Soul GloThe bruising hardcore of Soul Glo has been smashing genres and thrilling listeners for a decade. The trio – composed of GG Guerra, TJ Stevenson and Pierce Jordan – hold up a broken mirror to the 21st century with rage and fun.
In 2015, Soul Glo issued their first EP, an untitled collection of acidic punk rock that punctuates thoughtful commentary with raised fists. It’s an album willing to break the past to envision a new future, with the scorching track “Guilty Of Being… Wait” updating an old Minor Threat anthem. Another untitled album came a year later, introducing avant-garde breakdowns and pointed lyrics that declare, “Comfort is a fallacy afforded by complacency.”
The band’s next release in 2019 interrupted the punk rushes with hip-hop verses and jazzy chords, blazing a path for Soul Glo to sign with Epitaph Records in 2021 and tour with Sheer Mag and My Chemical Romance.
Major label debut Diaspora Problems grabbed the world by the collar and gave a fierce shake. Across 12 blistering tracks, Soul Glo careens from breathless shredding on “John J” to tripped-out sampling on “Driponomics,” a speaker-breaking banger with guest verses by Mother Maryrose. Rolling Stone named it the best metal album of 2022.
Latest Soul Glo single “If I Speak (Shut The Fuck Up)” rides a droning bass line into an intoxicating wall of noise as vocalist Jordan yells a mission statement: “If I speak, I’m coming through elbows first.” Make way for those elbows when Soul Glo tears up Sled Island this June.
LustSickPuppy
Somewhere between hyperpop and horrorcore, LustSickPuppy is wreaking total havoc on the conventions of music and fashion. The visual-artist-turned-rapper is a whirlwind of irreverent clown make-up and heavy metal fashion, with intense sonic innovation lurking just under the surface. The 2023 single “CHOKEHOLD” is a wild mix of raver blast beats and hardcore hip-hop.
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.
Event Venue
Dickens, 1000 9th Ave. SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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