We're looking forward to being back in Calgary for our annual Sled Island Showcase!
Join Mint Records on June 23 at The Commonwealth Bar + Stage from 2-6pm for performances by Faith Healer, Super Duty Tough Work, Miesha and the Spanks, Kamikaze Nurse, and Eve Parker Finley.
The show is free to attend and we're welcoming PWYC donations for Girls Rock Camp Calgary.
Poster design by Madeline Berger aka @fungalmatters
You know Neko Case, and you know Carolyn Mark, and we’re excited to introduce you to our latest signing, Nora Kelly Band!
Spoiler Alert!
If you are one of the millions of people watching Yellowjackets right now, you may have already spotted Necking playing the song "Big Mouth" off their debut record Cut Your Teeth at the 8:19 mark of Episode 205: Two Truths and a Lie.
Shot at Grandview Lanes on Commercial Drive, our very own Necking grabbed a few moments of screen time, appearing as the performing act at a bowling alley while their song played through the entirety of the scene.
Nora Kelly Band channels their rebellious spirit with So Wrong For So Long, their second studio album that continues to push the boundaries of pop and alternative country.
Multi-disciplinary artist Vivek Shraya has a body of work that crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, and film. Among her list of accomplishments is an impressive catalog of music—including the Polaris Prize-nominated Part-Time Woman with Queer Songbook Orchestra (2017) and Angry by her band Too Attached (2018), which CBC described as one of “Canada’s most incisive, radical and galvanizing albums.”
Declaring their resolution to party down in 2023, Miesha & The Spanks are hitting the town with a fresh coat of lipstick, a dapper bolo tie and a vibrant new single, “It’s My Year,” the first single off their forthcoming album titled Unconditional Love In Hi-Fi.
Vivek Shraya is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, TV and film. She is a Canadian Screen Award winner and Polaris Music Prize nominee. Her best-selling book I’m Afraid of Men was heralded by Vanity Fair as “cultural rocket fuel.” She is also the founder of the award-winning publishing imprint VS. Books, which supports emerging BIPOC writers.
Where have all the riot grrrls gone? You ask–Miesha and The Spanks answer. If you’ve got a yearning for flashy yet classic hard rock, look no further–this Calgary-based duo has the guitar hero-worshipping, face melting, whisky belting sound that you’ve been seeking.
Described as “Bjork's light-footed nymph child,” (Beatroute) Vancouver quintet Only A Visitor brings a precise and buoyant live energy to song-crafting with their “kaleidoscopic compositions” (Dusted Magazine.) Fusing together avant-pop, jazz, classical and DIY influences and substituting guitar with three part harmonies that “display a delightful innovation” (HuffPost,) they have released three albums to date and have recently signed to Mint Records for their fourth release