Left of the dial: Five to see at Sled Island Music and Art Festival
From: Toronto
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From: Vancouver
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Kimmortal's most recent EP, Sunniest of Days, veers from the title track, a silky collaboration with Shad, to the jazzy, melancholic but beautiful I Just Wanna Know, showcasing smart rhymes and hypnotic grooves.
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Who: Evicshen
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From: San Francisco
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If your musical tastes fall to the far left of the dial, this San Francisco artist represents the outer limits of Sled Island's adventurous programming. Evischen's wild industrial compositions could be the soundtrack of a Tom Waits/David Lynch nightmare.
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Who: Pypy
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From: Montreal
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Released after a lengthy hiatus, Pypy's 2024 Sacred Times taps into a frantic urgency for killer art-punk, New Wave tunes such as Erase, the riff-driven garage rocker 15 sec and charging anthem Vanishing Blinds. It all suggests the band will be a commanding presence on stage.
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