Sled Island 2016 Official Program Guide - Published by BeatRoute Magazine

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MUSIC 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 Fri 8:00pm - Tubby Dog 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. 18 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 Fri 7:00pm - Bamboo 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 Wed 9:00pm - Central United Church 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. Sled Island 2016
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 Sat 11:30pm - Palomino (Upstairs) 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. MUSIC 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 Thu 9:00pm - Ship & Anchor Fri 2:45pm - Palomino (Upstairs) 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 Thu 11:00pm - Palomino (Downstairs) 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 **PEACHES PICK** 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 Fri 3:00pm - Bamboo 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 19 Sled Island 2016
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