Sled Island is back!

The initial line-up has been released for this year's Sled Island music festival. Dig it:

Liars, Women, Woodhands, Tricky Woo, The Breeders, Obits, Anvil, The Coathangers, HEALTH, The King Khan & BBQ Show, The Evaporators, Mount Eerie, Hot Little Rocket, The Pack A.D., Sub-linguals, Githead, Final Fantasy, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Whitsundays, The Dead Science, Andrew W.K., Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir, Novillero, The Bronx, Nardwuar’s Video Vault, Slim Twig, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, O’Death, Monotonix, Jonathan Toubin, Malajube, Ladyhawk, Library Voices, Hollerado, Japandroids, Flash Lightnin’, The Cripple Creek Fairies, Holy Fuck, Battle Snakes.

The rest of the 200+ band line-up should be known on June 1, but the list has already got me salivating.  The festival runs from June 24 to 27 at various venues in downtown Calgary.