Milwaukee punks Direct Hit! released their latest album Wasted Mind earlier this year on Fat Wreck Chords, which is the kind of driving pop punk that the label's always been known for...
The Fest also added Lemuria, Mean Jeans, Somos, Vacation, Iron Chic, Slingshot Dakota, PUP, RVIVR, Timeshares, Frameworks, Lifted Bells, Antarctigo Vespucci, Ian Graham, Katie Ellen, Roger Harvey, Museum Mouth, Hiccup, Amanda X, Die Choking, Sonic Avenues, Mac Sabbath, Creepoid, Sports and mannnnnny more.
Calgary's Sled Island Festival shared its initial lineup back in February and now the full lineup has been announced, featuring more than 100 additions.
Those include Speedy Ortiz, Kaytranada, Julia Holter, The Besnard Lakes, ESG, Oneida, SubRosa, HEALTH, Land of Talk, Dead Cross, Valient Thorr and more...
This stacked fest already included Thursday, Piebald, Milemarker and Hey Mercedes reunions, plus Quicksand, L7, Dinosaur Jr, Drive Like Jehu, American Football, The Julie Ruin and many more.
It includes Planes Mistaken For Stars, Propagandhi, Small Brown Bike, Samiam, Dead To Me, Strike Anywhere, Knapsack, Tim Barry, Braid, Latterman (who are reunited again), The Menzingers, AJJ, War On Women, Underground Railroad to Candyland, Toys That Kill, United Nations, Iron Reagan, Jeff Rosenstock, Night Birds, and many more.
Thursday and Piebald reunions and the first Hey Mercedes show in years. Also The Julie Ruin, The Bouncing Souls, American Nightmare, Deafheaven, Touche Amore, Rainer Maria, CIV, Tigers Jaw, Burn, Good Riddance, Joyce Manor, Ceremony, The Menzingers, Maritime, Milemarker, and more.