Sled Island

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The 2019 edition of the Sled Island music festival happens June 19-23 in downtown Calgary, AB. This year's guest curator is Julien Baker, who hand-picked Japanese Breakfast, JPEGMAFIA, Hop Along, Bully, Torres, Worries, Death Bells and Squirrel Flower to play the festival...

Check out photos from all days of the Calgary fest, along with the rest of reviews from the final two days.

Well rested and no longer trapped in the throes of air travel hell, I was ready to take in the sites... and members of Deerhoof and friends playing an improv set to a World Cup game at noon.

The multi-venue Calgary music festival is now underway. Day one for me included a quiet set by 40 Watt Sun in a noisy bar.

Deerhoof land in NYC this week for 2 shows (BrooklynVegan Northside showcase included) before heading to Canada for Sled Island Fest which they helped curate. Meanwhile, we asked the band what they've been listening to, and guitarist John Dieterich made us this very interesting playlist. Check it out...

Toronto punks Life In Vacuum first caught our ear back in 2014 when they released their album 5. They're now set to release their first full-length since 5, titled All You Can Quit...

”Were Slow influential? Absolutely. When I was coming up in the early and mid-’80s, everybody went to every good show, and whenever Slow came to Seattle, they put on a great show,” Sub Pop co-founder Jonathan Poneman said.

Deerhoof is the this year's Guest Curator and the initial 2018 lineup includes Dirty Projectors, 40 Watt Sun, Wye Oak, John Maus, Shabazz Palaces, Cherry Glazerr, Mount Eerie, 2017 Polaris Prize winner Lido Pimienta, Wand, Grouper, Tyondai Braxton and more.

Sled Island takes place June 21 - 25 in Calgary, Alberta. More newly added artists include Guitar Wolf, MONO, Meatbodies, DIANA, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Pinkish Black, Uniform, and more.