SHADES, an up-and-coming five-piece indie-rock band from the Calgary area, share their first new single of the year and it’s an energized, high-octane track called “Stray Animals”.

REVERIE has been eagerly anticipating the next wave Sled Island’s lineup since their initial reveal back in February. The new additions to the festival did not disappoint, including breakthrough Canadian indie rock sensation EKKSTACY, trailblazing Argentine singer-songwriter Juana Molina, experimental guitarist and composer Jeff Parker (a longtime member of the post-rock group Tortoise), outlandish hyperpop performance artist Alice Longyu Gao, Francophone post-punk quartet Corridor, and LA goth rock outfit Death Valley Girls.

There’s also buzz around the guest curator selections, led by NYC hardcore outfit Show Me The Body, for the 2024 addition. Read on to hear a few more of REVERIE’s must-see acts that we will be hopping to and from during the week of June 19th to the 23rd.

Festival passes and single-show tickets are available via Sled Island's official website.

Vancouver shoegaze aficionados, La Lune, are back with another single today called “despondent”. It’s no surprise that the band continue to impress, with reverberating talk amongst the West Coast music scene that errs on excitement for what the band are up to next.

THICK have been on our radar since a ripping set at Calgary’s Sled Island Music and Arts Festival last summer and they are back with new single “Father”, out now on Epitaph Records. The track features a more vulnerable side of the band, with production by one of our indie/punk favourites Will Yip. “Father” also features Mannequin Pussy member Kaleen Reading on drums (who’ve arguably released one of the best albums of the year so far called I Got Heaven).

Toronto skate-punk roller derby band Shiv and the Carvers released a rager EP Physical Capital last October and the quartet have been stuck in our head ever since. Now they’re back with a new song (although the track has been a staple in their live shows as of late) and a new band member.

It’s not every day we get a track that references one of our favourite throwback tv shows - Malcolm in the Middle - while exemplifying indie rock mastery at the same time. This earworm of a track is brought to us by none other than Berlin-based songwriter-turned-trio Meagre Martin and showcases an emotive experience that reflects on the inequity in America.