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Juana MolinaExperimental pop icon Juana Molina would make an equally good part of RuPaul’s Drag Race as she would at the Kennedy Centre Honors. A coup-fleeing comedian before exploding into music, Molina made impressions on David Byrne and created a folktronica sound parallel to — but distinct from — what was happening in the UK in the ‘90s and 2000s.
Her vocals are tactile and intimate, whether or not you speak Spanish. Molina’s music feels beamed directly into your ears, just for you. Her command of synthetic and acoustic textures in tandem are warm, fresh, playful and entirely her own. That might be why Rolling Stone compared her to both Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys and Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine. They, like Molina, are two artists who created entire genres by resisting the confines of their day. Her nine studio releases chart the course of an unpredictable visionary, from four Domino discs from the ‘90s to 2019 EP ForFun and her first-ever live record, ANRMAL - Live in Mexico, released in 2020.
She has also lent her vocals to past Sled Island guest curator Deerhoof, as well as German impresarios The Notwist, two artists with whom she has nothing in common but tremendous vision. Sometimes, if you have enough talent and singularity, things just make sense.
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.
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 Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III.
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#1 Royal Canadian Legion, 116 7th Ave. SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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