Sled Island 2011: 50 more names announced

Posted by Mark Teo in Culture

 

By now, you're surely aware of Sled Island's first round of announcements — that includes Braids (who played here last Wednesday), stoner-rock icons Sleep, the effortless cool of Dandy Warhols, and, um, the fucking Buzzcocks.

But now, Nation of Ulysses' Ian Svenonius — an excellent, left-field curator if there was one — Grant Lawrence, Bogus Tokus and Sled's braintrust have released 50 more names coming to Calgary this summer.

From Sled Island's blog, here are the names (and that video above is Justin Townes Earle's "The Good Life." Just because):

Man Man, Cursive, Crocodiles, Deer Tick, Minus The Bear, Thee Oh Sees, Moon Duo, Jeff The Brotherhood, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, The Sword, Justin Townes Earle, Pierced Arrows, Alejandro Escovedo, Dum Dum Girls, Twin Shadow, Dinosaur Feathers,The Soft Pack, Wild Nothing, Zola Jesus, Yip Deceiver, An Horse, Teengirl Fantasy, Keys N Krates,  Electric Six, Times New Viking, C'mon, Demon's Claw, Adebisi Shank, Bare Wires, Bison BC, AU, The Intelligence, Parts and Labor, The Bellrays, Dreamdate, Julianna Barwick, The Lusitania, Orgone, Sonny & The Sunsets, Barn Burner, The Donkeys, Jim Ward, The Lytics, Jenn Grant, Drunk Horse, Ortolan, Pujol, Starfucker, Red Fang, Biblical, The Muffs, Wild Flag, Skratch Bastid, Surf City + comedy acts: Tig Notaro and Neil Hamburger

Fuck.


more in Music Features     |     posted Apr 1st, 2011 at 1:52pm     

Comments: 4

cristane wrote:

CURSIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!

on Apr 1st, 2011 at 2:05pm Report Abuse

dfriesen wrote:

Very glad to see a lot of of these--especially Wild Flag, Parts & Labor, Neil Hamburger (yes!), Kurt Vile, Crocodiles, Zola Jesus ... I was extremely underwhelmed with the initial headliners (the Dandy Warhols? Seriously?) and was a bit concerned that this was shaping up to be Sled Island 2000 (i.e., bands that haven't released anything notable or, y'know, GOOD since 2000), but SI has pulled through with some great--and most importantly, RELEVANT--mid-level bands this time around. Stoked.

on Apr 1st, 2011 at 3:10pm Report Abuse

brennan wrote:

Awesome. I love Jenn Grant. I already have my tickets to her show next week at the Marquee Room.

on Apr 1st, 2011 at 3:35pm Report Abuse

Benny Duguay wrote:

Sleep? Seriously? and Surf City is pretty good. I wouldn't worry about the initial headliners. Last year they announced Hot Water music and one year Jonathon Richmand

on Apr 1st, 2011 at 9:36pm Report Abuse


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