Festival No. 0000098 · Est. 2008
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Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Sled Island Festival
- City
- Calgary, Canada
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For the record
About the artists
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Angel Olsen was born in St. Louis, United States, on 22 January 1987. Plays alternative country, folk rock, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, pop, pop rock, singer-songwriter. -
Built to Spill formed in Boise, United States, in 1992. Plays indie rock, rock. -
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Chastity Belt formed in Walla Walla, United States, in 2013. Plays indie rock. -
Circuit Des Yeux was born in Lafayette, United States, on 16 December 1988. Plays experimental, folk, pop rock. -
Crosss formed in Halifax, Canada. -
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Dawn of Midi formed in 2007. -
Dead Cross formed in California, United States, in 2015. Plays crossover thrash, experimental, hardcore punk, metal, thrash metal. -
Deafheaven formed in San Francisco, United States, in 2010. Plays atmospheric black metal, black metal, blackgaze, post-metal, shoegaze. -
Duchess Says formed in December 2003. -
Dumb formed in Vancouver, Canada. Plays punk, punk rock. -
ESG plays hip hop, houston sound, southern hip hop, trap. -
Fenster formed in Berlin, Germany, in 2010. Plays indie pop. -
Guided by Voices formed in Dayton, United States, in 1983. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, indie pop, indie rock, lo-fi, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic pop, rock. -
HEALTH formed in Los Angeles, United States, in April 2005. Plays alternative rock, electro-industrial, electronic rock, experimental rock, neo-psychedelia, noise rock, post-industrial. -
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Julia Holter was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 18 December 1984. Plays alternative rock, ambient, ambient pop, art pop, avant-garde, avant-garde pop, electronic, experimental. -
Junglepussy was born on 31 October 1991. -
Lab Coast formed in Calgary, Canada, in 2008. -
Land of Talk formed in Montreal, Canada, in 2006. Plays alternative rock, indie rock. -
New Bomb Turks formed in 1990. Plays indie rock, punk, punk rock. -
Numenorean formed in 2011, and split up in 2021, after 10 years. Plays black metal, post-metal. -
Oneida formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 1997. Plays drone, experimental rock, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, noise rock, psychedelic rock. -
Peaches was born on 11 November 1966. Plays dance-punk, electroclash. -
Planningtorock was born in Bolton, United Kingdom, on 26 January 1972. Plays club, dance, disco, edm, electroclash, electronic, electronica, house. -
ProtoMartyr formed in Detroit, United States, in 2008. Plays alternative punk, art punk, art rock, post-punk, punk, punk blues, punk rock, rock. -
Psychic TV formed in Hackney, United Kingdom, in 1981, and split up on 13 March 2020, after 39 years. Plays acid house, electronic, experimental, experimental rock, industrial, neo-psychedelia, post-industrial, post-punk. -
Radioactivity plays garage rock, indie rock, power pop, punk, punk rock. -
Shearing Pinx formed in February 2005. -
Shotgun Jimmie plays indie rock. -
Subrosa formed in Salt Lake City, United States, in July 2005, and split up on 20 May 2019, after 13 years. Plays doom metal, stoner rock. -
Suuns formed in 2006. Plays art punk, art rock, electronic, krautrock, pop, post-punk, psychedelic rock, rock. -
The Besnard Lakes formed in Montreal, Canada, in 2003. Plays dream pop, indie rock, post-rock, shoegaze. -
The Sonics formed in Bremerton, United States, in 1960, and split up in 1968, after 8 years. Plays garage rock, proto-punk. -
Together PANGEA formed in 2008. -
TOPS formed in Montreal, Canada, in 2011. Plays indie rock. -
Tortoise formed in Chicago, United States, in 1990. Plays electronica, experimental rock, instrumental, jazz rock, post-rock. -
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Tt the Artist was born on 24 August 1984. -
Tunic plays noise rock. -
Valient Thorr formed in Chapel Hill, United States, in 2001. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, punk rock, rock, southern rock, stoner rock. -
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Wilt formed in 1998. -






















