Check out this rad interview with Randy from No Age taken at Sled Island 2010 by our pals at Lifetime Collective.

For more videos visit our featured videos section to relive all the awesomeness that was Sled Island one clip at a time! Thanks again to everyone who attended and captured the mad excitement at Sled Island 2010. We’d love to see all of your live videos posted and linked to our facebook or twitter page. Same goes for photos, stories or any other content you have from your experiences at Sled Island.

Also! Reminder to all designers that we’re looking for someone new to get involved with the layout, design, etc.. of Sled Island in 2011. Bust out your pens and submit your proposals to zak(at)sledisland(dot)com for a chance to become our new designer. Hugs and kittens!!

Thank you to everybody who attended Sled Island! This was our best year in terms of audience turnout and wristband attendees! We owe a lot of appreciation to all of the fantastic volunteers, bands, artists, filmmakers, patrons, curators, staff and everyone else who helped contribute to make this festival so wonderful! Expect to see plently more exciting announcements for Sled Island 2011!

In an effort to build upon this year’s festival, we’ve set up a super quick post-Sled Island survey. Fill it out to share your own festival experiences and enter to win a pair of passes to Sled Island 2011! http://tinyurl.com/Sled2010

For any bands interested in applying to play at Sled Island 2011, we are now accepting band applications via sonicbids at early prices that last until September 20. http://www.sonicbids.com/sledislandfestival

Finally, not sure where to put your thoughts and energy next? How about into politics as festival director Zak Pashak shifts his focus into the race for Ward 8 Alderman. If you’d like to find out more about his campaign and what you can do to help visit: www.zakpashak.ca/

To let everyone know there’s a PIG ROAST happening at Republik today from noon to 4pm.Come down to hang out, enjoy the food and cheap drinks courtesy of Sailor Jerry’s Rum and the following Panache roster bands, No Means No, Unnatural Helpers, So Cow, Tyvek for an awesome afternoon! 

In case you missed the sweaty & packed Legion show with No Age and GZA last night, both will be performing again tonight along with Sharp Ends at Republik starting at 9pm. Join us to celebrate the awesome week that was! We owe a lot of hugs and kisses! Thanks!

Yesterday was nothing short of wild and rambunctious from a main stage lift-off featuring Fucked Up lead-man Pink Eye getting fully naked, many mind blow-blowing performances and an all-out Girl Talk dance party. Olympic Plaza will be reaching new heights today with an incredible fun-packed lineup featuring Black Lips, The Bronx, NoMeansNo, Big Business, The Melvins, Hot Water Music, and Dinosaur Jr - this one’s going to get heavy!! 

Following the main stage, get down to Wyckham House for a super fun dance party with the Danish dance punks WhoMadeWho and electro head superstars Shout Out Out Out Out. This party is the place to be for anyone looking get way down on the dance floor!

DM Stith will be capping off a rad bill at the Palomino tonight, and from all accounts played an incredible show last night. Don’t miss the amazing show going down at the Arrata Opera Centre, an incredible new venue for the last night of Sled Island!

HiFi Club is in store for a stunning set by Slim Cessna’s Auto Club who’ve been amazing so far. Bounce down to Local 522 to catch the San Francisco snazzy pop ways of Sugar & Gold on another maddening solid lineup all part of the wonder that is Sled Island 2010! 

Spread around tonight, meet some new faces, check out different shows, it’s the last night to fully take in this amazing festival! Have fun!!

Check out the first of the Lifetime Collective Video Zine series from Sled Island featuring an interview with Vancouver-based Hard Drugs who performed at the Ship and Anchor last night and will be at Local 510 tomorrow night!

Wow! What an incredible Canada Day of multiple shows happening all day and well into the weeeee hours of the night. Highlights being The Thermals (photo above) tearing it up, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists putting on a clinic, Cheeseburger steaming up the Nudie showcase, Deerhoof drawing the crowd wild, and Black Lips capping it off at the Legion!  

Starting at 4pm, Get your ass to the Main Stage for Fucked Up, Why?, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, The Thermals, Built to Spill and Girl Talk all performing today! We’re expecting huge crowds for this awesome smorgasberg of party music. Be there!

After the main stage extravaganza take yourself to Vern’s to see festival director Zak Pashak playing drum’s with Envelopes Filled with Cash at 11pm. The Legion is the place to be for a rockin’ good time with local favorites The Dudes and 90’s west coasters The Posies. 

With huge shows happening all over tonight don’t fret if one venue is full, cause there’s plenty more just down the street! Have a blast!

Big thanks goes out to Higher Ground for supplying Sled Island with mixed teas, ground coffee and other goodies to stave off band hangovers and sooth artist voices. Also, check out the all-ages show going down there tomorrow night!

We hope that everyone is having an incredible time out there, and just so you know the fun won’t completely stop on Saturday night, because we’ve added two very special BONUS shows on Sunday, July 4th. 

Canadian post-hardcore legends NoMeansNo will be performing at an afternoon Pig Roast at the Republik! Come by and hang out with all your new and old time favourite pals in the company of a giant big and some incredible old-school jams. 

Then we have an amazing show lined up with original Wu-Tang member GZA aka the Genius, LA punk duo No Age and local rockers Sharp Ends performing at the Republik starting at 9pm!!

 Buy your advance tickets for GZA, No Age and Sharp Ends at Republik on ticketbreak or get in free with a festival wristband.

What an amazing kick-off night to Sled Island! Deerhoof blew mind’s with their own brand of bumble gum psych pop at Central United, Turbo Fruits tore it up at Tubby Dog, Braids put on a stunning performance, Nu Sensae shredded through an incredible set,  Lesbians on Exctasy had everyone dancing up an sweat storm and Big Freedia capped it all of with bass heavy bounce extravaganza at the Legion! 

Today is Canada Day! We’ve got a huge cross-section of amazing performances happening all day long! We want you to make the most of your holiday by checking out your new favorite bands performing in places you may of never been before, in the spirit of Canadian discovery! Shows start off this afternoon with the Mint Records Pinata party at Broken City, DJ Teddy Celebration set at Henry, rad bands all over town and an awesome all-ages show at Local Library featuring Cave from Chicago-gogo!

The big shows to check out tonight are Sleepy Sun performing with a stunning visual display at the Science Centre. Show up early and get a discount on BODY WORLDS. Start your night off at Central United Church for a captivating performance by The Dutchess & the Duke, it’s going to be rad! After that it’s really up to you with an insane amount of awesome bands performing all over the city tonight, Sled Island is your oyster! Have a great time, drink lots of water, get your vitamins, have a blast!!

With so many amazing options happening each night and day of the festival, we thought it might help to give you a sense of what a couple local music scene players have planned out with a custom schedule.  Fill out your own custom schedule here.

Also, FYI - the latest Sled Island official schedule can be found online and in the new issue of Beatroute Magazine out now!

Kat Dornian, Music Director, CJSW 90.9FM - Custom Schedule Link

What can I say? My unpatented insta-clone machine still isn’t working despite numerous attempts to re-calibrate the discombobulation engine so it’s another year of only being in one place at a time. That said, I love checking out bands that I don’t know much about. One such band is the SSRI’s. I just heard their new album, Effeminate Godzilla-Sized Windchimes, and instantly fell in love. I’m looking forward to seeing them on stage and getting a taste of them live.

Kallen Law, Local Curator -Custom Schedule Link

For my schedule, I tried to have as much of a variety of local, national, and international bands as possible. There are repeated bands, some because I like the band a lot, some just for insurance in case I miss the band on a certain time they’re playing, so I can catch them another time on my schedule. I’ve come to terms with how, like past years, if I want to catch all the bands I want to see, or even a large majority of them, I won’t be watching many full sets.

Peter Hemminger, Music and Film Editor, FFWD Weekly - Custom Schedule Link

The odds of me actually sticking to this schedule are pretty much non-existent, but there are some highlights I’m hoping to stick to. The sound at Central United is amazing, so seeing Deerhoof there is a necessity. I find it hard to resist venues that don’t usually host shows, so the stoner-rock showcase at the Telus World of Science is pretty irresistible, too. Other than that, I’m going based on gut-wrenching compromises, recommendations from friends (I’ve caught flack for consistently not checking out C’mon’s Ship sets), old favourites (By Divine Right better dip into its back catalogue), a whole lot of MySpace listening, and a willingness to change my plans at the last possible second.