Sled Island presents: Flooding, Horse Rider, Pike and Witch Victim

Name: Sled Island presents: Flooding, Horse Rider, Pike and Witch Victim
Start: 2026-06-18T21:00:00-06:00
Location: The Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club

Schedule

Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 09:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

The Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club | Calgary, AB

Flooding
As overwhelming as rising water, Flooding drifts through heavy-lidded tempos and haunted compositions with doom-y, slow‑burn intensity. Their latest release object 1 folds post‑rock haze, shoegaze weight, and Midwestern atmosphere into a hypnotic dream from which there’s no waking… and when it’s this captivating, why would you want to?
Horse Rider
If you squint hard enough, you can try to slot them into the “emo” label, but Horse Rider plays neither the stoned math rock nor the emotionally volatile pop-punk that’s been associated with the term in recent years. Instead, the four-piece creates an intensely melancholic brand of melodic indie rock, with influences of slowcore, power pop and more.
Pike
Featuring members of Mox Jet, Pallor, KT Laine, Pearly Moon and Aladean Kheroufi, Pike is an Edmonton-based indie rock supergroup crafting guitar driven music that shifts between shoegaze-influenced noise and soft immersive dream pop. For fans of bands like Horse Jumper of Love and Duster, get seasoned with their 2025 release final words/dean's place.
Witch Victim
With fuzzed-out guitars, floating vocals and hypnotic motorik grooves, Witch Victim crafts a lush psych-shoegaze drift. Humming with quiet tension and warm nostalgia, the five-piece pulls listeners into a soft, swirling dreamstate on their latest self-titled release. It’s a slow-building storm; swirling, immersive, and leaving behind a trail of reverb.
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About Sled Island:
Sled Island is an annual five-day independent music and arts festival in Calgary, Alberta that brings together a community of music, comedy and art with over 25,000 attendees in multiple venues across the city. For more information, visit SledIsland.com.
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 Goodstoney First Nations. Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta (Districts 5 and 6).