The Mummies

Budget Rock is (finally!) hitting Sled Island, courtesy of Otoboke Beaver’s curation. Formed decades ago in the sand dunes of California, The Mummies are a perpetually crashing car of thrashin’ punk ‘n roll, delivered at the lowest fidelities possible. This is your favourite band’s favourite band, and their chaotic live show has to be seen to be believed.

DMBQ

When Ty Segall describes a band as “destroyers of sound, and lovers of sonic beauty,” you sit up and take notice. DMBQ (Dynamite Masters Blues Quartet) are a melting pot of fuzzy tones and groovy rhythms, offering contemporary take on psychedelic ‘70s hard rock. It’s like your dad’s record collection morphed into a live, headbanging monster.

Penny & the Pits

Although stepping forward as front person for the first time, Penelope Stevens is no stranger to the microphone. Best known as one-third of NB art-rockers Motherhood, Penny’s solo venture builds on their years of experimentation to construct a new musical framework. The result is a unique brand of garage rock that is at once visceral and playful, yet it swaggers and struts.

Pinball, 1973

A homegrown emo rock trio, Pinball, 1973 blends together cheeky lyrics with punchy punk riffs to bring a little midwestern flavour to the prairies. From twinkly guitar lines to kazoo solos, the group is anything but predictable. Debut single “WIP” is a rollicking pop-rock rollercoaster of open chords and varying rhythms.

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).