Sled Island

Ben Frost

Commonwealth, Calgary AB, June 24

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2015

Like many other genres, the trouble with live experimental music is that it's often not designed for a live setting. A perfected preset or...

Colleen Green

Broken City, Calgary AB, June 24

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2015

Colleen Green plays catchy three-chord guitar pop, singing songs about vices, growing up, boys and millennial malaise backed by a drum mach...

Son Lux

Central United Church, Calgary AB, June 24

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2015

Son Lux had a lot going for them from the start at Sled Island; their recent album, Bones, had just come out and from the first note, they...

Hundred Waters

Central United Church, Calgary AB, June 24

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2015

Hundred Waters weren't a loud band by any means, but the Florida art-rock group's mix of moody and elegant made great use of volume. With t...

Sled Island Adds Old Man Gloom, Jazz Cartier, High Klassified and Keys N Krates

PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2015

There's less than a week until Calgary's Sled Island kicks off its 2015 edition, but festival goers were recently greeted with the bad news...

Pentagram and Low Life Cancel Sled Island Appearances

PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2015

With Calgary's Sled Island just around the corner, festival attendees are pouring over the schedule to plan their nightly concert-going. As...

Animated Tribute to Women's Chris Reimer Gets Sled Island Premiere

PUBLISHED May 29, 2015

Following Chris Reimer's tragic passing in 2012, Calgary's Quickdraw Animation Society began to assemble an animated tribute to the late Wo...

Sled Island Celebrated with 'Casual Encounters' Photo Book

PUBLISHED May 27, 2015

The most widely disseminated images of Calgary's Sled Island festival are either concert snaps or footage from the devastating 2013 flood....