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What do you like? They select quite a wide variety of bands.

Sample artists here (stream 2019 lineup):

https://www.sledisland.com/listen?random=1

If you find a band you like, the sled island site will suggest some similar bands, and they tend to group them together at the same venues. There will be lots of local bands that I can talk about, and I will post videos for some of the bands that I am excited to see. The festival is about discovery. Go see a bunch of bands you never heard of - some of them you won't like, and some will become your new favorite bands.

I consider myself open-minded when it comes to music, and especially new music. Going and seeing an act I've never heard of is something I do quite often, sometimes on a suggestion from a friend but also because they had a cool poster, or I happened to be passing by a venue and decided to head in to see what was what. I've gone from the orchestra to a punk show in the same night on multiple occasions. Hell, speaking of punk, for some reason it gets a lot of leeway with me because the raw energy of it can make up for skill and still be awesome.

Sled Island seems to have a lot of acts that I would wager don't actually get gigs all that often, because while their indie-rock/hipster/neo-punk attitude fits the bill fine, their music is just really terrible. Is there a specific venue that has more of the higher-caliber bands? Like, the opposite of Tubby Dog?
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I consider myself open-minded when it comes to music, and especially new music. Going and seeing an act I've never heard of is something I do quite often, sometimes on a suggestion from a friend but also because they had a cool poster, or I happened to be passing by a venue and decided to head in to see what was what. I've gone from the orchestra to a punk show in the same night on multiple occasions. Hell, speaking of punk, for some reason it gets a lot of leeway with me because the raw energy of it can make up for skill and still be awesome.

Sled Island seems to have a lot of acts that I would wager don't actually get gigs all that often, because while their indie-rock/hipster/neo-punk attitude fits the bill fine, their music is just really terrible. Is there a specific venue that has more of the higher-caliber bands? Like, the opposite of Tubby Dog?
There's a number of them. Central United Church and the National Music Center are venues I personally find host the lion's share of my SI highlights year in and year out. The other large(r surviving) marquee venues are the #1 Legion's main floor (typically focused around metal and punk), Commonwealth, Broken City's main floor, and the Palace (now mostly used for the "headline" acts now that Olympic Plaza's a bust). Most of the other venues that get used are largely geared towards the kind of small regional/low-billing/emerging acts you're talking about.
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I don't know if I'm erudite enough to pin the reason down in a satisfying manner beyond just that I'm completely apathetic about the vast majority of the selections. It's certainly fair to call age a factor but I wouldn't say I'm picking up on contemporary acts noticeably less than I have in previous years and in any case Sled's never been shy about bringing in, let's call them, "legacy" selections.

The general scaling-back of the festival over the past several years hasn't helped with the feeling either. The Olympic Plaza sets are gone, a number of the old anchor venues are gone (outside of SI's control, to be fair), the free Luke's Drug Mart hype-up show is gone, some of the annual side events I liked to attend outside of the strict scope of the music programming are gone. It's starting to feel less like a legitimate all-encompassing multidisciplinary event and more like a chained series of small-to-smallish scale concerts any larger city could put on any given weekend purely incidentally, if that makes any sense.
It’s definitely been scaled down. I imagine sponsorships are harder to come by because of the economy. And live venues are closing like crazy. Zak used to subsidize it when he was running it at the start and they struggled to replace that funding.

I do think the acts aren’t as big as well. I remember 2008 and they had Drive-By Truckers, Of Montreal, Yo La Tengo, Wire, Tegan And Sara, Broken Social Scene, Mogwai, and Jonathan Richman just at Millenium Park.

There aren’t as many comedians either, and they used to have more headliners. Those shows always had lineups so it isn’t lack of interest.

I don’t think any of this is the festival’s fault. It’s just the reality of life in Calgary post oil boom. I’m still going to have trouble seeing every band I want to see so I won’t complain too much about the quality of music.
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Man, I'm excited for Oblivians.
Bully and Man or Astroman will also be pretty cool.
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It’s definitely been scaled down. I imagine sponsorships are harder to come by because of the economy. And live venues are closing like crazy. Zak used to subsidize it when he was running it at the start and they struggled to replace that funding.

I do think the acts aren’t as big as well. I remember 2008 and they had Drive-By Truckers, Of Montreal, Yo La Tengo, Wire, Tegan And Sara, Broken Social Scene, Mogwai, and Jonathan Richman just at Millenium Park.

There aren’t as many comedians either, and they used to have more headliners. Those shows always had lineups so it isn’t lack of interest.

I don’t think any of this is the festival’s fault. It’s just the reality of life in Calgary post oil boom. I’m still going to have trouble seeing every band I want to see so I won’t complain too much about the quality of music.
I dream of a lineup like 2010.

Black Lips, The Bronx, Built To Spill, Chain & the Gang, Chuck Ragan, Deerhoof, Dinosaur Jr., The Dudes, ####ed Up, Girl Talk, GZA,* Hot Water Music, The King Khan & BBQ Show, Les Savy Fav, Mariachi El Bronx, Mark Sultan, Melvins, No Age,* NoMeansNo, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Thermals, Ty Segall,** Tyvek, White Lung,* Women.

Just reading the lineup again now, I'm shocked at how many absolutely amazing bands played.
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What’s your issue, exactly? Too mainstream? Not mainstream enough?

The biggest problem I have with Sled is me being too old and out of shape to make it to see all the bands I want to. The friends I usually go with have kids now and don’t want to go, and my social anxiety makes going solo really tough.
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I haven't really compared previous years to confirm it is scaled down much. There are still over 200 bands that will get announced for this year, including more headliners.

I know 2013 (the flood) nearly killed the festival, but people generously did not ask for their $ back. Events are no longer held at Olympic Plaza - probably due to cost and bad weather (June is the rainiest month in Calgary). They regularly hold bingos and casinos, and attendance seems consistent. They have sponsors and get grants - I don't know if there is a revenue problem, but I can speak to some board members. Sometimes too I think they try not to book bands that have appeared recently - they seek out new artists and "bucket-list" bands that they have been wanting to book for years.

We lost some good venues - Republik, Nite Owl. I think it has become harder for some US bands to cross the border. A low Canadian dollar must be a problem too.
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i haven't really compared previous years to confirm it is scaled down much. There are still over 200 bands that will get announced for this year, including more headliners.

I know 2013 (the flood) nearly killed the festival, but people generously did not ask for their $ back. Events are no longer held at olympic plaza - probably due to cost and bad weather (june is the rainiest month in calgary). They regularly hold bingos and casinos, and attendance seems consistent. They have sponsors and get grants - i don't know if there is a revenue problem, but i can speak to some board members. Sometimes too i think they try not to book bands that have appeared recently - they seek out new artists and "bucket-list" bands that they have been wanting to book for years.

We lost some good venues - republik, nite owl. I think it has become harder for some us bands to cross the border. A low canadian dollar must be a problem too.
The raw number of bands remains consistent, but when for various reasons the likes of Olympic Plaza or Republik or Theatre Junction Grand get removed as venues and they get replaced with the likes of...uh, McHugh House and a single show at Mac Hall it feels safe to say that the ability to pull in Guided By Voices-level talent is weakening. I'd have to dig through the programs I've kept over the years to check but it feels like they've scaled back the number of shows played at the big venues they still have as well. Reducing the shows being performed at the Palace from 3 down to 2, that kind of thing.

I guess we'll see, last year's venue arrangements felt particularly clumsy but hopefully it was an aberration. Presumably the King Eddy will return as a venue and it seems like the central library's auditorium is being used this year.

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Second Wave:

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Newly announced additions to this year’s lineup include the incomparable hip-hop stylings of Rapsody, one of only six women ever nominated for a Grammy in the Best Rap Album category, the beautiful freak folk of Jessica Pratt, the sultry, sweaty R&B of Har Mar Superstar, Louisville-based trap prodigy Jack Harlow, the light-hearted indie-rap of Michael Christmas, experimental Palestinian producer Muqata’a (known as the godfather of underground hip-hop in Ramallah), and traditional Ghanian musician King Ayisoba. On top of that, the festival welcomes poet, activist and soulful singer-songwriter Tasha, handpicked by our guest curator Julien Baker, Ian Blurton’s Future Now, the latest righteous offering from the national treasure (C’mon, Change Of Heart, Public Animal), and indie-rocker turned electronic sensation Graham Van Pelt (Miracle Fortress, Think About Life).

As always, this year will feature plenty of local Calgary talent as well, including post-punks Melted Mirror, industrial noise outfit DRI HIEV, riot grrl favorites The Shiverettes, alternative dream-rockers Lashes, and the fast-paced indie licks of Sunglaciers. This is rounded out with the fuzzy 90s love letter of Paradise, the smooth flow of hip-hop veteran Sinzere, the seasoned indie rock stylings of Clinton St. John’s Ig Bo Lyn, stoner rockers Chron Goblin, experimental electronic act Corinthian, and 80s-influenced synthwave band NETRVNNNER.

We are very excited to announce two Korean bands joining this year’s festival: the psych-rock of DTSQ, and the electro-pop trio numnum. For those who prefer the indie side of things, we’re adding anybodys, Blessed, Blue Odeur, The Garrys, Jo Passed, Lemongrab, Marlaena Moore, Motherhood and Sister Ray. On the rockier end, we’re happy to have Big Evil Rat, EXITS, GYM Tonic, Life In Vacuum and Wine Lips. For fans of electronic, experimental and hip-hop, join us in welcoming Justin Wright, Leucrocuta, Lex Leosis, Matthew Cardinal, Natural Sympathies, Physical Copies and Psychic Pollution.

The complete lineup, including 180+ more bands, as well as comedy, film, art and special events will be announced in the coming months.
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Andy Kindler is headlining the Comedy lineup. He's awful. I can't wait!

https://www.sledisland.com/slog/2019...y-announcement
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Our full lineup is finally here! The 180+ additions announced today join a list of over 65 previously announced artists, confirming 250+ bands to play the festival this June!

Newly announced artists include heavy metal favourites TORCHE, Jersey punk trio Screaming Females, hip-hop soaked garage rocker Obnox, English electronic duo My Nu Leng, Oakland-based sludge rockers Kowloon Walled City, reunited riff machines Barn Burner, indie-rock up-and-comer Stef Chura and emotional alternative project Black Belt Eagle Scout, the final pick from our guest curator Julien Baker. On top of that, we are joined by Anishinaabe singer-songwriter Ansley Simpson, last year’s Indigenous Music Award winner for Best New Artist, gloomy alt-pop group Little Destroyer and Vancouver post-punks NOV3L.

Today’s announcement also includes accomplished avant-garde composer Jonathan Kawchuk, doom-infused post-punkers Bonnie Doon, Edmonton grunge trio Dead Fibres, Mint Records staple dumb, playful pop-punks Necking, psych-meets-post-punk outfit Peeling, experimental electronic hip-hop duo PLAINS (featuring Trent Reznor/Saul Williams collaborator Thavius Beck), Toronto folk-pop project Quaker Parents, the vintage sounds of power-pop four-piece The Sick Things and emerging indigenous electronic producer Ziibiwan.

As always, we love to showcase local talent and have plenty of Calgary artists joining the 2019 lineup, including art-rock septet 36?, country crooner Amy Nelson, electro-pop duo Beach Season, the snarly punk of Hairnet, trap whiz Jae Sterling, experimental flautist Jiajia Li, indie-pop idols Lab Coast, precocious punks Slut Prophet, pastel-bathed bedroom-pop act soft cure and the riff-laden intensity of beloved metalheads Woodhawk.
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I'm excited to see Screaming Females. That's a great add!
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Anybody want to buy a discovery pass at early-bird pricing? Not a single headliner this year I have even a passing interest in seeing, yuck.
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Tuesday - Sled Island Kick-Off Party

· Hosted by Sled Island and Commonwealth Bar & Stage

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Har Mar Superstar gets to be a performer and a fan at Sled Island

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His seven-piece touring band will be bringing their collection of horns, bass, drums, and synth to his Sled Island appearances. Tillman’s excited about the festival because it gives him a chance to be a fan as well as a performer.

“It’s actually one of the greatest lineups I’ve seen,” he says. “All the giant festivals have all the same bills for the most part and this one is really creative and varied and a lot of mellow and a lot of crazy. I’m really psyched to be listed among all those other great artists.”

Har Mar Superstar plays Sled Island on Saturday June 22 at midnight at the Ship & Anchor and at 6:15 p.m. at the Inglewood block party, and on Sunday Jun 23 at the Palomino at 9:30 p.m.
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It’s a shame I’m going to miss it this year. There are lots of great bands playing, as usual. Have fun and try to stay dry.
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Tuesday Night 3 Stars:


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Vailhalen - first show in 10 years!
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