What luck! I'm in Calgary again for Sled Island 2015!

  I made it in a whirl-wind to Calgary just in time for the Godspeed You! Black Emperor set last evening. I got out of my cab and there was Thor Harris (of Swans) on his way to the show. I high fived him, and passed on affection. I told him: "I'm from Smithers!" and he smiled with enthusiasm "Oh that's sooooo cool!" 

Ever have a musically based aesthetic experience that was so unfamiliar and powerful that you were left thinking about music in a completely different way afterwards? 

   Sled Island has once again proven that Canadian music is alive and well, and helping propell art forward into new and interesting terrain. An epic beginning to Sled Island included a perfect set from Rhye (Toronto) with Black Atlas (Montreal) and Shanni Cage (Calgary) at Central United church. Restraint and down tempo beauty was put on display with an effervescent yet attentive crowd caught in a perfect aesthetic moment of slow lush perfection. Rhye layed the foundation for a perfect week of forward thinking music.