The Serfs

Midwest freakazoids The Serfs use ripe riffs, vibrating bass and pounded-out synth to move at amphetamine speed through tracks that sound a bit like Suicide and The Sonics collaborating live on TV Party. The moment you think you have a handle on their sound, you feel like a fool. They race past pastiche and into the stratosphere at a rate you can’t imagine until you see them in person.

Last Waltzon

With track titles like “Fat Piss” and “I Can’t Cook,” Montreal art rock weirdos Last Waltzon are out to have fun while delivering frenetic motorik grooves. Having cut their teeth playing tirelessly in the DIY circuit, the band has honed their post-punk snarl into a madcap sound influenced equally by CAN and The Velvet Underground.

Uncanny Valley

Specters of ‘80s goth and post-punk haunt Uncanny Valley. The band’s sound is punctuated by cold-wave synths, supported by velvety basslines, and accented by an unearthly blend of live and mechanical drumming. These haunting goth lullabies are powered by the past as they thrillingly push forwards into the future.

BRIDGELAND

Brought together by the Sled Island Rock Lotto, BRIDGELAND has torn through two festival appearances with a compulsively danceable blend of kosmiche groove and art-punk snarl. With a new lineup and a debut album due to drop this year, we’re happy to welcome back these moody post-punks for the Sled Island hat trick.

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, film and art with over 30,000 attendees in multiple venues across the city. For more information, visit SledIsland.com.

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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).