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Free show. No ticket required, but priority will be given to passholders.LUCY (Cooper B. Handy)
Cooper B. Handy’s all-encompassing alias for his DIY experiments is LUCY, a Bandcamp hero amongst all Bandcamp bands. In a near-luddite approach, Handy plays with vocals, guitars, pianos, drum machines and a Web 2.0 aesthetic to amass a large catalogue of affecting music. Notably, he appears in the Boy Harsher film The Runner, as well as the band’s track “Autonomy.”
MAUVEY
MAUVEY’s explosive style of pop is influenced by Afro-fusion, fashion, cinema and unabashed love. In the last year, he performed at Glastonbury, released the second entry in his three-mixtape trilogy and played SXSW. Don’t worry if you’ve seen him before — he’s bringing a new version of his live show to Sled this year.
Local Singles
Experimental indie-pop septet Local Singles are a multi-vocalist collective of sonic explorers. Always weird, but strongly in favour of melody, their dreamy style of pop doesn’t sound like much else out there. The band’s lineup includes members of POSTNAMERS, Stucco, Gasperfrau and others.
Tawni Bias
Experimental trio Tawni Bias describes its sound as “noire-folktronica,” and that’s pretty apt. There’s a haunted singer-songwriter quality to the music from debut album SEL Fellow, but vocoder and other electronic manipulations warp the songs well beyond the confines of folk. Live, the band adds these warps in real time, adding another layer of dynamism to its sound.
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 the Métis Nation of Alberta (Districts 5 and 6).
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The Ship & Anchor, 534 17 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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