Interlay

The new shoegaze wave — where punk, metal, and post-punk collide with raw intensity — is best embodied by Chicago’s Interlay. Their recent EP Hunting Jacket blends commanding vocals, atmospheric guitars, and heavy riffs with noise rock grit. It’s a perfect snapshot of the expanding boundaries of alternative music and the evolving sonic landscape of 2025.

Window Lamp Corp

Featuring a lineup of Calgary regulars, the Window Lamp Corporation is in the business of dreamy garage rock delivered with maximum effort. From opening for METZ to playing the inaugural Bob-Sled festival in January, they’ve been haunting our music scene for some time now. Catch them at Sled once more, and keep the jangley dream alive.

Tebby & The Heavy

Formed in Edmonton in 2022, powerhouse trio Tebby & the Heavy blends the thick walls of sound found in psychedelia and shoegaze, the playfulness of surf, and the sardonic temperament of grunge together into one fuzzy, tripped-out concoction. Side effects include head bobbing, technicolor daydreams, and undeniably good tunes.

About Sled Island:

Sled Island is an annual five-day independent music and arts festival in Calgary, Alberta that brings together a community of music, comedy and art with nearly 30,000 attendees in multiple venues across the city. For more information, visit SledIsland.com.

Upon entering a festival venue, the passholder agrees to being photographed, filmed or recorded in that venue, and agrees to the publication, reproduction, distribution and broadcast of all photographs, video or other recordings of the passholder’s voice or likeness without further notice or compensation in any publicity, advertisement or other publication carried-out by, or on behalf of, Sled Island and in perpetuity in any manner and media whatsoever, including print, broadcast or internet.

Everyone has the right to feel safe and included at Sled Island. All festival attendees must abide by Sled Island’s safer spaces and inclusion policy and agree to the code of conduct, which can be found at SledIsland.com/SaferSpaces.

Sled Island acknowledges Calgary as the traditional territory of the Blackfoot and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Ĩyãħé Nakoda First Nations, including the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Goodstoney First Nations. Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta (Districts 5 and 6).