Sled Island 2016 Official Program Guide - Published by BeatRoute Magazine

MUSIC
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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)
Fri 9:00pm - Broken City (Patio)
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
Fri 4:00pm - Sloth Records
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
Fri 4:30pm - Broken City
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
Thu 11:30pm - Broken City
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
Fri 5:00pm - Palomino (Upstairs)
Fri 10:00pm - Tubby Dog
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
Fri 7:00pm - Local 510 (Parking Lot)
Sat 2:00pm - Palomino (Upstairs)
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.
Sled Island 2016