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Spiral Stairs curates excellent new Sled Island fest line-up

The second annual Sled Island Festival in Calgary, Alberta will take place June 25-28. Doubtful if there will be sledding, per se, but attendees will likely be having so much fun they won’t notice otherwise. Scott Kannberg, a.k.a. Spiral Stairs of Pavement, was selected to curate the incredible line-up, which takes a particular affinity to independent artists over the mainstream. “Sled Island is looking for a wide range of bands that stray outside the boundaries of commercial rock, whether you’ve been around for six months or six years,” says a press release on the festival’s MySpace. This year's line-up includes...  read more