Sled Island presents: Osees, Gloin and Tebby & The Heavy

Osees

The non-stop audio death machine that is Osees has explored the edges of possibility for decades. With a discography in the dozens and a furiously sweat-drenched live show, the band has earned its place as a pillar of the modern underground. 

Osees – formerly known as Thee Oh Sees, among other names – is the twisted brainchild of John Dwyer, who served as a guest curator for Sled Island 2013. The project was initially a solo exploration of experimental sounds as Dwyer carved his way through the early ‘00s California music scene, fronting bands such as Coachwhips and Ziegenbock Kopf. As these groups disbanded, Dwyer began assembling a rotating lineup to help bring the Osees' dream to life.

The freaky folk arrangements of 2007’s Sucks Blood warned the world of what was to come. The Master's Bedroom is Worth Spending a Night In was unleashed in 2008, featuring a four-piece Osees exploring the outer edges of garage punk. Follow-up releases Help and Carrion Crawler/The Dream expanded into the dance-y krautrock stratosphere.

After a hiatus and lineup change in 2014, the Osees explored psych, metal, and free jazz on albums such as Orc and Face Stabber. A rigorous touring schedule matched this flurry of releases, building the reputation of the Osees live show. A Foul Form is the group's latest release, a staggering blast of ‘80s-style hardcore punk.

The Osees 2011 Sled Island performance at Broken City was a legendarily huge party. The band's long-awaited return will be a monstrous lesson on hip-shaking rock.

 

Gloin

Emerging from Toronto’s noise-rock scene, Gloin screams into the void with infectious pop at ear-splitting decibels. The group's 2022 debut album We Found This is a wild ride of fuzz-punk delirium and distorted earworms. Careening improvisation and riotous energy defines the Gloin live experience, proving that sometimes, louder is better.

 

Tebby & The Heavy

If you chucked surf rock, shoegaze and psychedelia in a blender with a pinch of stardust and the water from the Small World ride at Duff Gardens, you would get Tebby & The Heavy. Too gritty to be fully surf, and too danceable to be fully shoegaze, the result is one hell of a good time.

 

About Sled Island

The Sled Island Music & Arts Festival is a five-day, multi-venue festival taking place June 21 - 25, 2023. For more information, visit 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 at SledIsland.com/SaferSpaces.

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.