Festival No. 0000098 · Est. 2008
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The details
- Venue
- Sled Island 2008
- City
- Calgary, Canada
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For the record
About the artists
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Apostle of Hustle formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2001. -
Beans formed in February 1996.
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Broken Social Scene formed in Toronto, Canada, in 1999. Plays art rock, baroque pop, experimental, indie rock, post-rock, rock.
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Chixdiggit! formed in Calgary, Canada, in 1991. Plays punk.
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DD/MM/YYYY formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2003, and split up on 11 November 2011, after 8 years.
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Deerhunter formed in Atlanta, United States, in 2001. Plays ambient, indie rock, lo-fi, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, noise rock, post-punk, shoegaze.
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Drive-By Truckers formed in Athens, United States, in 1996. Plays southern rock.
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Elliott Brood formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2002. Plays alternative country, bluegrass, folk.
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Extra Golden formed in Nairobi, United States, in May 2004.
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Grizzly Bear formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2002. Plays art rock, chamber folk, chamber pop, freak folk, indie folk, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic folk.
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Jonathan Richman was born in Natick, United States, on 16 May 1951.
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José González was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 31 July 1978. Plays folk, folk rock, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
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Mogwai formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays alternative rock, dance, deep house, edm, electronic, experimental, experimental rock, house.
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No Age formed in 2005. Plays experimental rock, lo-fi, noise, noise rock, post-punk.
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Of Montreal formed in Athens, United States, in 1996. Plays art pop, electronic, experimental, funk, funktronica, glam rock, indie pop, indie rock.
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Okkervil River formed in Austin, United States, in 1998. Plays folk rock, indie rock.
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Portastatic formed in Chapel Hill, United States, in 1992.
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Pride Tiger formed in Vancouver, Canada, in 2005, and split up in 2009, after 4 years. Plays hard rock, rock, stoner rock.
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RZA was born in Brownsville, United States, on 5 July 1969. Plays conscious hip hop, east coast hip hop, hip hop.
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Tegan and Sara formed in Calgary, Canada, in 1998. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, electropop, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock, rock, synth-pop.
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The Blakes formed in Seattle, United States, in 2001.
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The Broken West formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2006, and split up in 2009, after 3 years.
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The Cave Singers formed in Seattle, United States, in 2007. Plays folk rock, indie folk.
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The Dodos formed in San Francisco, United States, in 2006. Plays indie rock, rock.
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The Gutter Twins formed in 2003, and split up in 2011, after 8 years.
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The Wet Secrets formed in 2006.
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The Whitsundays formed in Edmonton, Canada.
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Wire formed in London, United Kingdom, in October 1976. Plays alternative rock, art punk, art rock, electronic, experimental rock, indie rock, industrial rock, new wave.
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Woodpigeon formed in Calgary, Canada, in 2006.
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Yo La Tengo formed in 1984. Plays dream pop, indie rock, noise pop, rock.