Sled Island
Television
Olympic Plaza, Calgary AB, June 27
PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2015
New York band Television helped usher in the punk era with the seminal album Marquee Moon, and most of the people watching their Sled Islan...
Body/Head
The #1 Legion (Downstairs), Calgary AB, June 27
PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2015
People expecting anything closely resembling Sonic Youth were going to be disappointed with Body/Head's set. The duo of Bill Nace and Kim G...
Drive Like Jehu
Olympic Plaza, Calgary AB, June 27
PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2015
When John Reis' band Rocket from the Crypt reunited to play shows including last year's Sled Island, hopes were high a reunion set from his...
The WPP
The Palomino, Calgary AB, June 26
PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2015
There are nostalgia acts, and then there's the WPP. For many in western Canada, they were a pivotal band that felt like a best kept secret,...
The Chain
The #1 Legion (Upstairs), Calgary AB, June 26
PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2015
There's a small circle of people booking shows, starting bands and releasing records in Calgary's tiny but passionate hardcore scene, and t...
Turnstile
The #1 Legion (Upstairs), Calgary AB, June 26
PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2015
God bless hardcore kids: At once inclusive and alienating, open-minded and specific in their tastes, lovers of both tradition and whatever'...
Energy Slime
Commonwealth, Calgary AB, June 26
PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2015
Ostensibly, Energy Slime aren't to be taken seriously. Their short songs are built on inside jokes and were reportedly written as quickly a...
Failgiver
The #1 Legion (Upstairs), Calgary AB, June 26
PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2015
With members of Edmonton's Failgiver split between the Prairies and the West Coast, live appearances by the hardcore band might seem hard t...