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Bartees Strange is the guest curator of Sled Island 2023, which goes down June 21-25 at venues across Calgary, Alberta.

He greeted the crowd with a "YERRRR!" and went on to play a fantastic set. Next up: Bowery Ballroom with Spring Silver and Pom Pom Squad tonight.

”We left the van unattended in a completely full, well-lit parking lot for an Airbnb in a gated apartment complex for 45 minutes,” Pom Pom Squad write. ”That was enough time for some people to do a smash-and-grab and leave us unable to finish the remaining shows with PUP and forced to scramble in order to prepare for our upcoming dates with Bartees Strange.”

Pom Pom Squad’s new single was inspired by an anonymous man’s story of the ending of his marriage, following the death of his father.

Plus: Agent Orange, Saintseneca, Na-Kel Smith, A Vulture's Wake, Big Thief, Suede / Manic Street Preachers, Weyes Blood, TWIABP, Paramore, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Low, Bikini Kill, Wild Nothing, Deer Tick and more tour and festival news.

After opening for The National out West, Bartees has his own North American tour coming up this summer and fall.

The Big Climate thing also features Khruangbin, The Flaming Lips, The Roots, Haim, Princess Nokia, Courtney Barnett, Gary Clark Jr and more.

Pom Pom Squad and Spring Silver join him for the shows, which are part of his first-ever US headlining run.

Also playing Saturday: Pom Pom Squad, Lil Durk, Duckwrth, Dashboard Confessional, Mariah the Scientist, Larry June and more.

Haim were originally scheduled to play Saturday of The Big Climate Thing fest, but are now part of the Sunday lineup with The Roots, Princess Nokia, Bonny Light Horseman, and more.