes, then…BINGO! 

QUIZ SHOE: THE SLED ISLAND EDITION 

Tues 7:00pm - Broken City 

Like Trivial Pursuit meets Wheel of Fortune in a 

beer-soaked, wing-stuffed alternate universe, 

Tuesday night favourite Quiz Shoe comes into the 

Sled Island fold. Form a posse, brush up on all your 

useless knowledge and try to win yourself some 

sweet prizes. There are some rules, though—use your 

phone to look up answers? That’s a paddlin’. 

SLED ISLAND WRAP-UP KARAOKE 

Sun 10:00pm - Broken City 

This is the true test of a real Sled Island 

enthusiast! After making it through five-ish days 

of running around, dancing your butt off and 

partying until you drop, you have one final chance 

to let loose before next year’s festival. 

VERSES VS. HOMELESSNESS: A SHELTER FROM THE 

STORM PRODUCTION 

Fri 8:00pm - John Dutton Theatre 

Sat 8:00pm - John Dutton Theatre 

The result of months of creative collaboration 

between clients, volunteers and employees of the 

Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre, Shelter From the 

Storm’s Verses vs. Homelessness narrates stories of 

hardship and triumph through original songs, poems 

and stories. This is the second year of Shelter 

From the Storm at Sled Island, and with last year 

as a precedent, we can promise it will be special. 

Presented by The Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre 

in partnership with the Calgary Public Library. 

FOR EVER MORE: THE POWER OF MUSIC TO ROCK 

YOUR SOUL 

Wed 6:30pm - Union Cemetery 

Historian Harry Sanders hosts this talk at 

Calgary’s historic Union Cemetery in recognition 

of the #1 Legion. The Calgary Threshold Choir will 

also be on hand to sing in honour of the war dead. 

For exact location and more information, email 

info@equinoxvigil.ca. 

HILLHURST SUNNYSIDE MARKET 

Wed 7:00pm - Hillhurst Sunnyside Community 

Association 

Sat 9:30am - Hillhurst Sunnyside Community 

Association 

Pacing yourself at Sled Island is always a good 

idea. A great way to start the festival off right is to 

grab some healthy, locally grown produce to fuel 

the insanity to come. 

STUDIO SOCIAL 

Wed 7:00pm - Habitat Living Sound 

Studio Social is a chance for electronic music 

producers to showcase a song and get feedback 

as well as mentorship from members of Calgary’s 

electronic music community. Wanna try it? Find 

details at SledIsland.com and submit by June 17. 

Presented by Habitat Studio Social. 

VICE COOLER ARTIST TALK 


A close collaborator of Peaches, musician and 

filmmaker Vice Cooler joins us for a closer look 

at his work in the video realm. He’s directed 

videos for artists like Deerhoof, Feist, Mastodon, 

Lee Ranaldo and, of course, Peaches. He’ll be 

screening a selection of his work, followed by an 

artist talk and Q&A. 

Presented with community partner the Calgary 

Society of Independent Filmmakers. 

VICE COOLER 



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ADAM STRANGLER 

MONTREAL, QC 

Fri 5:30pm - Broken City 

Sat 1:30pm - Local 510 (Parking Lot) 

Romance isn’t dead. It’s hiding between Adam 

Strangler’s percussion and bassline mosaic, which 

calls to mind a run through Montreal’s back alleys 

at night. Singer and guitarist Philip Lavoie says he 

trips out on symbolism and the unsaid, where new 

wave, Britpop and psych come together in a fuzzy 

cocktail. 

ADOLYNE 

SASKATOON, SK 

Fri 5:00pm - Tubby Dog 

Sat 8:30pm - Palomino (Upstairs) 

This four-piece transmitter of Canadian noise-metal 

redefines doom and gloom with distorted vocals 

and harsh noise-rock riffs. Adolyne’s sounds are 

atonal, filled with loud and intense howls from 

vocalist Skot Hamilton, but not without the occasional 

piano melody. 

ADVANCES 

CALGARY, AB 

Fri 9:30pm - Bamboo 

Advances celebrate many forms of dance music 

that have existed through the ages, producing 

some richly simplistic and trés, trés sexy R&B 

magic. This mini super crew will have you instantly 

shaking your butt to their dreamy, disco-inspired 

house jams. 

ADVERTISEMENT 

LETHBRIDGE, AB 

Sat 11:30pm - Ship & Anchor 

Returning to Sled Island with a helluva snarl and 

whole lotta attitude is power trio Advertisement. 

Ironic in name, straight-up in sound, their take on 

punk is a relatively simple one: yell what you feel, 

back it up with riffs and hit ‘em hard with bass and 

drums. Advertisement make pissed off rock ‘n’ roll 

that sounds like hell. 

ALEEM KHAN 

CALGARY, AB 

Thu 8:00pm - Theatre Junction GRAND 

Formerly of Shaani Cage, Aleem Khan has released 

a dizzying quantity of music in an array of styles 

in the past year. He’s performing as part of a seven-piece 

ensemble at Sled Island, bringing to life 

a lush new set of jazz-inflected compositions. 

ANAMAI 

TORONTO, ON 

Fri 7:00pm - Central United Church 

Sat 1:00pm - Tubby Dog 

The haunting hymns of ANAMAI could fit in the 

halls of worship of an alternate universe. They 

preach merciless honesty on soothing compositions 

of folk, ambient and drone anointed with 

electronic elements, creating new sounds out of 

timeless ideas. 

AN ANT AND AN ATOM 


Sat 9:00pm - Bamboo 

Nebulous electronic elements and samples are 

enveloped in lush layers of throbbing synthesizers, 

then dismantled into small, chaotic fragments that 

skip about like ants and bounce like atoms. There 

can be bright pops of string sounds one moment 

and slow motion buzzsaw distortion the next. It’s 

all fair game for An Ant And An Atom. 

ANCIENT SNAKE 

CALGARY, AB 

Wed 9:00pm - Wine-Ohs 

Ancient Snake constructs ominous soundscapes 

rife with brooding intensity in the absence of 

rhythm, like the dark hum of a sleeping city—a 

mystery of cacophonous, wordless cataclysm. 

Unbound by structure, Ancient Snake creates as 

much a feeling as a sound, a chaotic abstraction of 

percussion, synth and saxophone. 

ANION 

VANCOUVER, BC 


Anion make heavy tunes with plenty of grit and 

cues from many corners of extreme music. A little 

bit of noise rock, a heaping helping of hardcore 

and a slimy layer of sludge grease are all in the 

abrasive mix. Their May release, Fractions of Failure, 

is yet another step into the mire, and we can’t 

wait to see what it looks like on stage. 

AQUARIUS 

VICTORIA, BC 

Wed 8:30pm - Local 510 

Like a voice of ghostly desire carried across an 

ocean, Aquarius’ music feels distant but far-reaching. 

Influenced by French cold wave, the duo’s 

minimalist dark pop settles around you like a 

menacing fog while their unsettling vocals send a 

chill up your spine. 

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ASTRAKHAN 

VANCOUVER, BC 

Sat 10:00pm - Palomino (Downstairs) 

Astrakhan painstakingly construct their epic songs 

by building tight riff upon tight riff. Plowing 

forward to create detail-soaked arrangements 

tipping into ‘80s and ‘90s classic heavy metal, they 

touch on stoner metal, doom and even some psych 

along the way. The two vocalists wail at and with 

one another, pulling at brawny guitars and heavy 

drums with firm execution. Their latest album also 

features killer trippy artwork to boot. 

ASTRAL GUNK 

MONTREAL, QC 

Fri 2:00pm - Sloth Records 

Fri 7:00pm - Broken City (Patio) 

Riding the gnar wave direct from Sackville, Astral 

Gunk’s brand of skuzzy, gunked-out garage rock 

brims with straight-up James Dean ‘tude and 

scattershot guitar freakouts. Add to the mix some 

heavy, lose-control ‘60s-psych, ear-blasting megaphone-y 

howls and cook in the oven. This is the 

recipe for a wild, hip-shaking good time. 

ASTRAL SWANS 

CALGARY, AB 

Wed 7:00pm - Central United Church 

If you made a Venn Diagram for sardonic, minimal, 

earnest bedroom indie-rock, right smack dab in 

the middle you’d find this collection of poppy, witty 

gems. You can hear a smile work its way across 

Astral Swans’ face if you listen carefully. 

AVEC LE SOLEIL SORTANT DE SA BOUCHE 

MONTREAL, QC 

Wed 11:00pm - Palomino (Downstairs) 

Cranking out relentlessly danceable guitar 

experimentations with a heavy Afrobeat influence, 

these veteran indie rockers are festival favourites. 

Their extended, mostly instrumental jams are 

designed to bring people together across cultural 

and genre divides. This cosmopolitan quartet lights 

up the dancefloor with the sun shining out of their 

mouths—and their amps. 

THE AVULSIONS 

SASKATOON, SK 

Thu 9:30pm - Palomino (Upstairs) 


Nihilistic goth-pop act The Avulsions are the 

regenerated version of their former selves, Phalec 

Baldwin—no word on whether that’s a result of a 

cease and desist from the elder Baldwin. This trio 

of macabre melody-makers like their darkness 

in echoing, atmospheric guitars and despondent 

vocals. The end is nigh, and disillusionment never 

sounded better. 

THE BACKHOMES 

VICTORIA, BC 

Fri 11:00pm - Palomino (Upstairs) 


Over the course of just two albums, The Backhomes 

have mastered the act of making deliriously dreamy 

psych-pop with Krautrock-like propulsion and gauzy, 

washed-out atmosphere. The last year has seen the 

duo wowing audiences all over North America in 

support of their latest full-length, TIDALWAVE. 


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B.A. JOHNSTON 

HAMILTON, ON 

Wed 9:00pm - Local 510 (Parking Lot) 

Thu 12:00am - Ship & Anchor 

Did you have a favourite uncle growing up? 

One who loved a terrible football team, would 

make his own french fries, write songs about 

his favourite Nintendo games, or maybe spend 

too much time in his underpants when company 

came over? If not, you should see if B.A. has a 

sibling that can adopt you so he can be your new 

favourite uncle. 

THE BASEMENT DEMONS 

CALGARY, AB 


The Basement Demons, who range in age from 

nine to 20 years old, are a band of no wave-loving 

kids that all happen to be related. Instead of 

playing video games like many their age, they’re 

playing Sled Island. They dig making badass 

sludgy punk that sounds like Sonic Youth’s earlier 

work, and they might be the coolest family ever. 

and drums. Prepare for a heavy, rumbling set of 

devastating dirge this June. 

THE BESNARD LAKES 

MONTREAL, QC 

Wed 12:00am - Palomino (Downstairs) 

The Besnard Lakes were one of the last bands to 

perform before flooding forced the cancellation of 

Sled Island 2013. With walls of reverb and soaring 

psych-rock soundscapes that lull and crash, the 

calm before the storm can be both beautiful 

and chilling. The band makes their return to the 

festival for the first time since with a new album, A 

Coliseum Complex Museum. 

BETRAYERS 

EDMONTON, AB 

Fri 12:00am - #1 Legion (Downstairs) 

If you were holding a séance in your garage to 

bring back flower child party vibes, this would be 

your soundtrack. With their psychedelic grooves 

and layered guitars and keys, BETRAYERS mix 

brooding with party rock ‘n’ roll. 

a pedal buffet. His guitar shapeshifts and seemingly 

mimics other instruments to create a rich soundscape 

at the outer limits of guitar possibilities. 

BLANKA 

MONTREAL, QC 

Tue 12:00am - Commonwealth (Downstairs) 

Thu 8:30pm - Local 510 

Harmoniously finding room for both a gothic, 

coldwave minimalism and a grit-teethed, post-punk 

maximalism in their music, the band ought to make 

a seriously impressive Calgary debut at Sled Island. 

BLÜ SHORTS 

CALGARY, AB 

Wed 11:00pm - #1 Legion (Upstairs) 

Thu 9:00pm - Palomino (Downstairs) 

This is high energy art punk with a sci-fi twist. Blü 

Shorts travel in dreamy, processed vocals over psychedelic 

guitar riffs and a battering rhythm section. Always 

one for surprises and eye-bulging live performances, 

the sophomore appearance of the band at Sled Island 

should boggle minds and disrupt the dance floor. 

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BEACH SEASON 

CALGARY, AB 

Wed 12:30am - The Hifi Club 

Calgary’s chief purveyor of “booty wave,” Beach 

Season is the duo formerly known as Obey the 

Crooks. Beach Season’s sonic palette is an electro-R&B 

hybrid of eternal sun-bleached chillwave. 

Imagine the airy blissed-out synthesizers of Art 

of Noise’s “Moments in Love” and the funky, 

disco-hued ambitions of Poolside. 

BELL WITCH 

SEATTLE, WA 


Sat 12:00am - Palomino (Downstairs) 

Bell Witch make slow-moving, cathartic “funeral 

doom” that blurs the occult with the most intense 

human anguish. The duo of Dylan Desmond and 

Andy Shreibman cut a wide swath of sonic and 

emotional territory using just vocals, bass guitar 

BIG KNIFE LITTLE KNIFE 

MONTREAL, QC 

Fri 10:30pm - Ship & Anchor 

“DC meets Ottawa meets Olympia in the ‘90s,” 

is how Big Knife Little Knife succinctly sum 

themselves up. It’s fair: they’re influenced by 

various corners of punk and its offshoots. They’re 

no copycats, however, with vocalist/bassist David 

Tkach shining through as a do-or-die frontman 

and Kevin Jagernauth (formerly of Weights & Measures) 

slinging riffs. Add in how insistently vital 

the angular guitar and stop-start rhythm section is 

to their post-hardcore sound, and you have a band 

that keeps the emotional impact of punk intact. 

BITTER FICTIONS 

CALGARY, AB 

Sat 12:00am - Bamboo 

Let Devin Friesen take you on a journey through 

time and space. The vehicle is an amp, a guitar and 

BOG BODIES 

CALGARY, AB 

Tue 11:00pm - Commonwealth (Downstairs) 

Wed 11:00pm - Bamboo 

From the warped depths of some sewer wormhole 

in Calgary, Bog Bodies secrete demented drum 

machine punk insanity over a scum pile of guitar 

and bass, barely audible vocals and the occasional 

spasm of brain-busting video game bleeps. This is 

what an invasion of malevolent alien spores with 

angry eyeballs sounds like. 

BORN IN FLAMEZ 

BERLIN, DE 

**PEACHES PICK** 

Thu 11:00pm - Dickens 

Fri 12:30am - Bamboo 

Born In Flamez eschews boundaries between 

humanity and technology, gender and genre, 

to manifest a new musical landscape free from 

ANGEL OLSEN 

ST LOUIS, MO 


Angel Olsen sounds like the best singer-songwriters of yesterday, instilled with contemporary 

insight and ability. The singer cut her teeth touring with acts like Bonnie 

“Prince” Billy and The Cairo Gang, but it was her solo recordings that catapulted her to 

critical acclaim in 2012 when she released her debut album Half Way Home. 

Where Half Way Home was mostly just Olsen and an acoustic guitar, 2014’s Burn Your 

Fire for No Witness sprawls thanks to the addition of drummer Josh Jaeger and bassist 

Stuart Bronaugh. The three-piece complement each other perfectly, bringing Olsen’s 

ruminations on loss and loneliness to life in a profound way. 

Songs like “Forgiven/Forgotten” showcase just how far Olsen has come since her 

2012 debut. The song rocks like nothing else in her catalog, yet it teems with Olsen’s 

distinct folk sound. 

Olsen’s voice is among the best in music today. It’s a rich blend of Roy Orbison and 

Loretta Lynn; her natural vibrato shining through on every song. The most affecting moments 

on Burn Your Fire for No Witness are when Olsen steps to the mic alone, like on 

“White Fire.” The power of her voice alone is enough to quiet even the loudest of venues. 


constraint or definition. Their music treads deep 

sub-bass, battered beats and ethereal synthetic 

tones to transport the listener to an alternate 

future where nightclubs and art galleries merge, 

and no one is just one thing. 

BRASS 

VANCOUVER, BC 


Not only will BRASS get you chanting along to 

their punk-infused anthems, they will leave you 

wanting more of their unpredictable antics. If you 

love fast paced, mosh pit-inducing hardcore and 

energy levels that hit the top of the high striker, 

this band should be on your list. 

straddle the line between avant-garde noise and 

psych freakout. 

BY DIVINE RIGHT 

TORONTO, ON 

Thu 11:00pm - Ship & Anchor 

Fri 8:00pm - Local 510 (Parking Lot) 

Indie-rock veterans By Divine Right have been 

at the forefront of the Canadian underground 

pop movement since their first release, 1997’s 

Discordia. Pairing engaging pop melodies and 

harmonies with a driving rock sound, they’ve consistently 

delivered top-shelf esoteric alt-rock over 

the course of their six full-length albums, most 

recently on 2014’s excellent Organized Accidents. 

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beyond genre lines. Cakes has a talent for witty, 

smart-mouthed verses over snappy, high-energy 

beats, and this show is going to make dance floor 

heroes out of wallflowers. 

CHASTITY 

WHITBY, ON 

Thu 7:00pm - Broken City (Patio) 

Chastity (not Chastity Belt) is a loud punk band 

with just two short songs released, but plenty said 

in that time. Touching on issues like mental health 

and social inequality, NSFW songs like “popular 

belief” eschew subtlety for a direct assault. It’s not 

all message, though—their needle-like guitars and 

throbbing bass hit just as hard as the words. 

BURNT SHRINES 

CALGARY, AB 

Wed 8:30pm - Commonwealth (Upstairs) 

Abrasive, gloomy and droney in all the right ways, 

Burnt Shrines create a mood with their first note 

and explore it right down to the bottom of its dark 

heart. The all-star backing band of Jordan Tettensor, 

Rena Kozak and Ian Russell set a suitably 

dramatic stage for Javier Palomino’s theatrical, 

brooding vocals. 

CAITY FISHER 

EDMONTON, AB 



Caity Fisher’s guitar-heavy project centres on her 

deep, soothing vocals and well-crafted, serious-yet-playful 

lyrics. With lines like, “Some things 

are beautiful like headbangers in slo-mo,” you’ll 

be chanting her pretty ditties in your head well 

after the first spin. 

CHASTITY BELT 

SEATTLE, WA 

Wed 1:00am - Broken City 

Thu 11:30pm - Tubby Dog 

Chastity Belt are a four-piece that make rock music for 

the bored, but not boring. Their tongue-in-cheek stoner 

pop sits beneath a heavy blanket of reverb haze, lackadaisically 

moving between surf and grunge. Cultural 

commentary filters through apathy and self-deprecation, 

their urgency betraying their disposition. 

BURRO 

CALGARY, AB 


Unsung heroes of the underground improv 

scene—literally— this mighty trio follows pure 

instrumental sound down rabbit holes Alice would 

hesitate to jump into. Feedback and space echo 

feed Kosmische drone and driving grooves that 

CAKES DA KILLA 

ENGLEWOOD, NJ 


Thu 12:30am - Commonwealth (Upstairs) 

Fri 10:30pm - The Hifi Club 

Cakes Da Killa knows how to party. With a bassheavy 

merging of sophisticated tropical percussion 

and savage rhymes, he’s pushing that energy 

CHIEFTAIN 

CALGARY, AB 


Sat 10pm - #1 Legion (Downstairs) 

A dread sense of omen comes to life in the 

crushing epics of Calgary doom metal purveyors 

Chieftain. This quintet is like a bygone tribe trudging 

snowy mountain passes in search of a single 

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flame, praying to the gods who have left them 

behind and cursing the very earth they walk upon. 

CHILD ACTRESS 

CALGARY, AB 


Grief, longing and love are all laid bare here, but 

don’t settle for just looking at the lyric sheet. There’s 

so much beauty to be had in these tender, evocative 

songs that you’ll be ordering a double and slow dancing 

before you realize you need to dry your eyes. 

CHRIS LORENZO 

BIRMINGHAM, UK 

Thu 8:45pm - Sled Island Block Party 

Thu 1:00am - The HiFi Club 

Chris Lorenzo is quickly gaining recognition for 

leading the vanguard of the UK’s latest wave of 

bass-infused house music. Slick, sexy low end 

plays off crisp drums, causing a jittery friction that 

can only be resolved through dance. Whether it’s 

making bangers with queen Katy B or diving into 

the weirder reaches of bass capabilities, Lorenzo 

keeps a firm hold on both your ears and your hips. 

CHRON GOBLIN 

CALGARY, AB 

Wed 9:05pm - John Dutton Theatre 


Calgary stoner rock heroes Chron Goblin possess 

a mighty combination of swagger and muscle, 

combined with the smirking wit that has made 

them one of Calgary’s best bands since forming in 

2009. They’ll be hitting Sled Island fresh off their 

2016 European tour in support of their crushing 

third album, 2015’s Backwater. 

CHUURCH 

CALGARY, AB 


Thu 11:00pm - HiFi Club 

Chuurch is the mysterious collaboration between 

Makemdef (Justin MacLean) and EviCtion (Jeff 

Wilson). Both have had careers of their own, 

treading the worlds of hip-hop and dance music, 

but this summer marks their premiere live dates as 

Chuurch. Based on their mix for the Perfect Driver 

podcast, all signs point to subterranean level bass 

and ominous beats. 

CIRCUIT DES YEUX 

CHICAGO, IL 

Sat 7:00pm - Threatre Junction Grand 

Sun 6:30pm - Palomino (Downstairs) 

Haley Fohr’s music strikes a unique balance 

between the personal and universal. As Circuit des 

Yeux she creates music that embodies the complexity 

of human emotions, juxtaposing tenderness 

and grief, ecstasy and horror, using sounds as 

representations of the emotional spectrum that we 

all experience. 

COCAINE EYES 

EDMONTON, AB 


If you were ever curious about what stuffing a dryer 

full of razor blades would sound like musically, 

Cocaine Eyes come pretty damn close. Offering 

seething vocals with the sharpest guitar solos, 

Edmonton’s messiest punk band (which is saying a 

lot) demand immediate and aggressive attention. 

Jump in the pit for this one, if you dare! 

CONCEALER 

EDMONTON, AB 

Thu 11:30pm - #1 Legion (Upstairs) 

Concealer’s Mark Davis and missmannered are a 

duo each mining their own distinct flavour of noirish 

electro-pop. One part “post-folk” and the other 

part proto-punk, this is the kind of heavy, hypnotic 

energy you’ll want to absorb. 

CONDUCT 

WINNIPEG, MB 

Wed 10:00pm - Dickens 

Executing atonal, tension-building post-punk 

with militant precision, Conduct’s outsider energy 

stands in good company among ally Steve Albini’s 

impressive canon. Their rewarding live shows are 

a feast of expression, utilizing torrents of serrated 

guitar, bass and drums, and the occasional hammer 

put to sheet metal amid frontman Nicholas 

Liang’s mechanical, anxiety-inducing stare. This 

is where the industrialist spirit of Einstürzende 

Neubauten meets Big Black’s showering din. 

COUNTERFEIT JEANS 

EDMONTON, AB 

Sun 9:00pm - Palomino (Upstairs) 

Counterfeit Jeans’ music is based in melodic, serpentine 

guitar lines married to a driving rhythm 

section, careening seamlessly through breakneck 

shifts. This all results in a massive sound that 

you’d be shocked to know is made by only a group 

of three. 

CRACK CLOUD 

CALGARY, AB 

Tue 10:30pm - Commonwealth (Upstairs) 


Crack Cloud is a snarling, convulsive punk band 

blanketed in glistening jangle-pop vibes. At 

once urgent and rhythmic, the band’s sonic 

approach has a frenzied, neurotic feel with precise 

chord-bashings and melodic, tiptoeing breaks so 

hypnotic they could put you into a coma. 

CRI 

MONTREAL, QC 

Sat 11:00pm - The HiFi Club 

CRi makes retro-futuristic electronic music that 

fits as well in your headphones as it does in the 

club. His music mixes glossy synths with a variety 

of beat styles ranging from downtempo to garage. 

BUILT TO SPILL 

BOISE, ID 

Sat 8:10pm - Olympic Plaza 

Back in the ‘90s when indie rock bands were measured largely by the loudness of 

their fuzz, Built To Spill found hooks where no one else was looking. This is a band 

that perfectly bridged the gap between the Jazzmaster fuzz of their contemporary 

J. Mascis with the emerging success of pop-punk. Their early work is littered with 

slick guitar rhythms and a keen sensibility for charming chorus melodies sung in 

earnest by frontman Doug Martsch. “Carry The Zero” and its thick staccato guitar 

breakdown is still a set staple 17 years later. 

But Built to Spill is hardly a band in reverse, rather, 2013’s Untethered Moon is 

their most self-assured release in years. Retaining punk-like instrumental simplicity, 

while offering dynamic and clever song structures, this latest release draws 

attention to how incredibly well attuned the band is to the oft-ignored relationship 

between punk rock and folk music. 

Doug Martsch is the man behind the bushy grey beard and glassy vocals, and he 

performs Built to Spill’s beautiful, obfuscated lyrics in an eyes-closed reverie. Without 

running around the stage, he manages to put his whole body into the performance and 

pull off some of the band’s more interesting guitar licks. Built to Spill is a band that gives 

so much more than it takes, with years of incredible songs and a live show to match. 


Come and get a club experience that moves your 

emotions as much as your feet. 

CROSSS 

MONTREAL, QC 

Wed 11:00pm - Commonwealth (Downstairs) 

Thu 12:00am - Palomino (Downstairs) 

Crosss' brand of metal-inspired noise-rock is like a 

howl into the void, their scorched earth sonics relentlessly 

destroying everything in their path. The 

perennial Sled Island standouts return once again 

to immerse onlookers in their constant barrage of 

sludge-infused doom. 

DADA PLAN 

VANCOUVER, BC 

Thu 9:30pm - Broken City 

Fri 5:30pm - Less 17/Secret Eight 

Bizarro, jazz-tinged psych-pop act Dada Plan have 

been voicing their suspicion of the Internet since 

their 2014 debut release, A Plan Is Free, where 

satire merged with dystopian ideas about online 

“profile culture” and our relationship with technology. 

If Marshall McLuhan were alive and young 

today, he’d be following Dada Plan on Bandcamp. 

DARTO 

SEATTLE, WA 

Thu 4:00pm - Sloth Records 


Fri 4:00pm - Local 510 

This trio of siblings is a punishing, feedback-laden 

juggernaut using repetition not as an end in itself, 

but to communicate what can't be said otherwise. 

Desertion and anguish run through the music 

like a polluted river through a decaying urban 

landscape, where your only hope for survival is to 

fling yourself headlong into oblivion. 

DAVACHI/SMITH 

VANCOUVER, BC 


Sarah Davachi should be familiar to Sled Island 

attendees—she has shaken figurative chandeliers 

from the National Music Centre to the Central United 

Church without breaking a sweat. Now consider 

the parallel expertise of fellow composer/collector/ 

obsessive Richard Smith. Take a master class in 

obliterative drone performance with this duo and 

live to tell the tale. We dare you. 

DAWN OF MIDI 

BROOKLYN, NY 

Sat 8:30pm - Threatre Junction GRAND 

Minimal techno, krautrock and West African traditional 

music, all at once…from a jazz trio? Dawn of 

Midi’s 2013 album Dysnomia, coming after the minimal 

free jazz of First, was and still is like nothing 

else out there. This is music that actively makes you 

smarter: your brain will thank you for this one. 

DEAD CROSS 

SAN DIEGO, CA 

Wed 11:00pm - Dickens 

“This band provokes my aggression,” stated legendary 

ex-Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo of his 

new band, Dead Cross, which includes members 

of The Locust and Retox. Produced by noted metal 

producer Ross Robinson, their ripping thrash 

rhythms go head to head with doom riffs played 

at the highest possible intensity. Dead Cross let 

loose unyielding thrash with the ferocity of a 

jackhammer. 

DIAMOND MIND 

EDMONTON, AB 


Sat 3:00pm - Local 510 

Daydreaming is one of life’s best escapes. The 

same goes for Diamond Mind, whose slightly 

askew, instantly relatable melodies carry the listener 

like a tube down a river. Their cotton-soft vocals 

and easy ridin’ riffs are like a mini-vacation from 

all the nagging bothers of your day, and we can’t 

think of a better time than June to go see ‘em. 

DJ EZ 

LONDON, UK 

Sat 12:00am - The HiFi Club 

DJ EZ can keep people dancing all day and all night 

— literally! A decades-long fixture in radio and the 

UK garage scene, EZ did a 24-hour set in February 

of this year in support of cancer research. Make sure 

to rest up for his set at Sled Island, because you’re 

going to need plenty of endurance to keep up. 

DORIES 

MONTREAL, QC 



Former Albertans Dories are back at Sled Island 

to give us the latest razor-edged post-punk ditties 

we’ve been missing. A little jangle here, a little 

pop melody there, what we love most about Dories 

is their talent for ultra-tense instrumentalism and 

straight-ahead vocal delivery. 

DOUG HOYER 

EDMONTON, AB 

Friday 11:30pm - Broken City 

Indie-pop mainstay Doug Hoyer is enraptured in the 

dream life. His exploding-heart songcraft is earnest 

without taking itself too seriously, traversing ‘80s-nodding 

synth jams and world music-inspired grooves that 

recall the rhythmic energy of Talking Heads. Thoughtful 

and danceable with a sense of flourishing romance 

and a flash of soft-focus disco, Hoyer will stop at nothing 

to pull on your heartstrings. 

DREAM WHIP 

CALGARY, AB 

Fri 11:00pm - #1 Legion (Downstairs) 


Dream Whip’s music is reminiscent of their dessert 

topping namesake. Their specialty is a light, fluffy 

blend of garage punk and indie pop that exists 

in a permanent haze, moving kaleidoscopically 

through the world. This band will be the icing on 

the top of your Sled Island. 

DRI HIEV 

CALGARY, AB 




ContraVirtual, the most recent EP from local noise 

punks DRI HIEV, was only a sampling of the sonic 

damage they can unleash. Their weapon of choice 

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is distorted drum machines and assaulting guitars 

that whip listeners into submission. Their 2015 

opening set for Lightning Bolt wowed attendees 

and 2016 should be no different. 

DUCHESS SAYS 

MONTREAL, QC 

Thu 1:00am - Palomino (Downstairs) 


An enduring electro-rock force, Duchess Says is set 

to treat audiences to another explosive appearance 

at Sled Island. The band strikes the sweet spot 

between fiery aggression and straight-up danceability. 

No wonder they’re regarded one of the best 

Canadian live acts in recent memory. 

DUMB 

VANCOUVER, BC 

Thu 11:00pm - Bamboo 


Behold punk rock from outer space. Dumb’s 

robotic, curt vocals and surprising bursts of soft 

romance are fabulously anti-gravity. Their first LP, 

Beach Church, offers sideways guitars and upside 

down rhythms to give listeners and audiences a 

taste of life in orbit. 

EMPTY HEADS 

CALGARY, AB 

Wed 10:00pm - Broken City 

Think of a great pop song. Now run it through 

a grimy fuzz pedal and a Marshall stack in the 

basement of your favourite bar and you’re halfway 

there. Empty Heads sound the same way a beer 

spilled on your jean jacket smells after a summer 

weekend. 

EVEN GODS CAN DIE 

SAN JOSE, CA 

Fri 9:30pm - Palomino (Downstairs) 

Sat 9:30pm - #1 Legion (Upstairs) 

Equally adept at creating airy textures that bring 

to mind the forests of their Northern California 

home as they are at dropping thunderous metal 

grooves that portend the collapse of ancient ruins, 

San Jose’s Even Gods Can Die is an aural study in 

tension and release, deftly moving between moods 

in the space of a single composition. 

EVERYDAY THINGS 

EDMONTON, AB 


Feverish dance parties and Everyday Things will 

easily become synonymous when you hear the first 

few bouncy chords of the single “All Day All Night.” 

The Edmonton supergroup including Ben Disaster 

(Thick Lines, Tee-Tahs), Troy Snaterse (Stepmothers, 

Altameda), Drew Lefebvre and Kevin Breton deliver 

retro melodies and the brightest poppy vocals that 

are impossible not to bop along to. Transportation 

to a simpler musical time is guaranteed. 

THE EX-BOYFRIENDS 

CALGARY, AB 

Sat 10:30pm - Dickens 

Garage rock with riffs that just won’t quit, The 

Ex-Boyfriends are here to satisfy your party 

cravings. With a live show that features crazed 

frontman Djewel with some combination of feather 

boas, leather pants and a lot of spilled beer, you 

can expect to be left shaken, rattled and rolled. 

FAITH HEALER 

EDMONTON, AB 


Fri 5:15pm - Commonwealth (Upstairs) 

Jessica Jalbert has been riding high following the 

release of Cosmic Troubles, her debut album as 

Faith Healer. Since then, Jalbert’s breezy rendition 

of ‘60s psych-rock, full of bouncing bass lines and 

kaleidoscopic guitar work, has earned fans for the 

singer-songwriter far and wide. 

FEED DOGS 

EDMONTON, AB 



Though they've been together barely a year—forming 

just in advance of last year's Not Enough Fest 

(organized in part by the band’s members)—Feed 

Dogs are growing their presence in Edmonton's 

music scene. Emotional and grungy, their hookfilled 

"sleazy pup-punk" is unafraid of using pickslides 

to punctuate its eardrum-rattling catharsis. 

FEEL ALRIGHT 

CALGARY, AB 



A mixture of equal parts Wings and Big Star, there 

are enough three-part harmonies and restless 

guitar pop here to set a smile to anyone’s face. 



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Feel Alright has survived its years in Calgary’s 

music scene on an effortless ability to please and 

Craig Fahner’s melodic intuition. It’s a pleasure to 

see them again. 

FENSTER 

BERLIN, DE 

Tue 9:15 - The Hifi Club (Live Score) 


Fenster are four musicians from four different countries 

who make breezy and at times eerie psychedelic 

pop music. Appearing at Sled Island to perform a 

live score for their sci-fi mockumentary EMOCEAN, 

as well as for a separate stand-alone concert, we 

expect the groovy weirdness to be plentiful. 

FEVERFEW 

EDMONTON, AB 


Fri 10:00pm - Wine-Ohs 

When the solo project of classically-trained harpist 

Mary Wood joined forces with a drummer, bassist 

and electronic beatmaker, freak-classical unit 

Feverfew was born. With this quartet comes enchanting 

soprano vocals layered with the delicate 

twinkle of harp and ritualistic beats that sound like 

a singing jewellery box from another dimension. 

THE FLATLINERS 

TORONTO, ON 

Fri 12:30am - Ship & Anchor 

With Fat Wreck Chords’ stamp of approval, over ten 

years releasing albums and legions of heart-onsleeve 

punk fans across the country, it comes as 

a bit of a surprise to have The Flatliners at Sled 

Island for the first time. Let’s use 2016 to make up 

for lost time, eh? 

FOAM 

LONDON, ON 

Wed 9pm - Dickens 


Foam acts on murky, well-timed sludge. Their angsty, 

dirty guitars and heavy drumming stimulate moshing 

wherever they go. With one foot in the gutter and the 

other in the pit, their repetitive riffs and shrieks drown 

out everything else with pleasing squalls of sludge. 

FORM 

CALGARY, AB 


Recurring festival picks Whitney Ota (Yankee Yankee, 

Burro) and Evangelos Lambrinouis II (Sanctums, 

Corinthian) have teamed up for a patient and rewarding 

new project. Rooted in techno but incorporating 

danker elements of ambient and noise music, this duo 

will have you convinced you’re raving inside of a cave. 

FOUNTAIN 

VICTORIA, BC 




Fountain just plain rip. Their riffs are spastic, 

immediate nuggets of joyful resistance that spiral 

around your head at a breakneck pace that leaves 

you woozy. These tunes hearken back to several beloved 

punk and post-punk touchstones, but remain 

viscerally, inimitably new and compelling. 

FRIESEN/WATERS DUO 

CALGARY, AB 


The Friesen/Water duo exists where precision and 

chaos come together, using intuition and raw 

feeling to flesh out their conscious and unhinged 

manipulations of sound. Devin Friesen’s expansive 

walls of guitar distortion coat Nate Waters’ 

improvised saxophone, creating an unpredictably 

calming experience of drone and free jazz. 

FRIGS 

TORONTO, ON 


A bit less dirty but definitely still FRIGS, the lovably 

filthy Toronto quartet has cleaned up nothing 

but their name. Still dank, still sweaty, still making 

rock ‘n’ roll best heard in the dark after midnight, 

FRIGS are a band that take grunge and psych 

through the sludge of urban living. 

GAWKER 

CALGARY. AB 



Gawker is a punk band with a bit of a sick sense of 

humour. Their rough riffs and self-described bratty 

vocals have plenty of sneer, with just enough 

goofiness to keep things light and loose. 

GENDERS 

PORTLAND, OR 



Dream-gothing surf-rockers Genders are the perfect 

pastiche of old and new sounds with song structures 

that will always keep you guessing. Plus, their 

live shows are tops, so add them to your musical 

grocery list. 

GLAD RAGS 

VANCOUVER, BC 

Wed 8:30pm - Broken City (Patio) 

Thu 8:00pm - Local 510 (Parking Lot) 

Don’t try to keep these lipstick-smeared pottymouth 

punks down. Like the riot grrrls before 

them, Glad Rags’ confrontational cuts about 

everything from sexual harassment to anorexia are 

rallying cries that hit like a punch in the gut. This 

is the next wave of femme firebrands giving patriarchal 

society the middle finger one screaming 

guitar riff at a time. 

HANSMOLE 

VICTORIA, BC 


Unlike a lot of lo-fi pop, Hansmole’s vocals come 

through clearly. It’s a welcome anchor among 

unpredictable electronic drums, lazily wading 

grooves and walls of synthesizer. Join her on a 

journey through art pop that confronts and soothes 

the senses. 

DEAFHEAVEN 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 

Sat 1:00am - #1 Legion (Downstairs) 

To say Deafheaven are one of the best bands in metal is a disservice to a band that 

seems intent on destroying genre. Deafheaven are one of the best bands working in 

music, period—merging black metal, shoegaze and a variety of other disparate genres 

into an electrifying take on metal that is equal parts emotion and evisceration. 

The five-piece rose to prominence and critical acclaim with the release of their sophomore 

album, 2013’s Sunbather. Their latest album, New Bermuda, finds the band 

expanding conventional ideas of metal even further, incorporating influences like 

Red House Painters, Wilco and Low. 

Deafheaven’s live show is punishing sonically as well as physically. Drummer Daniel 

Tracy anchors the band with pummeling blast beats and a technicality that is even more 

impressive in person than it is recorded. Frontman George Clarke haunts the stage, 

his near-indecipherable vocals like a priest delivering a sermon. Topping it all off is 

lead guitarist Kerry McCoy’s incorporation of old-school thrash riffs that sound as good 

now as they did when Anthrax used them. But Deafheaven are at their best are when 

they finally relent. A rare moment of bliss forms just long enough for you to catch your 

breath—before it all falls apart and the band picks up again. 


HEAVEN FOR REAL 

HALIFAX, NS 



Hailing from the Maritimes, Heaven For Real is 

an art-pop band whose sound recalls the sea and 

blue sky on a warm afternoon. Lethargic pop riffs 

and intricately written lyrics make for effortlessly 

catchy tracks that’ll catch your ear and keep it 

held. 

HELLEN 

EDMONTON, AB 


Squalling post-punk guitars, a driving rhythm section 

and anguished vocals are the building blocks 

of HELLEN’s sound. From the 1-2-3-4 drumstick 

clicks to the last fading bit of feedback, these cats 

don’t let up. Possibly the most exciting punk rock 

to come out of Edmonton in years. 

HERMITESS 

CALGARY, AB 


With numerous projects and musical incarnations 

under her belt, harpist and singer-songwriter Jennifer 

Crighton invites a roving cast of collaborators 

into her orbit for the Hermitess. Combining the 

ethereal notes of her big, blue electric harp with 

a chorus of women’s voices and robust layers, her 

sound is instant and mesmerizing. 

HEXRAY 

CALGARY, AB 

Wed 9:30pm - #1 Legion (Downstairs) 

Sat 8pm - Broken City (Patio) 

There’s a whiff of the East Coast in this melodic 

slacker trio. Their catchy, sometimes cacophonous 

numbers feature harmonies and song structures 

that dip their toes in summery nostalgia but 

stretch out to swim in deeper, more idiosyncratic 

waters. This is garage-pop done right. 

THE HIGHEST ORDER 

TORONTO, ON 



The Highest Order is here to show you the 

meaning of psychedelic country music. Melodic, 

no-nonsense lyrics of the heart are laid smoothly 

over an almost inscrutable intersection of soulful, 

‘60s-inspired psychedelic rock and classic country 

music. Come for the entrancing vocals of Simone 

Schmidt and stay for the weirdness 

HOLDING HANDS 

MONTREAL, QC 



Three-piece combo Holding Hands’ sunny feel and 

grunge-y guitar sounds echo the ramshackle East 

Coasters who rose out of the early ‘90s Halifax music 

scene. Their energetic songs are sure to bring 

an approving head bob and maybe even a smile to 

your face. Now hop on this sunbeam and soak up 

the good vibes. 

HOOD JOPLIN 

EDMONTON, AB 

Thu 1:00am - Commonwealth (Downstairs) 

Sat 9:30pm - The Hifi Club 

Manicure Records act Hood Joplin is proven when 

it comes to serving turn-up rap music and 160 bpm 

footwork, but that doesn’t stop her from throwing 

some dank bass or Bollywood melody into the mix. 

She knows the dance floor well enough to take it to 

its outer limits and back without missing a beat. 

HSY 

TORONTO, ON 


Fri 10:30pm - Dickens 

HSY make seriously abrasive music you can dance 

to. The band's sophomore album Bask is an immediate 

gut punch of noisy guitars, yelps and drums 

that bore a hole into your head. It’s a grim and 

grimy affair that rips as much as it creeps. 

HUMANS 

VANCOUVER, BC 


Electropop duo HUMANS are turning the quintessential 

club jam into an art form, marrying 

danceable, genre-melding sounds with psychotropic 

visuals, fashion and whatever else they feel like 

pulling into their universe. Their debut 2015 fulllength, 

Noontide, pulsates to the kind of stylishly 

dark synth grooves you might find inside the car of 

that scorpion jacket-wearing antihero in Drive. 

HURRY UP 

PORTLAND, OR 

Sat 12:30am - Ship & Anchor 


Maggie Vail (Bangs, CASH Music, ex-Kill Rock 

Stars), Kathy Foster and Westin Glass (both of The 

Thermals) are Hurry Up. Originally setting out to be 

a hardcore band, the tried and true trio make fuzzy, 

lo-fi punk of a more nuanced nature. The aggression 

is there, though, and tracks like “And Then” pit 

sneering vocals against gritty, stop-start riffs. 

HUSH PUP 

TORONTO, ON 


In this pop duo's dreamworld, Ida Maidstone's 

breathy vocals and synths mingle with Torrie Seager's 

shimmering guitar work to create music that's like 

a mirage, nailed to reality by the light insistence of 

a drum machine. They betray their coastal origins 

(Victoria, BC) with melancholy late-summer melodies 

that waft off the stage like half-acknowledged urges. 

HYENAZ 

BERLIN, DE 


Fri 9:00pm - Theatre Junction GRAND 

Hyenaz performances are the antidote to feeling 

like you’re still on Earth. The duo adopt costumes, 

knotted stances and varying levels of nudity to 

create physical performance pieces that are equal 

parts body art, ritual and dance. Their unnerving 

vocals and insistent rhythms capture the complexity 

of their animal namesake, one moment ferocious 

and the other soft. Hyenaz has carved cult status 

somewhere between laughter and a yowl. 

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JAY ARNER 

VANCOUVER, BC 



Mint Records’ shy savant of DIY pop-rock ditties, Jay 

Arner knows his way around an infectious synth line. 

Accordingly, Arner has earned a rep for both his solo 

output and his oozier duo Energy Slime. The latest 

track off his anticipated sophomore Jay II, “Crystal 

Ball,” is a testament to his love for bass fuzz, glam-y 

‘80s sounds and analog electronics. 

JESSE AND THE DANDELIONS 

EDMONTON, AB 


Sat 4:00pm - Central Memorial Park 

A Mutual Understanding is a spry and classic take 

on indie rock that lingers in the grey area between 

platonic and romantic. Soft and subtle, Jesse and 

the Dandelions use soothing vocals and well-paced 

songs to make their work tender on the ears. They 

will inspire you to slow dance with your honey. 

JO PASSED 

MONTREAL, QC 


Sat 2:00pm - Broken City 

Out of the ashes of celebrated Vancouver psychprog 

mayflies Sprïng, frontman Joseph Hirabayashi 

has drawn his new outfit Jo Passed. The 

familiar vocals and charmingly aimless melodies 

remain, but the new balance of psych and grunge-pop 

is what really shines through. 

JOHNNY DE COURCY 

MONTREAL, QC 

Thu 11:00pm - #1 Legion (Downstairs) 


Born metal but learned to love baroque, pop and 

grunge? You might have a lot in common with 

Johnny de Courcy. Leaving metal titans Black Wizard 

in 2011, de Courcy lives in the Venn diagram at the 

centre of Kurt Cobain, PJ Harvey and Louis XIV. 

JOM COMYN 

EDMONTON, AB 

Wed 9:00pm - Ship & Anchor 


There’s a warm, yet haunted tone in singer-songwriter 

Jom Comyn’s sound. His evocative lyrics 

enhanced by the subtlety of his delivery, Comyn’s 

sound ranges from breezy, acoustic songs to 

moodier electric numbers, with an understated dissonance 

always heightening the dynamic tension. 

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ESG 

BRONX, NY 

Wed 12:30am - #1 Legion (Downstairs) 

You know ESG even if you don’t know you know ESG. Early track “UFO” is one of the most sampled 

songs in history, with credits in liner notes on releases by artists like 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., J. 

Dilla, Liars and at least 400 others. 

Formed at the end of the ‘70s by three sisters and a few friends, ESG has gone on to release five 

studio albums in the decades since. The first of which, Come Away With ESG, was an irresistible debut 

of minimalist, funk-inspired post-punk. Pitchfork Media has called it one of the best albums of the 

‘80s, and past Sled Island guest curator Kathleen Hanna cited it as a major influence on her band Le 

Tigre. It’s easy to relay a long list of admirers of the band, given their perplexing ability to fit in at the 

Paradise Garage as easily as they did in the studio with Factory Records’ Martin Hannett. 

ESG grew up with James Brown in the household and Latin rhythms spilling into the windows from 

the street. This helped inspire them to make languid bass rideouts anchored by overlapping polyrhythms. 

It worked as well on the dancefloor as it did in the cheeky no wave scene of the time. 

Over 30 years later, ESG are still an underlooked influencer of everything from punk and art rock to 

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JONS 

VICTORIA, BC 



Jons’ last tape of lackadaisical, lo-fi pop Serfs of Today 

sounded like Harry Nilsson on (more) acid. Their 

music is delightfully sweet with a sonic palette that 

burbles and warps as if it were coming from a broken 

cassette deck. The band is overdue for a release, so 

expect some fresh material from the four-piece. 

JOOKLO ZAPPA 

ROME, IT 


JOOKLO ZAPPA’s frenetic free jazz approach is 

propelled by the unhinged dual saxophones of 

Virginia Genta and Stanley Zappa (nephew of 

Frank Zappa) and the primal drumming of David 

Vanzan. Together, they create a demented cacophony 

that ably straddles the boundaries of tonality 

and rhythm. 

JUNGLEPUSSY 

BROOKLYN, NY 


Thu 11:30pm - Commonwealth (Upstairs) 

Junglepussy’s percussive and head-turning beats 

make quite the impact. She confidently spits catchy 

and often humorous rap ballads about self-love, 

female power and sexuality. Sound like anyone you 

know? It’s no wonder Peaches picked her. 

KAYTRANADA 

MONTREAL, QC 

Fri 11:00pm - Flames Central 

Kaytranada is one of the most in-demand producers 

of the moment. His production style has 

old-school influence with a distinct electronic bent, 

and his prolific output has cemented him as one 

of the most exciting young producers in the game. 

His hazy boom-bap beats can be heard on albums 

from the likes of Vic Mensa, Mick Jenkins and 

Anderson .Paak. Many of his esteemed collaborators 

appear on his stunning debut album for XL 

Recordings, 99.9%, a work that has solidified his 

place among the production elite. 

KIM GRAY 

VANCOUVER, BC 

Thu 12:00am - Bamboo 


Much like the surf-stompers of Kim Gray’s other 

outfit, Skinny Kids, his solo work keeps the reverb 

buzzing, but at a decidedly mellowed pace. The 

latest single off his forthcoming debut solo LP, 

“Perfume Ghost,” is a surf-psych sedative with 

traces of doo-wop. Spritz gently and bask in the 

lo-fi mist. 

KISO ISLAND 

VANCOUVER, BC 



Named for an ill-reviewed Mount Pleasant sushi 

joint, Kiso Island is a Pacific Northwest power-pop 

band that actually pops. A brand-new all-star trio 

featuring members of Jo Passed, Redrick Sultan 

and TV Ugly, they oscillate between cute melodies 

and angsty shrieking, all the while putting the 

bounce in your pogo. 

L.A. FOSTER 

MONTREAL, QC 


L.A. Foster’s soulful vocals and eclectic dance 

beats make for a melodic combination. Her latest 

release Saudade was produced by Stephen Ramsay 

(of Young Galaxy). Both artists make melancholy 

dance music, although dancing in the crowd at this 

show will melt your troubles away. 

L.T.LEIF 

CALGARY, AB 


L.T.LEIF is the latest nom de plume of enduring 

Calgary performer Laura Leif. Her idiosyncratic 

folk-pop is a heavenly coo wrapped in ukulele 

plucks and droning soundscapes. Working her 

music magic solo, or banging away behind a drum 

kit with her scrappy cohorts HexRay, it’s no matter. 

Leif brings effortless sweetness to whatever she 

touches. 

LAB COAST 

CALGARY, AB 



This five-piece created by Chris Dadge and David 

Laing has humble beginnings rooted in lunch 

hours working at the paint store and taking walks 

in the park. Exposed and wistful, Lab Coast has expanded 

to involve more instrumentals (including 

sax, percussion and violin) to add to their tried 

and true home recording techniques. Their pop is 

part dreamy lo-fi fairy dust, part forthright melody. 

Their latest album, Remember The Moon, is timed 

perfectly to set off your summer. 

LAFAWNDAH 

BROOKLYN, NY 


Sat 9:30pm - Flames Central 

Ever a citizen and student of the globe, Lafawndah 

makes eclectic club music that bends geography 

to her will. Her rhythms and vocal delivery take 

cues from far-reaching styles, synthesizing a new 

frontier of borderless electronic bangers. Her last 

EP for Warp Records, Tan, is a trip through the 

world’s best dancefloors that doesn’t require you 

to move an inch. 

LAND OF TALK 

MONTREAL, QC 


Elizabeth Powell’s gorgeous songwriting, backed 

up by some of the heaviest of heavy hitters in 

indie rock (Stars, Arcade Fire, Silver Mt. Zion) lent 

the lush pop of 2010’s Cloak and Cipher the grand 

orchestration (and occasional riff!) it deserved. 

Their return from hiatus is as welcome as the first 

breath of spring, if spring were great live and had 

more strings. 

GUIDED BY VOICES 

DAYTON, OH 


The return of “the greatest rock & roll band of the modern era.” Sure, truth may 

not always be at the top of the priority list for White House Press Secretaries, 

but when Obama’s right-hand man Jay Carney famously said it, it kind of felt 

like we were all on the same page, didn’t it? 

A lot of ink has been spilled on Guided By Voices’ prolific output since schoolteacher 

Robert Pollard formed the band in the early ‘80s—over 500 songs credited 

to the band and over 1,600 to Pollard himself—but not nearly enough has been 

spent expounding just how many of them are untouchable. Perfect two-minute 

(and under) pop gems with equal roots in the British Invasion, punk, post-punk, 

psychedelic rock and indie styles, all wrapped in the trademark GBV lo-fi aesthetic; 

a musician’s and music fan’s band, through and through. 

In 2004, to pay tribute to an undeniably great band on their farewell tour, over 

ten cities in the United States declared a Guided By Voices day. So, with their 

2016 new lineup marking Sled Island’s 10-year anniversary…what do you say, 

Mayor Nenshi? 



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LATE SPRING 

VANCOUVER, BC 


It makes sense that Late Spring would release a 

new album in May. Invisible features fuzzy pop 

songs that are gentle but insistent, made up of 

placid vocals and guitar that flits between grunge, 

psych and dream pop. We’re excited to see their 

new songs bloom on stage at the festival. 

LATEX HONEY GLOVE 

VANCOUVER, BC 


Sadomasochism applies to every part of Latex 

Honey Glove. Their punishing electronic programming 

and hypersexual dynamic reimagine the 

role of the entertainer as a dominator. They call it 

transformative BDSM, we call it a stage show that 

brings danger to the forefront. 

LINE TRAPS 

VICTORIA, BC 


Line Traps, comprised of P. Ethelyne, T. Depression 

and General Debris, have rightfully drawn comparisons 

to ‘90s-era Rip Off Records artists. With their 

own contemporary spin on those touchstones, they 

deliver gloriously skuzzed-out, ramshackle punk 

that’ll spin you off your axis. 

LOST CREATURES 

MONTREAL, QC 

Thu 12:00am - Commonwealth (Downstairs) 

Lost Creatures’ otherworldly pop and underwater 

moodiness make for an effervescent and colourful 

amalgamation of danceable romance. They’ve 

bubbled up from the depths of magical Montreal 

crying tears of glitter while making more than a 

few people dance. 

LOVEWAVES 

CALGARY, AB 

Fri 12:30am - #1 Legion (Upstairs) 

The artists formerly known as The Pygmies have 

changed their name, but what’s always made them 

great remains firmly intact. High-kicking high-tops 

and the most soulful take on the Nuggets aesthetic 

this side of The Reigning Sound are their stock in 

trade. You’ll be so busy swinging your hips you 

won’t even notice how deep their waters run. 

LUCID 44 

CALGARY, AB 


Markus Overland has been grinding away at his 

low-key lo-fi project Lucid 44 since the early ‘90s. 

Swinging between tender country crooners and 

noise-rock burners (sometimes in the same song), 

Overland’s constant hallmark is a tense introversion 

that implies a lot more than it says. 

LUNATIQUE 

CALGARY, AB 


Chaos to many, perfect sense to some, Lunatique’s 

noisy approach to punk is a welcome blast in the face. 

Shrieks, freakouts and feedback are all to be expected. 

Do yourself a favour and don’t forget earplugs. 

LUNG CANCER 

CALGARY, AB 


Since 2013, Lung Cancer has been exploring the 

extreme sides of crust punk. With a few tours under 

their belt and a split with noise-grind legends 

Sete Star Sept, they’ve hit the sweet spot of radical 

lyrical content and punishing screams. Their Sled 

Island debut ought to be abrasive, challenging 

and exciting. 

MALUCA 

NEW YORK, NY 



Maluca takes her stage name from the Spanish and 

Portuguese slang for "bad girl." It checks out—her 

massive club tunes mine the Caribbean and surrounding 

tropical regions for all the best riddims to 

be found south of the equator, and Maluca herself 

is not someone to mess with. She’s made toughas-nails 

bangers for the likes of Diplo and Future 

Brown, and latest single "Mala" has us ready for a 

heat wave in June. 

MAN FOREVER 

BROOKLYN, NY 

Thu 11:30pm - Wine-Ohs 

Oneida’s Kid Millions (née John Colpitts) drums 

like he’s got eight arms, but eight’s not quite 

enough to express the million ideas bursting 

from his brain. Man Forever is his solo project, 

originally conceived as a vehicle to perform 

a drums-only rendition of Lou Reed’s Metal 

Machine Music, though it has evolved into a way 

of testing the very limits of what drums and 

drummers can do. 

MARK ADAM 

CALGARY, AB 

Wed 9:30pm - The Hifi Club 

Mark Adam is kind of all over the place, and 

we mean that in a good way. He’s got experience 

in house, ambient, footwork and techno 

under a plethora of pseudonyms. The versatile 

producer also has a hand in the 420 TRILL$TREAK 

web label, and has promised to hone in on the 

intersection of footwork and German techno at 

Sled Island. 

HEALTH 

LOS ANGELES, CA 

Thu 12:00am - Dickens 

The punishingly loud riot act read by HEALTH during Sled Island 2009 

brought audiences gleefully to their knees. A lot has changed since then, 

but the band’s impact remains the devastating same. They’ve since expanded 

their position in the spider’s web of terrifying noise and mechanized 

dance music to a colossal level, with the hi-def industrial of latest album 

DEATH MAGIC as proof. 

HEALTH draws from ritualism both on their recordings and in their live 

approach. Drums pound until all thought ends, vocals are delivered mantra-style, 

and a switch-and-bait interplay of dissonance and melody swims 

all around the listener. It isn’t unlike machinegun fire as therapy. 

Good old fashioned racket is the madness, and the release it offers is 

the method. HEALTH offers the rare chance to fully lose one’s self to an 

alternate mayhem than that of everyday living. They confront you with the 

power of frazzled electronics and angular edges. They offer peace with a 

logic-defying mastery of disorder and rhythm. 

Ask anyone who’s been to a HEALTH show and they’ll agree: it’s a sensation 

so incorruptible that it defies the confines of words. Without need for logic 

or explanation, HEALTH leads its parish to a place of unholy commune, 

where reason is only in the power of being there to feel something. 



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MUSIC 

MARLAENA MOORE 

EDMONTON, AB 



Not content to wow the world with only her band 

Switches, Marlaena Moore’s solo output shouts 

about the inner demons so many of us have. 

Cheerily titled tracks like “You’ll Absolutely Die” 

propose solutions rather than simply highlighting 

problems. Both her voice and guitar know exactly 

when to hold back for effect and push forward for 

impact. 

MÁSCARAS 

PORTLAND, OR 

Fri 1:00am - Palomino (Upstairs) 

Sun 4:00pm - Central Memorial Park 

These Sled Island vets are back and ready to take 

on the festival with sweaty sincerity. Celebrated 

and prolific drummer Papi Fimbres hits a spread 

of Latin-inspired rhythms in over 24 running projects. 

No less impressive, guitarist Carlos Segovia 

and bassist Theo Craig mess with rhythm and riff 

to meet somewhere between surf and cumbia music. 

The trio jams out goliath instrumental tracks 

that are as heady as they are physical. 

MASKS 

CALGARY, AB 



Hide under the covers if you must. MASKS’ unrelenting 

species of post-punk is dead set on rattling 

your innards. With loud rhythm, jagged, creeping 

guitar jangles and growling vocals, MASKS’ music 

is like the end of a slasher flick when the killer’s 

disfigured face is finally revealed. This brew is one 

of terror and delight. 

MAXJULLIAN 

CALGARY, AB 

Wed 7:30pm - Tubby Dog 


Not too long ago, MAXJULLIAN left his home in 

Prince George to find a more urban landscape 

in which to show off his hip-hop style. Quickly 

linking with Calgary producer A.Y.E., he had one 

of the breakout performances at Sled Island 2015. 

His flow is on point, the production straddles 

cloud rap and classics, and he never veers from a 

relatable narrative. 

MELTED MIRROR 

CALGARY, AB 



A fresh throwback to ‘80s new wave, Melted 

Mirror are a mixture of synth and drum machines 

destined to be played in the passenger seat of a 

DeLorean as the sun sets. If you close your eyes 

and listen intently, fluorescent stars may flood the 

backs of your eyeballs. 

MERGANZER 

OTTAWA, ON 


Accomplished violinist and multi-instrumentalist 

Mika Posen has a knack for slow-burning, 

pop-noir storytelling. Using her own invention, 

the “mikatron,” Posen accompanies her lingering 

whispers with stirring baroque accompaniment 

for atmospheric pop songs that are timeless and 

enchanting. 

METAFLOOR 

CALGARY, AB 


MetaFloor is a multi-genre electronic music producer 

in Calgary, AB. Largely focused on minimalist, 

bass driven tunes, he has played throughout 

Western Canada’s rich bass music scene, including 

sets at festivals like Shambhala. Also a community 

organizer as part of the Sub Chakra crew, he 

definitely knows how to throw a party. 

MILK TOAST 

CALGARY, AB 

Thu 10:00pm - #1 Legion (Downstairs) 


Milk Toast are an unapologetically twee band that 

make the dreamiest pop you’ll hear at Sled Island. 

2015’s Your Band Sucks & Punk’s Dead showcased 

the band in peak form, but it’s their charming 

live show that has kept them in the hearts of 

Calgarians. 

MITCHMATIC 

EDMONTON, AB 

Wed 12:00am - #1 Legion (Upstairs) 

Mitchmatic’s multifaceted abilities as an MC, 

musician and producer are crucial components 

of the stuttering beats, clever lyrics and esoteric 

sampling that define his hip-hop sound. One of 

the core members of Edmonton’s Old Ugly crew, he 

has consistently raised his game to higher levels 

with each of his releases. 

MONROEVILLE MUSIC CENTRE 

CALGARY, AB 

Thu 12:30am - #1 Legion (Upstairs) 

Monroeville Music Centre is a thoroughly conceptualized 

musical project that is also a fictional 

institute for outsider music. Sounding not unlike 

waking up to an infomercial at 3am in the ‘80s, 

MMC offers a surreal journey through imagined 

nostalgia. 

MOON KING 

TORONTO, ON 

Fri 12:30am - Broken City 


Moon King revolves around the duo of Daniel Benjamin 

(ex-Spiral Beach, past touring member for 

Grimes, Sean Nicholas Savage and Doldrums) and 

Maddy Wilde. The pair’s debut album Secret Life 

showcases dual vocals atop tensely wound indie 

pop coloured with flecks of krautrock and psych. 

On stage, the tracks come to life with the band’s 

ecstatic stage presence. 

MOTHS & LOCUSTS 

VICTORIA, BC 


MOTHS & LOCUSTS are like the bastard child of 

consciousness-altering psych and unhinged prog- 

JULIA HOLTER 

VAL VERDE, CA 


Julia Holter has been making left-field pop music over the 

span of four albums, including her 2013 breakthrough 

Loud City Song. While that album used the 1958 musical 

Gigi as a spiritual framework, Holter’s latest venture 

Have You In My Wilderness is the singer’s most accessible 

release to date. Gone are the overarching narratives and 

heady concepts. Instead, Holter turns in confessional pop 

stunners like lead single “Feel You.” 

The strings and orchestral elements that appeared on 

Loud City Song return, but Holter doesn’t let them overpower. 

Instead, all of the ornate instrumentation serves to 

bolster Holter’s already irresistible voice. It floats between 

a Nico-esque baritone and a popstar in hiding, switching 

between the two effortlessly. Even more impressive is the 

fact that Holter and her band manage to translate her 

decadent songs live. 


ock, with just the right combination of riffs and 

freakouts thrown in. The band takes wild journeys 

through a galaxy of smoked-out rock ‘n’ roll while 

keeping their consistent grooves firmly terrestrial. 

MUJAHEDEEN 

PORTLAND, OR 



Beginning as a solo electronic musician, Ali Muhareb 

released a couple of EPs and embarked on a 

number of tours on his own. Recently enlisting the 

help of Carlos Segovia (of Máscaras) and longtime 

musical collaborator Denis Rickard, the project 

has evolved into Mujahedeen, a three-piece rock 

outfit influenced by everything from NW indie rock 

to post-hardcore punk, psychedelic cumbia and 

Ethiopian jazz. 

N3K 

EDMONTON, AB 

Wed 10:00pm - #1 Legion (Upstairs) 

Taking their cues from esoteric jazz/hip-hop crossover 

artists like Robert Glasper, N3K’s instrumental 

jazz-funk finds its roots in improvisation. Their 

unspoken chemistry naturally results in a deep 

groove that progresses from mellow, ambient triphop 

into spacey dance floor bangers. 

NEW BOMB TURKS 

COLUMBUS, OH 

Sat 12:30am - Dickens 

26 years, four record labels and nine albums later, 

New Bomb Turks have lost none of their explosiveness, 

ripping out their disheveled punk rock 

with the vivacity of teenagers. Years of experience 

aside, true-to-form anti-establishment attitudes 

and barrels of sweaty stage-dancing have sanded 

off any unwanted polish, maintaining all the grit 

and rough edges necessary for an electrifying 

punk experience. 

NICOLAS FIELD 

CALGARY, AB / TORONTO, ON 

Wed 5:00pm - Palomino (Upstairs) 


Nicolas Field has been on the Calgary and 

Toronto music scenes for some time, notably as 

the lead guitarist in the post-hardcore band La 

Luna. His solo work takes a more stripped down, 

folk-inspired approach, creating a dreamy solo 

performance just with his soft, melodic lyrics and 

acoustic guitar. 

NIGHT COMMITTEE 

CALGARY, AB 


Close your eyes and imagine your favorite literary 

or cinematic moment. Now ask yourself, “Would 

this be made better with fireworks?” If you answered 

“Yes, of course!” then do yourself a favour 

and join in on this anthemic, chaotic rock ‘n’ roll. 

NO HANDS 

WINDSOR, ON 



Like mournful cats in an alley, Windsor’s No Hands 

wail over droning guitar riffs in the style of traditional, 

pummeling hardcore. The four-piece share 

vocal duties and come out sounding ripped and 

raw. They’re almost certain to leave you bruised 

from the mosh pit the next day. 

NO RIVER 

CALGARY, AB 



It’s one year later and we still can’t stop listening 

to last June’s Katie’s Kitchen. No River has a well 

earned reputation as one of the most entertaining 

roots acts in Calgary. Dipping between country, 

indie rock and pop, the band always finds the right 

sounds to carry their storytelling home. 

NOBABY 

CALGARY, AB 



From the ashes of Calgary faves Vailhalen comes 

this introspective, intricate pop project. That’s 

not to say it’s all quiet stuff, though. Their latest 

release has bright flourishes like handclaps and 

humming synth, and ever-enigmatic frontman 

Chris Vail leads the songs with compelling charm. 

NORWEGIAN ICEBREAKER 

CALGARY, AB 


Heavy as hell punk quartet Norwegian Icebreaker 

MUSIC 

have been described as “the loudest band in 

Calgary.” In addition to having the primal power of 

volume on their side, the band breaks into noisy 

experimentation that adds a level of thoughtfulness 

to the maelstrom. With just one song on 

Bandcamp to date, you’ll have to see them in 

person to really get your fix. 

NUMENOREAN 

CALGARY, AB 


Sat 12:00am - #1 Legion (Downstairs) 

Rarely does a first demo earn a band instant, 

massive loyalty. Numenorean’s two longform 

post-black metal tracks from 2014 are staggeringly 

emotional and dynamic. Sometimes brutish but 

often contemplative, the band is set to explore the 

limits of metal even further on a forthcoming LP 

for the Season of Mist label. 

OAKK 

CALGARY, AB 



This beatmaker/Noctilux Collective affiliate is 

known for his sultry blend of downtempo and bass 

music. A consistent output of post-EDM singles 

and emotionally affective performances have kept 

OAKK’s name on Calgarians’ lips. 

OKPK 

VICTORIA, BC 


Whip-cracking beats, spare atmospheres and 

delirious bass are the main weapons in okpk’s 

chest. His minimalist tracks can veer from brutal 

beat lacerations to malfunctioning VHS static from 

moment to moment. Whether you dance along or 

let the assault overpower you, you won’t walk away 

from okpk without a major reaction. 

OLD GIRL 

VICTORIA, BC 


Old Girl’s lo-fi electro-pop suits rainy days spent 

looking out the window. Her work faces intersections 

between frank inner thought, coming of age 

and an odd assortment of memories. The results 

are dreamy, soothsaying tales that linger in your 

memory long after the sun comes back out. 

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stepH tolev, cHeryl Hann, james Hartnett, 

natalie norman, success 5000, jess beaulieu, 

kaHeer FaZel. Hosted by alan cHo. 

tHe basement 

demons preston Feed dogs lunatique 

(10:40) 

lucid 44 FeverFew tHe HigHest 

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CENTRAL MEMORIAL PARK 


DICKENS PUB 

FLAMES CENTRAL 

GOOD LUCK BAR 

HIFI CLUB 

HILLHURST SUNNYSIDE MARKET 


LOCAL 510 


OLYMPIC PLAZA 



SHIP & ANCHOR 

THE NEW GALLERY 



TUBBY DOG 

stoner rock guy 

presents: tHe weir tHe sw ya 

ponderosa Fest 

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victoria park brZ 

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beatroute annual 

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dj evan van 

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Field tisper diamond 

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adam 

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Flowers 

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Feel 

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tHe new gallery 

presents: 

vice cooler 

artist talk 

quaker 

parents 

mujaH 

genders 

moon king (3:20) 

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VISUAL ART SCHEDULE 

— 

SUNDAY SCHEDULE 

A FLICKER, A FLOOD 

ARTIST: BECKY RUSSELL 

Marion Nicoll Gallery LRT Window 

Reception June 22, 5:00pm 

June 20 - September 2016, 9:00am - 9:00pm 

THE HERMITESS 

ARTIST: JENNIFER CRIGHTON 

Visit SledIsland.com for more info 

June 22 - June 25 

Performance June 25, 3:00pm 

CENTRAL MEMORIAL PARK 

Máscaras - 4:00pm 

Quaker Parents - 3:00pm 

Mujahedeen - 2:00pm 

Slo Dance - 1:00pm 

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A MONOLITH AND AN OBELISK WALK INTO A ROOM 

ARTIST: ASHLEY BEDET 

Theatre Junction GRAND - Flanagan 

June 23 - June 24, 7:00pm - 11:00pm / June 25, 5:00pm 

- 11:00pm 

Viewable prior to and during performances in the Flanagan 

Theatre 

THE BEGINNING OF THE MIDDLE OF THE END 

ARTIST: JESSIE BEIER 

Stride Gallery Lower Level 

June 21- June 26, 11:00am - 5:00pm 

CREAM 

ARTISTS: BRITTNEY BEAR HAT, WEDNES- 

DAY LUPYPCIW, SARAH VAN SLOTEN, 

HEATHER KAI SMITH AND MT JR (MOHAM- 

MAD REZAEI AND JOLEEN TONER) 

Contemporary Calgary 


June 16 - July 17, 11:00am - 6:00pm 

DID I TELL YOU HOW I FELT INSIDE AND OUT? 

ARTISTS: SUSANNE AALTONEN, HALIE FIN- 

NEY AND EMILY LENDL 

Marion Nicoll Gallery Main Space 


June 20 - September 2016, 9:00am - 9:00pm 

DO-IT-YOURSELF JAWA AKA VIDEO VULTURE CULTURE: 

A WORKSHOP WITH TASMAN RICHARDSON 

ARTIST: TASMAN RICHARDSON 

EMMEDIA 

Workshop June 24, 1:00pm - 5:00pm 

DOPPELGANGER / TEMPLE 

ARTIST: TASMAN RICHARDSON 


Performance June 25, 6:00pm - 6:40pm 

GLORY, WHOLE 

ARTIST: NINE KENNEDY 

The #1 Legion (Upstairs) 

June 22 - June 25 

Viewable during music performances 

I WANT TO LIVE IN A CASTLE 

ARTIST: SETH CARDINAL 

Marion Nicoll Gallery + 15 Window 

May 30 - July 29, 7:00am - 12:00am 

THE LANGUAGE YOUR TONGUE MIGHT FIND COULD BE 

HAUNTING 

ARTIST: JENEEN FREI NJOOTLI 



RELEASING: LIVE FROM UAS, DELVIS AND LOUCEY 

ARTISTS: NICOLE KELLY WESTMAN AND 

DEL HILLIER 

Untitled Art Society Main Space 


SHADOW OF A DOUBT 

ARTISTS: COLE KUSH, FANTAVIOUS FRITZ, 

ZOE KOKE AND MATT KRYSKO 

LESS 17 / Secret Eight 


June 24 - September 4 / 

Monday - Saturday 11:00am - 7:00pm, 

Sunday 12:00pm - 6:00pm 


ARTISTS: ROBYN CONDON, JFRY CRAIG, 

JONATHAN DYCK, GODCHILD, ZACK 

HALAS, JAMES MACKENZIE, TAYLOR 

ODYNSKI. CRAIG QUILL, ERIC SEYMOUR, 

TREVOR VAREM, HELEN YOUNG AND CHRIS 

ZAJKO 

Home & Away 


June 21 - June 26, 3:00pm - 10:00pm 

WILL, WISH, WANT OR PURPOSE 

CURATOR: JUSTIN WADDELL 

The #1 Legion (Basement) 


June 22 - June 24, 8:00pm - 10:00pm / 

June 25 2:00pm - 10:00pm 

SEVENTH ANNUAL SLED ISLAND PIG ROAST 

Palomino Downstairs: 

Speedy Ortiz - 9:30pm 

Radioactivity - 8:30pm 

Hurry Up - 7:30pm 

Circuit Des Yeux - 6:30pm 

Year Of Glad - 5:30pm 

Tisper - 4:30pm 

Palomino Upstairs: 

Counterfeit Jeans - 9:00pm 

pinner - 8:00pm 

TEETH - 7:00pm 

The Shiverettes - 6:00pm 

Genders - 5:00pm 

Pig served between 3:30pm - 4:30pm! 

SLED ISLAND WRAP-UP KARAOKE 

Broken City - 10:00pm 

THE BEGINNING OF THE MIDDLE OF THE END 


MÁSCARAS 

photo: Seán Grisdale


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MUSIC 

ONEIDA 

BROOKLYN, NY 


One of the great bands of the new millennium, 

Brooklyn's kings of psych and drone have been 

exploring propulsion and repetition for nearly 

twenty years, lighting the way for a generation 

of young Kraut-noise artists. Anchored by Kid 

Millions' Olympic-calibre drumming, their shows 

might be comprised of ethereal pulses, majestic 

long-form jams or pummeling squalls of feedback. 

Whatever they pull out of their grimy pockets, it 

will be a heavy trip. 

ORTHICON 

CALGARY, AB 

Thu 10:00pm - Commonwealth (Downstairs) 

Orthicon is the audio-visual performance project 

of Bryce Maruk. A longtime practitioner of video 

manipulation and media arts, Maruk synthesizes 

the two disciplines with warm, emotive electro-pop 

for performances that intertwine the senses while 

still being accessible. 

PAINTED FRUIT 

VICTORIA, BC 

Thu 1:00am - Bamboo 


Painted Fruit weave post-punk with West Coast 

beach rock to create a collection that fits somewhere 

between a basement and the seaside. 

Their jangly chords and poetic lyrics will have you 

swaying and singing along. 

PALE LIPS 

MONTREAL, QC 


Fri 11:30pm - #1 Legion (Upstairs) 

Got a sweet tooth? Pale Lips are the jolt of 

candy-coated power-pop you need. A sugar rush 

of buoyant, blown-out guitar riffs and bubblegum 

vocals, this fierce Montreal combo delivers sloppy-sweet 

rock ‘n’ roll with sprinkles that’ll mess 

with your mind and make you come back for more. 

PARTICIPATION 



Angular in all the right ways, Participation have 

found success by keeping their take on post-punk 

simple and direct. Their music is shrouded in bratty, 

lo-fi dissonance with chugging drums and hectic, 

interwoven guitar lines that beg to be heard again 

and again. 

PARTNER 

SACKVILLE, NB 

Wed 12:00am - Broken City 


Clever, to the point, sweet and killer fun; Lucy Niles 

and Josee Caron know how to write catchy lyrics. 

While they’ve only released two short songs so far, 

they pack every second with deadpan humour and 

crunchy guitar hooks. On “All our knives are hot 

knives,” they sing in a bubble bath, beers in hand. 

More famously, “The ‘Ellen’ Page” features a cameo 

by the star in its video. Page air guitars the sick solo 

from the climax, and soon you will, too. 

PEACHES 

BERLIN, DE 


“The boys wanna be her. The girls wanna 

be her. I wanna be her… So do you!” 

So go the lyrics to just one of Peaches’ 

empowering and endlessly listenable 

songs. This has grown to be an apt 

description for the larger-than-life artist 

herself. In the 16 years she’s been 

releasing albums under this name, the 

icon born Merrill Nisker has bared it all— 

both literally and figuratively. Primarily 

using rhymes and electronic beats, she 

is never beholden to anything but her 

own irresistible swagger and unabashed 

body politics. 

Throughout her life she’s worn many hats. Leaving behind a career as a librarian, Peaches has used 

music, film, theatre and many other disciplines to challenge and delight the public on identity issues 

including sex, gender and power. What makes this all so important is that she has proven that liberating 

yourself (and getting pissed off at the systems that aim to inhibit us) can be a hell of a lot of fun. 

From the pervasive power of Teaches of Peaches single “Fuck the Pain Away” to the recent sexually-celebrant 

title track of Rub, Peaches has never ceased to push as hard as she can to destroy the barriers that 

keep expression of self in line. She’s a provocateur and a punk, an assault and an icon. She’s the loudest 

voice with the most to say. For these reasons and so many more, Sled Island is proud to collaborate with 

her in the role of guest curator. 



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MUSIC 

PEARS 

NEW ORLEANS, LA 

Sat 12:30am - Palomino (Upstairs) 

Furious energy and a nonstop jolt of adrenaline 

characterize the speed freak hardcore of PEARS. 

Reminiscent of classic skate-punk, with edges 

of dark metal, their guitar harmonies and low, 

rumbling vocals are an unrelenting blast of manic 

punk exhilaration. 

PEOPLE OF THE NORTH 

BROOKLYN, NY 


If Oneida just isn’t experimental or repetitive 

enough for you, you’re going to dig the hell out 

of their side project. Centered around Oneida’s 

drummer John “Kid Millions” Colpitts and organist 

“Fat Bobby” Matador, the atmospheric, conceptual 

improv of People of the North is uncompromising 

in its commitment to the moment—brilliant, cryptic 

and intense. 

PHYSICAL COPIES 

EDMONTON, AB 


Lovingly embodying and winking at the ‘80s, 

Physical Copies make seriously infectious nü 

romantic tunes that pack the dancefloor and tug 

at the heart strings. Made up of members of Shout 

Out Out Out Out, the band comes with a certain 

electropop pedigree and really strut their synthy 

stuff on Sweety Pie Records release The Weird Boys 

Are Here! 

PIGEON BREEDERS 

EDMONTON, AB 


Dubbed “experimental eagles,” Pigeon Breeders 

ask you to jump on a wing and hold on tight. Guitar, 

vocals, synthesizer and a variety of percussion 

objects are configured into a chaotic, freeform 

listening experience. Sit back, relax and let the 

spastic arrangements permeate you. 

PINNER 

VICTORIA, BC 



What pinner lack in fidelity, they make up for in 

deadpan slacker personality. There’s no question 

that they can play—their crusty recordings star 

quick changeups of adrenaline-triggering instrumentation 

and frankly casual twin vocals. It’s the 

sound of confident slackers who know their way 

around loud, fast rock ‘n’ roll. 

PLANNINGTOROCK 

BERLIN, DE 



Jam Rolston gender-bends and pieces together an 

ever-fluctuating self, using flagrant, hip-shaking 

beats to bash back at societal expectations surrounding 

gender and sexuality. Modifying her face 

with prosthetics, Rolston cultivates an otherworldly 

quality to compose electronic hooks that come 

from classically trained roots. Having collaborated 

with The Knife and Mt. Sims, Planningtorock 

mounts concepts as tasty melodic attacks complete 

with fluid video artwork. 

THE PLODES 

CALGARY, AB 

Sat 6:00pm - Broken City (Patio) 

Taking the abrasive, high-energy herky-jerk of 

early XTC and Devo as a starting point, The Plodes 

were “hatched from a dog’s egg, put in a man’s 

pocket.” Their truckloads of two-minute, two-chord 

songs about the myriad denizens of the animal 

kingdom are the perfect soundtrack to your pogo 

workout. 

PMMA 

CALGARY, AB 


PMMA keep all the classic elements of punk in 

play while twisting in delightfully dank nuances. 

Synth, psychotropic obsession and themes of 

escape ride over the hammer of guitar, bass and 

drums. With plenty of touring and an LP on Imminent 

Destruction, PMMA are in their freaky prime. 

POSTMAN 

CALGARY, AB 



Postman has a somewhat gothic take on punk music, 

sounding a bit like they’re playing inside an 

underwater cave. Made up of members of Empty 

Heads, PMMA, Shattered and The Nancees, their 

exploration of punk and post-punk comes from an 

experienced vantage point. 

POWER-BUDDIES 

EDMONTON, AB 


Fri 10:00pm - #1 Legion (Downstairs) 

Dripping in reverb with gritty Gretsch twang and 

set to sashaying Bo Diddley beats, Power-Buddies 

answer the question, “What if Iggy Pop had been 

around for the first era of rock ‘n’ roll?” Imbued 

with a sense of mild nihilism that perfectly 

contrasts their penchant for sweetness, the trio 

brings easy-going smiles to their brand of sassy 

sing-along rock jams. 

PRE NUP 

CALGARY, AB 



Pre Nup is a relatively new band made up of members 

of dearly missed Calgary band Grown-Ups. 

Originally intended as a “wimpy” project, they 

somehow stumbled into making loud and fast pop 

songs, including a joint EP release for Kingfisher 

Bluez and Debt Offensive Records. On stage, members 

of Lab Coast round out their sound. 

PREPARED 

CALGARY, AB 


Kevin Stebner plays in more bands simultaneously 

than most musicians do in a lifetime. Prepared is 

his current outlet for shouty, jagged yet swinging 

post-harcore that slaughters apathy. Giving it every 

ounce and then some, Stebner is the conscience of 

the DIY dream that will not die. 

PRESTON 

EDMONTON, AB 



What goes through your head as you walk the 

streets alone at night? Preston takes mundane, 

everyday thoughts and carefully blankets them in 

lo-fi garage-rock, allowing us to intimately peer 

into her bored yet hopeful psyche. It’s a celebration 

of mediocrity in the most charming and 

curious way possible. 

THE SETH BOGART SHOW 


Thu 1:00am - #1 Legion (Downstairs) 

Fri 3:00pm - Broken City (Patio) (DJ Set) 

Seth Bogart returns to Sled Island on the heels of a romping 

lo-fi pop record. Having wowed audiences in 2011 as Hunx and 

his Punx, the charismatic showman now stands on his own with 

a collection that warps pain with pleasure and sincerity with 

absurdity. Bogart has gained notoriety for his subversion of 

tropes in punk, ‘60s girl groups and pop art. Past guest curator 

Kathleen Hanna is a noted fan, and her bratty turn on freaky 

single “Eating Makeup” somehow fits perfectly alongside tender 

laments about Bogart’s own fragility. With so many notches 

on his belt and a new creative stride, we’re expecting big things 

from him at the festival. 



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MUSIC 

PROTOMARTYR 

DETROIT, MI 



PROTOMARTYR make poetic post-punk that is every 

bit as personal as it is powerful. 2015’s The Agent 

Intellect is the band’s third album in three years. It 

also happens to be their best. Frontman Joe Casey 

is a classic everyman, fed up with his surroundings 

and tired of the status quo. He spits his lyrics like 

venom as the band rips through their unique 

blend of angular, dissonant post-punk. 

PSYCHIC TV 

NEW YORK, NY 

Fri 12:30am - Dickens 

Uncontent to rattle the world just once with 

industrial originators Throbbing Gristle, Genesis 

Breyer P-Orridge formed Psychic TV in the early 

1980s. For more than two decades, the group has 

prolifically experimented their way through acid 

house, psych-rock and so many other genres that 

they’ve nabbed Guinness World Book of Records 

recognition for most records released in a single 

year. Ever unpredictable and astonishing, expect a 

consuming performance from Psychic TV. 

PYRAMID//INDIGO 

EDMONTON, AB 



Pyramid//Indigo improvises with processed guitar, 

keyboard, theremin, spoken word and electronics 

to produce bold experimental soundscapes that can 

evoke a range of feelings—anything from eeriness 

that you can’t shake off, to undergoing a deep spiritual 

experience. With the music left open to interpretation, 

come along and choose your own adventure. 

QUAKER PARENTS 

HALIFAX, NS/MONTREAL, QC 



A little ragged, but never unprepared, Quaker Parents 

are everything you want in an East by East Coast band. 

They can play as well they can convey the written 

word, and that’s very well indeed. Sled Island regulars 

won’t be strangers to Mark Grundy or the group as a 

whole, but even casuals should expect a new bout of 

intensity from the ever-conversational band. 

THE RADIATION FLOWERS 

SASKATOON, SK 


Reaching into the cosmic frequencies of Spacemen 

3 and the drowned-in-sound aspirations of 

The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Radiation Flowers 

construct expansive psych-rock arrangements. 

Mesmerizing like the colourful floating globs of a 

lava lamp, their brand of psych is warm and gooey. 

RADIOACTIVITY 

DENTON, TX 



Radioactivity are a continuation of Jeff Burke’s 

mission to make short, searing blasts of garage-punk 

that are salty as a firecracker and sweet 

as a cherry bomb. Burke’s days in game-changers 

The Marked Men may be behind him, but his 

arsenal is still full to bursting. 

RAYLEIGH 

EDMONTON, AB 


Rayleigh make emotive hardcore that moves a mile a 

minute, packing more riffs into one song than most 

bands manage on a full album. Instead of using brute 

force, Rayleigh use sophisticated syncopation and an 

ear for melody to convey their majestic maelstrom. 

RESPECTFULCHILD 

SASKATOON, SK 



It’s amazing what can be done with a loop pedal. 

Melissa Gan’s work as respectfulchild is built on 

violin loops that are as hallucinatory as they are 

heavenly. While recent output is mostly sketches 

and demos, Gan’s live performance is fully fleshed 

out and ready to capture your heart. 

RUBIX 

CALGARY, AB 


The rapper’s name is an acronym meaning Resilience 

Under Burden Inspires eXcellence. Fittingly, 

his lyrics touch on thriving under struggle and 

rising above limitations. Inspirational beats ride 

high over funky, old school-indebted production 

that keeps the warmth of the past alive while 

dreaming of the future. 

RUSTY MEEKS VS. ESETTE 

CALGARY, AB 

Thu 10:00pm - The HiFi Club 

Esette appeared last year at the Sled Island Block 

Party as Isis Graham and has only gotten better 

since. Rusty Meeks is one of her partners in crime 

at Substation Records. Put ‘em together and you 

have a pair of formidable DJs with plenty of experience 

behind the decks. 

SARGEANT AND COMRADE 

CALGARY, AB 




R&B and soul singer Yolanda Sargeant and rapper-producer 

Evgeniy Bykovets come together to 

create as a duo that infuses jazz, soul and trip-hop 

into a something completely different. Sargeant’s 

rich vocals take the listener on a modern journey 

back to the golden age of soul music. 

SBDC 

VANCOUVER, BC 


Everything about SBDC is springy and impossible 

THE SONICS 

TACOMA, WA 

Fri 1:00am - #1 Legion (Downstairs) 

If any band was proto-proto-punk, it was The Sonics. As early as 1960, they 

were playing garage-rock standards of the day like Richard Berry’s “Have Love, 

Will Travel” and the seminal “Louie, Louie,” but harder, faster, dirtier. Their own 

songs were about girls, surfing, cars, witches, drinking strychnine, psychopaths 

and Satan, and have been covered by Bruce Springsteen, The Flaming Lips, 

The Fall, The Cramps and L7. They recorded their drums with one microphone 

and a two-track recorder—Kurt Cobain called the results “most amazing drum 

sound I’ve ever heard.” Remember the LCD Soundsystem song “Losing My 

Edge,” where James Murphy lists all of his favorite bands? He says The Sonics 

four times. 

Earlier this year, they released their first new material in 49 years: the album 

This Is The Sonics. The album is as raw and nasty as anything recorded in their 

‘60s heyday. Singer and keyboardist Jerry Roslie has a voice—a howl—that would 

make vocalists a quarter of his age jealous. More impressive still, they released 

the album on their own label and are touring extensively. They’re already your 

favorite band’s favorite band, and everything that made them so influential 

and so vital to modern music is still intact. 


to ignore. The four-piece jumps in and out of clever 

lyrics to ricochet off hooks with stanch, stubborn 

energy. Pretty Shitty runs through short songs that 

are sharply to the point. 

SCHOOLGIRL 

VICTORIA, BC 



SCHOOLGIRL has a lot in common with your average 

schoolgirl, if your average schoolgirl is more 

loud, experimental and abrasive than The Ex’s 

1987 album Too Many Cowboys. These noise mavens 

take your standard rock ‘n’ roll instruments 

and run them through a meat grinder. 

SEVERED FEATHERS 

PETERBOROUGH, ON 


Riding the wave of either a) some interstellar 

transmission or b) some gnarly curls, these young 

“space hippies” seem to have one foot in the stars 

and one in the surf. Only whip-sharp drumming 

tethers them from floating away to Arcturus on a 

foamy raft of reverb and echo. 

SHATTERED 

CALGARY, AB 


Shattered’s fast and commanding music exists on 

a razor sharp edge. These dynamos get straight to 

the point with their precise, pounding waves of 

no bullshit post-punk, equipped with piercing yet 

distant vocals, sharp feedbacked guitars, heavy 

bass grooves and distorted analog synths. 

SHEARING PINX 

VANCOUVER, BC 

Wed 12:00am - Bamboo 


Vancouver’s Shearing Pinx are over a decade deep 

in the no wave void with a prolific 50 releases 

and counting to their name. Invoking a visceral 

intensity akin to cannonballing into a drum set, 

the band’s pummeling, freeform punk eschews 

the limits of structure, while feeding the need to 

groove with dissonance. 

SHITLORD FUCKERMAN 

VANCOUVER, BC 


An obliterating assault of synth noise and blown 

out beats with cues from chiptune and punk, the 

gloriously named shitlord fuckerman brings the 

right kind of pain. Tracks like “david lynch’s pro 

skater 4” and “return to anus island” are great 

examples of expert trolling that actually yield 

weirdo good times. 

THE SHIVERETTES 

CALGARY, AB 



Coming out swinging hard, The Shiverettes are 

unabashed snotty punks with an agenda. They 

specialize in short, loud bursts of guitar and 

drum-driven old school punk rock with hollered 

vocals. We credit them with overturning the gov- 

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ernment after their flexi “Stephen Harper, Suck My 

Dick” made waves last October. 

SHOOTING GUNS 

SASKATOON, SK 


Sat 12:30am - #1 Legion (Upstairs) 

Ultra-heavy stoner riffs drag the listener into a 

hypnotic state, like spinning a wordless Mötorhead 

at 16 RPM. Shooting Guns’ six members throw 

themselves headlong into their primal drop-D 

psych-metal as though they’re wrecking an ocean 

liner on an iceberg. There’s no resisting the commitment 

these Kraut-influenced sludge-slingers 

invest into every filthy note. 

SHOTGUN JIMMIE 

SACKVILLE, NB 


Fri 12:00am - Wine-Ohs 

Whether solo or touring with a full band, Shotgun 

Jimmie is effortlessly charming, playing the kind 

of concise, heartfelt guitar pop that soundtracks 

first dates, weird dreams, trips to the midway or 

just a good ol’ sunny day. It gets said often, but 

probably not nearly enough: Shotgun Jimmie is a 

national treasure and deserves his own stamp. 

SIGHTLINES 

VANCOUVER, BC 



Smart, catchy, thoughtful and sunny power-pop that 

not only predates the pop-punk revival, but that's 

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tongue-in-cheek enough to have issued a limited 

edition 3.5" floppy disk as a single. Armed with a 

new Jay Arner-produced LP full of anthems, this 

band is going to have fists in the air all week long. 

SINISTARR 

DETROIT, MI 


You know the club scene in Calgary is heating up 

when one of Detroit’s best young producers moves 

to town. Sinistarr works in heavily percussive, high 

BPM styles of electronic music, including (but 

not limited to) juke, footwork and drum and bass. 

We’re excited to welcome this honorary Calgarian 

to Sled Island 2016. 

SINZERE SINGS 

CALGARY, AB 



Sinzere Sings is savage on the mic. Her diss lines and 

steely confidence are formidable, and are backed up 

by a mix of intoxicating old school and lit contemporary 

beats. When she isn’t shutting down other MCs 

with her rhymes, Sinzere lives true to her name and 

sings in a number of genres including dancehall. 

SITSTILL 

CALGARY, AB 


They’re back! Remember that weird, wonderful 

Factory Party at Sled Island 2011 with Andrew 

W.K.? sitstill were there, making blissfully experimental 

pop music hinging on the friction between 

locked riffs and electronics. They’ve been out of 

the game for a minute, begging the question why 

here, why now? See for yourself this June. 

SLEEPKIT 

CALGARY, AB 



Sleepkit make the ideal soundtrack for robbing 

a bank in intergalactic space. This four-piece’s 

spacious ambience is created by layers of throbbing 

synthesizers and filthy bass lines, coated 

with playful vocals that beckon you to slam on the 

accelerator and ascend to an alternate reality. 

SLO DANCE 

CALGARY, AB 



A cheap read of Slo Dance would leap to other 

contemporary R&B experimentalists, but there’s 

something about this brand new act that urges the 

listener to reckon with something unprecedented. 

Kaleem Khan (Shaani Cage) has piercing vocals both 

familiar and alien, and Evangelos Lambrinoudis II 

provides an unsteady but enticing sub-woofin’ bass 

foil that completes the project’s assured instability. 

SMALLTOWN DJS 

CALGARY, AB 

Thu 4:00pm - Sled Island Block Party (Hosts) 

Thu 12:00am - The Hifi Club 

Partying to the sounds of Smalltown DJs is a Sled Island 

tradition. The duo of Pete Emes and Mike Grimes 

have travelled the world, working with top-level artists 

like the Mad Decent and Fool’s Gold roster. Expect an 

intense set of bangers with no genre restrictions. 

SMOKE EATERS 

VICTORIA, BC 

Thu 10:00pm - Bamboo 


Smoke Eaters have a knack for making eclectic 

earworms. The young Victoria-via-Calgary upstarts 

released the jangly, off-kilter Bonnybrook Road in 

May of last year and have been cruising steadily 

forward ever since. 

SPEEDY ORTIZ 

NORTHHAMPTON, MA 



Speedy Ortiz possesses big-tent rock swagger and 

punk’s restless yet intimate spirit in a way that makes 

the impulses seem identical; while the quartet can 

still command crowds at festivals like Primavera 

Sound and Pitchfork Music Festival, they also relish 

playing Boston’s teeming basements alongside the 

city’s next generation of bands. That willingness to 

push not just forward, but in all directions, makes 

Speedy Ortiz one of rock’s most exciting outfits. 

SUBROSA 

SALT LAKE CITY, UT 

Fri 12:30am - Palomino (Downstairs) 


A deep current of epic drama runs through the 

sound of SubRosa. Aptly likened to “the coming 


apocalypse on the shoulders of forgotten gods,” 

the dynamic tension and release of their roaring 

experimental doom metal is complemented by the 

towering intensity of twin violins. 

SUNGLACIERS 

CALGARY, AB 



Sunglaciers are making their Sled Island debut with 

an offering of mind-bending, kaleidoscopic psychedelia. 

The local three-piece are masters of heady 

lo-fi pop tunes that are breezier than a summer’s 

day float on the Bow. 

SUPERMOON 

VANCOUVER, BC 



Supermoon are the sweetest method of persuasion. 

They’re so good at hooks, they barely have to 

try. Not that they don’t—this well-oiled four-piece 

feigns simplicity when in fact they know pleasure-inducing 

melodies over, under, sideways and 

down. Big ol’ drums, lickety-split guitar and bass 

riffs and perfectly plaintive vocals are all you need 

to tide over your mid-eclipse munchies. 

SWIM TEAM 

VANCOUVER, BC 


Alternating between dreamy washes of propulsive 

noise and breakneck military-grade punk, this 

new Vancouver trio deliberately positions itself 

between freedom and constraint, forthrightness 

and obscurity. Speak-sung Kim Gordon-esque 

vocals and sudden tempo and mood changes are 

the band’s hallmarks. 

SWITCHES 

EDMONTON, AB 



Edmonton favourites Switches are hitting Sled Island 

after a year-long hiatus. Not to fret—there’ll be 

no rust. Their gritty, go-go garage-punk energy will 

only be cranked up by the time off, inducing manic 

dance parties of the highest rock ‘n’ roll order. 

THE SWITCHING YARD 

SASKATOON, SK 



The Switching Yard combine trippy, hypnotic 

vocal melody with a massive rock sound. Their 

clangorous, atmospheric hard rock is punctuated 

by swirling dual guitars and a rhythm section that 

hits like a landslide. 

THE SYNTHETIQUES 

CALGARY, AB 



Raising the Francophone banner in Calgary’s Anglo-dominated 

indie music scene, these newcomers 

channel the hip-swinging mid-’60s through 

a garage-punk filter. The sharp-dressed quartet 

has already been featured on French language 

TV show Le Conquérant; it’s time their hometown 

discovered their catchy retro aesthetic. 

TECHNICAL KIDMAN 

MONTREAL, QC 



Feel bored by music that makes sense? Try the 

electronic tantrums of Technical Kidman! Not quite 

dance music, far from rigid art rock, the singular 

trio are closest in feeling to having your head 

smashed against a brick wall during an endorphin 

rush. An abundance of drums and primal digital 

manipulation is all they need to have you screaming 

uncle at the point of climax. 

TEETH 

EDMONTON, AB 


TEETH’s screeching no wave tones run in a similar 

vein to Sonic Youth’s Confusion is Sex and Evol, 

while also taking cues from various sludge, doom 

and death metal outfits. If you love it harsh and 

noisy, meet your new best friends. 

TENDENCIES 

EDMONTON, AB 

Sat 10:15pm - The HiFi Club 

This producer’s prolific Bandcamp output is full of 

saccharine, side-chained summer jams that blend 

MUSIC 

filter house, vaporwave and disco. Shut down your 

Windows 95, put on your finest pastels and come 

dance the night away. 

TERMINAL HEAD 

CALGARY, ALBERTA 


Members of such disparate groups as PMMA, 

The Nancees and No River come together for the 

charged up power-pop of Terminal Head. The fivepiece 

holds down a sweet spot between garage-rock 

and the poppier side of punk. A live session for 

CJSW is all they’ve released so far, but it makes for a 

great example of their energetic dynamic. 

TERRA 

MEDICINE HAT, AB 


Infectious lo-fi scruff that flows to a new wave beat, 

Terra’s breed of gothic-leaning post-punk comes with 

an added layer of filthy riffage. It’s rock that blares 

with the kind of fuzz-buzz immediacy and killer 

hooks that will keep you howling into the night. 

TIGERWING 

CALGARY, AB / WINDSOR, ON 

Thu 11:00pm - Commonwealth (Downstairs) 

Sarah Kelly returns to Sled Island for another 

dramatic turn as Tigerwing. The hyper-performative 

electronic pop project is made up of Kelly’s alien, 

operatic vocals with gargantuan synths and beats. 

Seeing a Tigerwing performance means surrendering 

to her command of sound and visuals. 

TINY SHRINE 

CALGARY, AB 


Calgary via San Francisco’s Tiny Shrine is a flickering 

candle amid a great storm. No matter how 

strong the winds and the rain, their fire burns on. 

The band’s steady-building, full-bodied shoegaze 

takes the listener on far-out sonic voyages. 

TISPER 

BOISE, ID 

Sat 2pm - Local 510 


Tisper does away with traditionalism and modern 

folk fads with an oeuvre of songs that hinge on 

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SUUNS 

MONTREAL, QC 


SUUNS bring unheard-of clarity and power to their sound, generating their 

joyous noise with careful musicianship instead of rote loops and samples. An 

ambulance-like siren, dragging up and down in pitch like the Doppler effect, 

is done with a guitar slide. Bass grooves are made warm and inviting by their 

performance on a disaffected bass guitar. A wobbling low register comes from a 

tremolo-filtered keyboard. Their contemplative, forward-looking lyrics echo the 

often meditative process of playing an instrument, and it shows in their lucid 

performance. 

A four-piece, SUUNS’ music is complex but rarely strays into cacophony. Their 

music borders on post-rock but refuses to sacrifice immediacy, often employing 

danceable guitar lines and soft vocals where one might expect screams and 

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emotion, not time and place, to be arrestingly 

affective. A beautiful, considered voice is at the 

centre of minimalist strums, beckoning everyone 

and especially rewarding the patient. 

TOGETHER PANGEA 

SANTA CLARITA, CA 

Thu 12:00am - #1 Legion (Downstairs) 


There’s no need to familiarize yourself with 

Burger Records or Southern California’s hand in 

punk history to have fun with together PANGEA. 

If you can appreciate a good riff possessed by a 

murderous poltergeist or just plain love a weird 

sock hop, you’ve found the band you didn’t know 

you needed. together PANGEA keep it as weird, fast 

and loud as it oughta be. 

TOPS 

MONTREAL, QC 

Thu 12:30am - Broken City 

TOPS’ soft rock basks in the faded neon sounds of 

a time gone by. Their pop sensibilities shine while 

remaining effortlessly cool, catchy, and breezy 

beyond belief. The four-piece make kaleidoscopic 

songs that are saccharine and sincere—the perfect 

soundtrack for falling in love and making out. 

to bold words and brash beats stuns listeners into 

her orbit. From ‘90s dance-inspired anthems to 

powerful verses laid over dancehall fusion, TT The 

Artist has cut an assured niche into Baltimore rap 

that both titillates and intimidates. 

TUNIC 

WINNIPEG, MB 



The members of tunic have played in all sorts of 

Winnipeg bands (Les Jupes, Boats and Living Hour, 

to name a few), but none as heavy as this one. Specializing 

in deranged noise-punk, bursts of shrill 

feedback-laden guitar and assaults of unsettling 

bass and drums, tunic are punishing in all the 

right ways. Prepare your eardrums. 

TUQUES 

EDMONTON, AB 

Fri 12:00am - Palomino (Upstairs) 

In their short lifespan, tuques have mastered the 

art of making emotionally overwhelming shoegaze 

that smashes into the listener like a wave crashing 

onto a rocky shore. Hidden in the maelstrom are 

undeniable melodies and lyrics that yearn for 

human connection. 

MUSIC 

TOUGH AGE 

VANCOUVER, BC 



Inspired by Chris Knox for their latest live covers, 

Tough Age know their history and use it to create 

stirring, present day garage-rock. Self-described as 

“culmination rock,” Tough Age write hooky tunes 

while throwing calculated punches. 

TRACES 

MONTREAL, QC 



Traces are a band who blend post-punk, shoegaze 

and psychedelic pop into hazy watercolours. 

Members come from other delightfully dreamy 

bands like The Besnard Lakes, Play Guitar and Land 

of Kush, so you know they’re not messing around. 

Catch some fuzz at their Sled Island debut. 

TROPIC HARBOUR 

EDMONTON, AB 



While the Morrissey comparisons are warranted, 

Tropic Harbour’s infatuation is with utopic coastal 

imagery more than any sort of doomed relationship. 

Mark Berg, the bedroom pop wunderkind 

behind the project, only has one EP out associated 

with the moniker, but has nonetheless managed to 

make waves, working echoing guitar jangles and 

lush dreamland hooks to sedative heights. 

TT THE ARTIST 

BALTIMORE, MD 




If you want to dance and feel empowered, TT The 

Artist has got you covered. Her fearsome approach 

TV UGLY 

VANCOUVER, BC 



Featuring members of Supermoon and Thee Ahs, 

TV Ugly are pros who sound like amateurs who 

sound like pros. Their summery, bratty grunge-pop 

is anchored by a frantically breezy rhythm section 

and Superfuzz/Bigmuff power chords, leaving singer 

Alie’s naïve melodies free to wander where they 

will—mostly worming their way into your ears. 

T.WILLIAMS 

LONDON, UK 


T.Williams has worked in a lot of styles over the 

course of his career producing electronic music. 

Today, he’s making some of the most exhilarating 

house music out there. He stacks drums tracks like 

an expert Jenga player, laying them down with 

maximum tension and just enough steady bass to 

keep it all together. 

ULTRA GASH 

CALGARY, AB 


Ultra Gash make grimy, bellowing punk rock that 

sounds like a mix of good times and bad trips. Late 

‘70s England yelping, extremely lo-fi recordings 

and a fast, fast pace make for a fearsome mix. 

UNTRAINED ANIMALS 

CALGARY, AB 


Untrained Animals are a mind-bending electronic 

act that eschews genre with ease. Their last proper 

release III is hard to pin down, but its alluring analog 

workouts and spastic melodies beg for repeat 

listens. 2016 marks their sophomore showing at 

Sled Island, and it’s shaping up to be a stunner. 

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MUSIC 

VAALT 

CALGARY, AB 


Amid the thunderous low-end metal riffs of Calgary’s 

Vaalt lies a deep lyrical potency snarled in 

the voice of some doomed saint and cast into the 

fiery depths of his own volition. This is one band 

that nails the dramatic elements of doom metal 

beloved by fans. 

VALIENT THORR 

CHAPEL HILL, NC 

Sat 1:00am - Palomino (Downstairs) 

Valient Thorr’s kinetic, driving rhythms and riffheavy 

approach to rock ‘n’ roll mixes space-wizard 

lyrics, late ‘70s British metal and southern rock-inspired 

blues. It makes for a pretty potent cocktail 

of fuel-injected mayhem and badassery. 

VALISKA 

CALGARY, AB 


Valiska intersects the bonds between the natural 

world and the metropolitan spaces we call home, 

bridging elements of classical music and electronic 

experiments in a decisive, fragmented fashion. 

Like lush landscapes on the outskirts of a bustling 

city, Valsika takes the natural and frames it from an 

urban point of view. 

VICE COOLER 




Though perhaps better known for his video and 

production work behind the scenes (that video with 

Peaches and Kim Gordon in the boxing ring!), Vice 

Cooler also makes hot and heavy electro pop that 

would fit in perfectly at either the grimiest after-hours 

basement party or the top of the pop charts. 

In addition to festival performances, we're pleased 

to host Vice Cooler for an artist talk and Q&A on 

June 25 at Theatre Junction GRAND. 

VIEWMASTER 

VANCOUVER, BC 



ViewMaster’s brand of rock is propulsive, poppy 

and frayed around the edges. Featuring John 

Johnston of Vancouver punks Slow Learners, their 

distinctly danceable, raw and riff-heavy tunes are 

sure to get crowds moving. 

VULVA CULTURE 

HALIFAX, NS 



Dark, glacially paced lullabies cloaked in a pharmaceutical 

haze are earmarks of Vulva Culture’s 

languid atmosphere. “Hydromorphone” is the lead 

track on their latest cassingle, and the name perfectly 

captures the foursome’s brand of druggy slowcore 

that pleads for listeners to relish in the melancholy. 

WAITRESS 

SASKATOON, SK 



The dreamy, majestic pop of Waitress hearkens 

back to British rock just before it became “Britpop”—when 

it was a danceable mélange of squarewave 

synths and distorted guitars beneath wistful 

melodies sung in boy-girl harmony. Waitress 

make you want to grow your bangs out, don some 

eyeliner and hit the town. 

WAR BABY 

VANCOUVER, BC 

Fri - 7:30pm - Palomino (Upstairs) 

Enjoy some noisy, freaky, grungy punk courtesy 

of War Baby! Back after appearances in 2012 and 

2014, the three-piece are now armed with songs 

from the Halloween 2015 release Death Sweats. 

The record is a brutal, fast-paced bummer that’ll 

have you embracing dank vibes in no time. 

WARES 

EDMONTON, AB 



Wares seriously impressed us at last year’s Sled 

Island and has continued to do so in her newest 

live incarnation as well as on her Missed the 

Point 7”. Currently playing solo, Wares has only 

grown more intense on stage, using an arsenal 

of genre-spanning anthems to leave audiences 

speechless. 



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MUSIC 

THE WEIR 

CALGARY, AB 


With slow, heavy percussion and psychedelic guitar 

riffs that bend and howl beneath severe vocals, 

this Calgary quartet takes the complex dynamics 

of heavy metal and the unforgiving grittiness of 

sludge, and intertwines them to create a vast, 

heavy sound. 

WEIRD YEAR 

EDMONTON, AB 


Weird Year make discordant post-hardcore at its 

best. Wailing about existence and yearning for 

love, the five-piece darkly drudge up the thoughts 

we’re afraid to think—mostly because they’re true. 

Thankfully, those thoughts are drowned out in the 

intensity of the pit. 

WHOOP-SZO 

GUELPH, ON 



The crazed experimentalism captured by WHOOP- 

Szo is reminiscent of driving wildly through a 

blizzard on a Canadian highway at night. One 

moment is calm and the next is out of control, 

creating unpredictable sludgy crashes in the midst 

of bleary-eyed hymnals. 

WILLIE THRASHER & LINDA SADDLEBACK 

NANAIMO, BC 


Born in 1948 in the Northwest Territories, Willie 

Thrasher made music to help him reconnect with 

his Inuvialuit culture, which he was deprived of 

at a residential school. Thrasher’s lost folk-rock 

tunes, which channel the AM radio vibes of Neil 

Young and Gordon Lightfoot, were given a second 

life in 2014 with crate-digger Kevin Howes’ 

archival compilation Native North America (Vol. 

1). Willie is still performing memorable sets and 

joins us at Sled Island with his partner Linda 

Saddleback. 

WILT 

WINNIPEG, MB 


At the end of the frozen plains stands a monolith, 

a dark and imposing colossus looming over the 

vast expanse of empty fields of ice. At the gates 

stand Wilt, fire-breathing guardians of the steel, 

heavy as a crashing planet and eyes ablaze in the 

hues of molten metal. 

WITCHSTONE 

CALGARY, AB 


Witchstone rides on massive doom riffs through 

the monumental canyons of their immense 

proto-metal arrangements. They seamlessly move 

from harmonized sludge riffs into spaced-out, 

feedback-laden sections, at once deeper than 

swamp water and as far out into the cosmos as a 

mystic wizard holding entire worlds aloft. 

YANKEE YANKEE 

CALGARY, AB 


Yankee Yankee is a sonic monster climbing its 

way out of your cassette player to either lull you 

to sleep or eat you alive. The unpredictability of 

sounds, instruments and directions undertaken 

in this unburdening project will fill you with 

curiosity and panic, excitement and uncertainty 

all at once. 

YEAR OF GLAD 

MONTREAL, QC 



Year of Glad is the cacophonous vision of mastermind 

A.P. Bergeron. This experimental drone-folk 

act was conceived in solitude and brought to 

life by a collection of talented friends. Their last 

album, Old Growth, is life-affirming post-rock 

that brims with emotion and ethereality. After 

a stunning performance at Sled Island in 2015, 

expectations remain high. 

YES WE MYSTIC 

WINNIPEG, MB 


Their cinematic, genre-blending chamber-pop is 

like the wind reflecting off lake ice. Cerebral and 

cutting in equal measure, this quintet's songs 

build like winter storms. Violin and cello punctuate 

Adam Fuhr's dramatic vocal melodies, then 

sweep them off their feet from behind as the band 

drives toward a tempestuous climax. 

ZAD KOKAR 

STRASBOURG, FR 



You know how the best parts of a Hollywood 

horror movie are the jump scares? Zad Kokar is a 

bit like if that’s what all those movies were. That 

might sell their nuance a bit short, but every note 

of their electronic noise schism is packed with endorphins 

that inspire eyes-covered, jaw-dropped 

disbelief. 

THE ZORGS 

WINNIPEG, MB 

Thu 12:30am - Palomino (Upstairs) 


Hit snooze on that alarm clock and zone out to 

the slack show of pogo-punks The Zorgs. Uniting 

their freewheeling surf and garage-pop chops, 

healthy regard for spy film soundtracks and triple 

dose of loveable Winnipeg weirdness, the band 

stay true to their defining ethos of forever defying 

convention. 

TORTOISE 

CHICAGO, IL 


Continuing in the Sled Island tradition of showcasing exceptional instrumental bands, 

it’s only right that post-rock pioneers Tortoise bring their grandiose cacophony to the 

2016 edition of the festival. 

Spiraling outward from the core duo of Doug McCombs and John Herndon, Tortoise’s 

career marks a creative high point in a genre already known for wild experimentation. 

Krautrock, minimalism and jazz are all touchstones, but Tortoise take them to another 

place entirely. Take “Djed,” from their classic Millions Now Living Will Never Die album, 

which falls into electro-acoustic abstraction after an extended session of marimba 

rhythms, then into sexy after-hours downtempo electronica. It’s the sound of a band 

collectively saying “Oh, there are limits to how far rock music can go? Never knew. Here, 

have a easy listening song that turns into dub and then free jazz after fifteen minutes.” 

Their new album The Catastrophist sees them embrace more vocals than they have 

previously, while retaining the same anything-can-happen-but-it’ll-be-beautiful spirit 

that made their early recordings so invigorating. Like the best of their peers, Tortoise 

have always had a powerful emotional core to their music. Every note is rooted in a 

human feeling, and it sets them apart from mere experimenters. Tortoise are past trial 

and error: they know what works and they’re doing it. 



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OLYMPIC PLAZA 

OLYMPIC PLAZA 

photo: Lindsay Stewart 

SATURDAY, JUNE 25 

12:00PM - 11:00PM 

228 8th Ave. SE 

Olympic Plaza is a beloved Calgary landmark and 

home to Sled Island’s biggest outdoor show. Just 

steps away from venues like the #1 Legion, Flames 

Central and The Palomino, as well as our host hotel, 

the Fairmont Palliser, Olympic Plaza has been our 

main outdoor site for the last eight years and hosts 

some of the most enticing local, Canadian and 

international talent around. 

Come enjoy some of the festival’s most popular 

artists in the open air. This is an all-ages and fully 

licensed event—no hiding out in the beer garden 

while your favourite band is playing! Beyond tasty 

Big Rock beer, the site will also be equipped with 

an assortment of food and non-alcoholic drink 

options, plus Sled Island and band merch. 

LINEUP 

Legendary lo-fi indie rock band Guided By Voices 

will be headlining the outdoor stage with help 

from fellow ‘90s icons Built To Spill, recently-reformed 

and much-loved indie rock project Land of 

Talk, krautrock-inspired experimenters SUUNS, incisive 

indie rockers Speedy Ortiz, pulsing indie pop 

act Moon King, shoegazers The Radiation Flowers 

and twee punk locals Dream Whip. 

STAY GREEN 

Our Green Island team works hard to make sure 

that taking care of the environment is just another 

part of the fun at Sled Island. We have easy-to-navigate 

waste diversion stations, bike valets to help 

you save time getting in and a water-filling station 

to make plastic bottles a thing of the past. It’s a 

breeze! 

HOW TO ATTEND 

Entry to Olympic Plaza is included with all Sled 

Island passes, but single tickets are also available 

for $50 advance or $55 at the gate. Kids 12 and 

under get in free! 

photo: Bobbie Barbarich 

photo: Allison Seto 

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SLED ISLAND BLOCK 

PARTY 

SLED ISLAND BLOCK PARTY 

THURSDAY, JUNE 23 

4:00 – 10:00PM 

10th St. & 10th Ave. SE (Inglewood) 

photo: Michael Tan 


Get ready for the fourth annual, free, outdoor, 

all-ages Sled Island Block Party! 

The Sled Island Block Party is the biggest dance 

party at the festival! This year, we’re moving to 

Inglewood and have lined up UK bass house act 

Chris Lorenzo, Block Party vets HUMANS, ultra-percussive 

house producer T.Williams, mysterious new 

duo Chuurch, hometown heroes Smalltown DJs, 

drum and bass act Sinistarr and the smooth sounds 

of OAKK. Shout-out to our friends at The Hifi Club 

for curating this special lineup. 

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All that dancing calls for a little refreshment. 

Thankfully, Big Rock Brewery will be on hand 

with a beer garden to help keep you going. Look 

out for food trucks, too! You can also expect Sled 

Island and performer merch, plus the lovely Market 

Collective crew, who will be offering locally-made 

artisan goods for your shopping pleasure. 

This is a rain or shine event. Let’s party! 


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ALL AGES 

ALL AGES 

Sled Island is proud to present the all-ages portion of its 2016 programming. 

With tons of bands playing shows open to minors, as well 

as comedy, film, art and special events accessible to attendees of any 

age, there’s always something for our younger pals to do! 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Sled Island’s 2016 all-ages programming is as diverse as ever, with 

a range of emerging and established artists playing shows at many 

of our favourite venues. Below are just a few highlights of this year’s 

offerings: 

photo: Crystal Sujata 

Olympic Plaza: At the festival’s main outdoor site, we’ve lined up lo-fi 

indie rock legends Guided By Voices to headline, plus returning festival 

favourites Built To Spill, the recently revived Land of Talk, electronic 

rock act SUUNS, indie rock outfit Speedy Ortiz, pulsing indie pop act 

Moon King, shoegazers The Radiation Flowers and twee punk locals 

Dream Whip. Entry is included with all Sled Island passes, and it’s free 

for kids 12 and under! Single tickets are also available. 

Sled Island Block Party: The biggest dance party at Sled Island! This 

year’s free Block Party goes down in Inglewood with performances by 

killer producers Chris Lorenzo, HUMANS, T.Williams, Sinistarr, OAKK 

and Smalltown DJs. 

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Central United Church: A beautiful, historic venue with some of our 

biggest shows, Central United Church will host folk act Angel Olsen 

and post-rock legends Tortoise. 

John Dutton Theatre: Major/Minor presents a show pairing established 

Calgary acts Chron Goblin and The Shiverettes with incredible 

emerging talent A-Bomb and Preston. 

photo: Piotr Filipek 


Theatre Junction GRAND: A host for some of our best music, 

comedy and special events programming, Theatre Junction GRAND 

features multiple floors of entertainment. Peaches picks TT The Artist, 

Hyenaz and Planningtorock will play, as will baroque pop songsmith 

Julia Holter plus experimentalists Circuit Des Yeux and Dawn of Midi. 

The GRAND will also host comedy, film, visual art and special events 

programming! 

Tubby Dog: This is the place to see some of the best Sled Island punk 

shows as well as newer talent from the indie world. Tubby Dog is a 

staple in the Calgary all-ages scene and one of our favourite hangouts 

for hot dogs and arcade games. 

HOW TO ATTEND 

A Sled Island All-Ages Pass is just $50 and provides access to each and 

every event open to minors, including music, comedy, film, visual art 

and special events. Please note that the All-Ages Pass is for those under 

18 years of age only—valid ID is required at pick-up. Single tickets to 

select all-ages shows are also available. Check out the festival schedule 

and SledIsland.com for details. 


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GREEN ISLAND 

GREEN ISLAND 


photo: Elyse Bouvier 

Sled Island is dedicated to operating an environmentally responsible festival. We pride ourselves on working with festival attendees, artists, The City of Calgary 

and partners to implement initiatives that make Sled Island and our community responsible environmental stewards. Sustainability is an integral part of Sled 

Island fun, and we encourage all to participate! 

RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION 

Sled Island is continually improving our waste and recycling management as well as working to reduce waste at its source. We aim to make Sled Island an event 

that reuses, recycles or composts all waste. The festival diverted 95% of its waste from landfills in 2015, and we intend to do even better in 2016! Everyone can 

be a part of our Green Team: sort your waste, recycling and compostables into the right bins, carry a reusable water bottle and help our awesome volunteers 

keep the festival clean! 

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BIKES 

Riding bikes is fun and, without a doubt, the best way to get around Sled Island. A big thank you to our official bike sponsor, First Calgary Financial, who makes 

it possible for us to provide bike parking at our outdoor stages and many of your favourite venues. Look out for bike valet team at Olympic Plaza, who will park 

your bike for you and keep it safe until you’re ready to roll out to your next show! 

Our friends at Prohab Helmet Society will be riding with us again this year and working to keep your noggins safe. These lovely people will be joining us at 

Olympic Plaza on June 25 to sell helmets at wallet-friendly prices. If you don’t have a helmet, or if you’re looking for a new one, come check them out. 

Thanks to Calgary’s cycle tracks, biking is now easier and safer than ever. The tracks on 5th St. SW (3rd Ave. SW to 17th Ave. SW), 12th Ave. (11th St. SW to 4th 

St. SE), 8th Ave. SW. (11th St. SW to Macleod Trail, excluding Stephen Ave.) and 9th Ave. SE (Macleod Trail to 4th St. SE) will take you to almost every Sled Island 

venue. For even more Calgary bikeways, check out Calgary.ca 



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KENSINGTON PUB (207 10A ST. NW) 

10% off 

LAST BEST BREWING & DISTILLING 

(607 11TH AVE. SW) 

$5 pints 

NATIVE TONGUES (235 12TH AVE. SW) 

10% off 

PHIL & SEBASTIAN 

(2207 4TH ST. SW / 2043 33RD AVE. SW / 618 

CONFLUENCE WAY SE) 

10% off coffee drinks 

PITA PIT (1508 4TH ST. SW) 

20% off 

POSTO PIZZERIA & BAR (1014 8TH ST. SW) 

10% off 

SHIKI MENYA (827 1ST AVE. NE) 

10% off 

SIDEWALK CITIZEN BAKERY 

(338 10TH ST. NW / 618 CONFLUENCE WAY SE) 

10% off 

SUNNYSIDE NATURAL MARKET (338 10TH ST. NW) 

10% off 

TEN FOOT HENRY (1209 1ST ST. SW) 

10% off 

TUBBY DOG (1022 17TH AVE. SW) 

10% off 

VINE ARTS (1310 1ST ST. SW) 

10% off wine and growlers 

NORTH AMERICAN QUALITY PURVEYORS 

(1207 10TH AVE. SE) 

10% off regular price items 

PURR (1220 KENSINGTON RD. NW / 601 17TH AVE. SW) 

No tax 

SALVEDGE (1222 8 ST. SW / 1002 MACLEOD TRAIL SE) 

20% off 

SHELF LIFE BOOKS (1302 4TH ST. SW) 

20% off 

SLOTH RECORDS (736 17TH AVE. SW) 

15% off (excluding concert tickets) 

THE SOURCE SKATESHOP (738 11TH AVE. SW) 

15% off (conditions apply) 

THE UNCOMMONS (1325A 9TH AVE. SE) 

10% (excluding bikes, furniture and lighting) 

UNDERSTUDY (1312 1ST ST. SW) 

10% off 

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Each year, Sled Island partners with local businesses 

to offer deals to passholders on some of our favourite 

goods and services around the city. During 

the festival, show your Sled Island wristband at the 

businesses below to save a few bucks and support 

our awesome community partners in the process. 

FOOD AND BEVERAGE 

AMARANTH (1407 4TH ST. SW) 

10% off 

ANJU (344 17TH AVE. SW) 

Promo Sled Island dish for the table 

THE BELTLINER (243 12TH AVE. SW) 

10% off 

BOOGIE’S BURGERS (908 EDMONTON TRAIL NE) 

15% off 

BITE GROCETERIA (1023 9TH AVE. SE) 


BUTTERMILK FINE WAFFLES (330 17TH AVE. SW) 

15% off 

CAFFE BEANO (1613 9TH ST. SW) 

10% off 

CAFE KOI (1011 1ST ST. SW) 

10% off 

CA’PUCCINI (205 8TH AVE. SE) 

10% off 

CLIVE BURGER (736 17TH AVE. SW) 

Free small fries with any order, free float 

upgrade with any drink purchase 

COMMUNITY NATURAL FOODS 

(1304 10TH AVE. SW / 202 61ST AVE. SW) 

10% off grab & go items 

THE COUP (924 17TH AVE. SW) 

10% off food 

CRU JUICE 

(236 4TH ST. NE / 816 16TH AVE. SW / CHINOOK MALL) 

15% off 

DINER DELUXE 

(804 EDMONTON TRAIL NE / 350 ASPEN GLEN LANDING) 

15% off 

FREAK LUNCHBOX (614 17TH AVE. SW) 

10% off 

GOOD LUCK BAR (207 12TH AVE. SW) 

10% off 

HOME & AWAY (1331 17TH AVE. SW) 

10% off 

GOODS 

ANOTHER DIMENSION COMICS (424B 10TH ST. NW) 

Buy two graphic novels, get one free 

AVALANCHE! (UPPER LEVEL, 343 11TH AVE. SW) 

10% off prints 

BLACKBYRD MYOOZIK (1126 17TH AVE. SW) 


EQ3 (8180 11TH ST. SE) 

10% off in June, 15% off during Sled Island 

ESPY (1009 9TH AVE. SE) 

13% off 

FEISTY CONSIGNMENT (#12, 2100 4TH ST. SW) 

15% off new merchandise 

GRAVITYPOPE (1126 17TH AVE. SW) 

$10 off a minimum purchase of $50 

KICKAXE GUITARS (1409A 11TH ST. SW) 

10% of f 

LESS17 (930 17TH AVE. SW) 

15% off (conditions apply) 

LUKES DRUG MART (112 4TH ST. NE) 

15% off (excluding prescriptions, bus tickets, 

concert tickets, lottery and Canada Post) 

SERVICES 

BODHI TREE YOGA (821 14TH ST. NW) 

Free classes for passholders, half price drop-ins 

for ticketholders from June 20 - 26 

BUSHIDO TATTOO (218 17TH AVE. SE) 

10% off 

BUTTER BEAUTY PARLOUR (2429 4TH ST. SW) 

10% off all services 

CHROME HAIR DESIGN (933 17TH AVE. SW) 

15% off 

FLOAT LIFE (1422 KENSINGTON RD. NW) 

30% off 

HEDKANDI SALON 

(1301 8TH ST. SW / 146 13TH AVE. SW / 315 8TH AVE. SW) 

10% off all services 

JOHNNY’S BARBER + SHOP (607 11TH AVE. SW) 

10% off 

JOURNEY YOGA (811 1ST AVE. NE) 



JUNCTION 9 (919 9TH AVE. SE) 



SWIZZLESTICKS SALON & SPA 

(1211 KENSINGTON RD. NW) 

15% off services with advanced and senior 

stylists 

YYC CYCLE (1117 KENSINGTON RD. NW) 

10% off class packages 

YOGA PASSAGE (524 11TH AVE. SW) 



YOGA SANTOSHA (320-1800 4TH ST. SW) 





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THANK YOU 

— 

THANK YOU 

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Thank you to our staff and volunteers; our Board of Directors: Arif Ansari, Christina Colenutt, David Cramb, Chris Gokiert, Martin Kennedy, Renée 

Matthews, Brian Milne (outgoing), Sarmad Rizvi, Terry Rock, Chad Saunders, Lindsay Schonfelder and Rob Schultz; Peaches; Matt Adenis, Natalie 

Christensen, Kristin Evans, Zhen Huang, Scott King, Jacques Krzepkowski, Tom Kucy, Carl Lukasewich, Anna Mer, Sandra Mills, Lin Oosterhoff, Brendan 

O’Reilly, Tammy Primeau, Matt Sliwon, Vicki Sloot, Stefan Smith and everyone at Critical Mass; Dom Adam at EQ3; the Alberta College of Art + Design; 

the Alberta Foundation for the Arts; Alden Alfon; Jay Allen and everyone at CFCR; Kevin Aranas; the Arbour Lake Sghool; Myke Atkinson, Kendra 

Scanlon, Whitney Ota and everyone at CJSW; George Baker at Baker's 2000; Bamboo; Ashley Bedet and Su Ying Strang at The New Gallery; Mike Bell, 

Mike Rayburn and everyone at the Calgary Herald; Cole Binder; Bionic Dave; Stacey Bowman at KIND; Andrew Brassard, Charlie Hinton, Alan Lindsay 

and everyone at Broken City; Chad Brunet and everyone at CJSR; Teri Buckley and First Calgary Financial; Jimmy Buffett and the Calgary Parrot Head 

Club; Jeanette Burman; Avi Butalia at freq. Magazine; Kym Butler; Caffe Beano; Calgary Arts Development; Calgary Cinematheque; the Calgary Hotel 

Association; the Calgary International Film Festival; Calgary Movies; the Calgary Public Library; Colin Canning, Pete Emes and everyone at Commonwealth 

Bar & Stage; Laura Carlson; Anthony Carolan; Kathryne Casement; Vicki Chau and Bryce Maruk at EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society; 

Breann Christie; Phil Cimolai and everyone at Theatre Junction GRAND; Concorde Group; Robyn Condon; Andy Cookson at Vue Weekly; Dorothy Cornwall; 

Claire Coutts at the Marion Nicoll Gallery; Kalynn Crump; Jesse Cumming; Greg Curtis at Tooth Blackner Presents; Chris Dadge; Greg Damus 

and CULT; Eric Daponte; Ian Day; Rick Dent and Susan MacAulay at the #1 Legion; Angela Dione and Angel Guerra at Market Collective; Erica Dolman, 

Katayoon Yousefbigloo and everyone at CiTR/Discorder; Jeff D'Silva; Duchess Says; Malissa Dunphy; Electric Eye Music Festival; Ramin Eshraghi-Yazdi; 

FACTOR; Fairy Tales Film Festival; Femme Wave; Flames Central; Dan Forden; Adam Fox, Adam Kamis and everyone at the National Music Centre; 

Michael Frisby at the Drop-In Centre; Frogbox; Karolina Gajewska; Mike Garth, Dave Maess, Scott Matheson and everyone at Big Rock Brewery; Eric 

Gilbert and Treefort Music Fest; Sam Gilmour and Ben Mills at Posto; Felicia Glatz; Good Luck Bar; Roberto Granados-Ocon, Paula Wallace and everyone 

at Exclaim!; Green Event Services; Tony Grimes; Habitat Living Sound; Jaimie Hackston; Todd Harkness; Mason Hastie; Chad Hayes; Amanda 

Hehr and Naomi Le Bihan at Cru Juice; Peter Hemminger and Quickdraw Animation Society; Chris Hewitt and Ambor Sheppard at Dickens Pub; 

Adam Hicks at the Calgary Tower; The Hifi Club; Home & Away; Palmer Houchins at MailChimp; Josiah Hughes; Jaret Hunchak and Mike Little at KLM 

Backline; Nathan Hurd and Lucas McCarthy at Showpass; Stefanie Jackson at Avenue Magazine; Ron Joe; Aftin Jolly at Alberta Views; Garth Jones and 

The City of Calgary; Grace Jones and Katie Nelson at Grandstand Media; Tomas Jonsson and Desiree Nault at M:ST Performative Art Festival; Megan 

Jorgensen-Nelson; Brendan Kane; David Kenney; Areum Kim and Nicole Kelly Westman at Stride Gallery; Megan Kirk; Jason Klapak and everyone at 

Printcor; Kamil Krulis and Torrid; Ryan Kukec; Léa Langelier; Marie LeBlanc Flanagan at Weird Canada; Brenda Lieberman and the Calgary Underground 

Film Festival; Mark Little; Andrea Llewellyn; Chris Locke; David Low and the Victoria Park BRZ; Gareth Lukes and everyone at Lukes Drug Mart; 

Jessica Lynch and Jim Beam; Dave Lynes at ABM Audio; Jenn Machin; Peter Maitland; Drew Marshall; Daniel McCormack; Jay MacGillivray, Ian Russell 

and Lakin Wecker at Structured Abstraction; Graham Mackenzie and Major/Minor; Nathan Marshall at Georgie Magazine; Alanna Martineau and 

everyone at Wine-Ohs; Nate McLeod at Contemporary Calgary; Michael Lipnicki Fine Pianos; Mint Records; Dan Northfield; Rebecca O’Brien at the 

Inglewood BRZ; Darren Ollinger and Trolez at the Ship & Anchor; Mandy Palubicki at CKUA; Natasha Pashak; Kathy Paterson; Megan Paterson; Oliver 

Pennock; Chad Persley at Absolute Underground; Amanda Brooke Perrin; Phil & Sebastian; PK Sound; Tyler Pickering and Rob Smeltzer at Long and 

McQuade; Liam Prost and everyone at the Calgary Folk Music Festival; Trevor Quinlan at Allstar Show Industries; Johnnie Regalado and everyone at 

CFUV; Kristen Rehn Adema and everyone at CBC Calgary; the Remarkable Experience Accelerator panel; Shane Rempel at Prohab; Research & Insights 

Consulting; Marc Rimmer; Stef Rizvi and Kate Mak at Junction 9; Colleen Robarts and everyone at the Central United Church; Peter Robinson; Lauren 

Ruckdaeschel; Guinevere Sanderson and the Department of Canadian Heritage; Madi Schmidt; Mike Scullen; Dan Seligman and everyone at POP 

Montreal; Sharethebus; Lindsay Shedden; Graham Siddall; Sidewalk Citizen Bakery; Brad Simm and everyone at BeatRoute; the Sled Island listening 

committee; Sloth Records; Arlen Smith and everyone at The Palomino; SOCAN Foundation; the Society for the Advocacy of Safer Spaces; Ted Stenson; 

Stoner Rock Guy; Jeff Storey, Richard Friesen and everyone at Local 510; Sweetypie Records; Austin Taylor at Secret Eight Project Space and the staff 

of Less17; Tourism Calgary; Richard Trapunski and everyone at Chart Attack; Travel Alberta; Aaron Trozzo at CKXU; Jon Trusch and everyone at Tubby 

Dog; Sophia Tumato, David Woodward and everyone at the Fairmont Palliser; Union Cemetery; Tamara Unruh; the Board of Directors at Untitled Art 

Society; Meg Van Rosendaal; Dana Volk; Nicola Waugh and Kyle Whitehead at the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers; Scott Wenger; West- 

Jet; Kirk Wong; Evan Woolley; Jason Woolley and everyone at Flames Central and Twyla Yacyshyn. 



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FESTIVAL PRESENTERS 

FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS 

FESTIVAL BACKERS 

PUBLIC PARTNERS 

GREEN ISLAND PARTNERS 

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MEDIA PARTNERS 

FRIENDS OF SLED ISLAND 

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