Sled Island, the yearly festival in Calgary featuring up-and-coming bands as well as other art mediums, has announced its schedule.
The first set of headliners, released today, represent one of the most diverse line-ups in the festival’s history. Sled Island 2014 will include: a rare appearance from UK space rock legends Spiritualized, the celebrated and eclectic American singer-songwriter Neko Case, the world’s greatest party rock band Rocket From The Crypt, and refined experimental pop artist and David Byrne and Swans collaborator St. Vincent.
These artists are joined by the currently exploding American post-hardcore of Touché Amoré, Joel Plaskett Emergency, the Canadian national treasures who return following their cancelled 2013 appearance, the smooth-as-silk Danish-Canadian boudoir-R&B duo Rhye and the critically-acclaimed Atlanta hip-hop legend in the making, Killer Mike. Rounding out the first wave are psych-rock power trio flag-bearers Earthless, the long-awaited re-emergence of riot grrrl co-founder Kathleen Hanna in The Julie Ruin, alt-rock icon Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü), and goth-tinged experimental singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe.
For more info, visit the Sled Island website.
Sled Island, which is in its eighth year, runs June 18-22.
Photo: Sled Island
