Sled Island presents: Frankie and the Witch Fingers

 

Frankie and the Witch Fingers

Energetic quartet Frankie and the Witch Fingers makes the type of electrified psych rock that inspires rapture with just enough crunchy ooze to honour the genre’s core. Mostly groove-driven, its latest album Monsters Eating People Eating Monsters… evokes barn-burning ‘70s rock while cutting a modern, garage-rock edge.

Mahogany Frog

A prolific psych band with 20 years of experience, Mahogany Frog returns to Sled Island on the heels of its seventh studio album (2021’s Mahogany Frog In The Electric Universe) and an unofficial score for the 1926 German silent film Faust. Tinged with prog, krautrock and classic psych, the band veers groove-laden and propulsive, more juggernaut and anthemic than navel-gazing and hazy.

Holy Void

Lacing themes of the macabre into fuzzy, twisting psych, Holy Void is a disquieting, unearthly force. The group’s lyricism evokes death and decay, though these morbid curiosities are juxtaposed by the indubitable passion and vitality of their live sets. Debut LP Naught is bone-chilling and expansive, much like the wintery Winnipeg plains from which the band hails.

The Radiation Flowers

The Radiation Flowers make psych that lies somewhere between shoegaze and space rock without feeling stuck in either genre. Most recent release Stuck In A Maze layers ethereal vocals, organ and guitar into a throbbing hum that fits from melodic to droning on a dime. Meanwhile, locked grooves create a trance-like effect that lures listeners onto the band’s nuclear but pastoral level.

Double Rider

A crescendo of bass guitar, bells and powerful percussion beats is decidedly classic rock. But when Double Rider combines those with songs composed by the trio’s grandfather, Matthew Manyheads, they prove that there is such a thing as contemporary, classic rock. Double Rider has toured throughout Alberta since forming in 2014 and released its debut, self-titled EP this year.

 

About Sled Island

The Sled Island Music & Arts Festival is a five-day, multi-venue festival taking place June 22 - 26, 2022. The full lineup and schedule is available at SledIsland.com.

Everyone has the right to feel safe and included at Sled Island. All festival attendees agree to abide by Sled Island's safer spaces and inclusion policy, which can be found here.

Sled Island acknowledges Calgary as the traditional territory of the Blackfoot and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Ĩyãħé Nakoda First Nations, including the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Wesley First Nations. Calgary is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III.

Please note: This is an 18+ event.