Christie Laume – Chic Voila Le Soleil – Girls In The Garage (Saperlipolette)
Un* – Crawling – Untitled (Self-Released)
Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins – Lighthouse ft. Lunio and Shana Muldrow – Lighthouse (SomeothaShip/Eone)
The Belle Game – Keeps Me Up At Night – Live at CJSW!!
The Belle Game – River – Live at CJSW!!
The Belle Game – Wait Up For You – Live at CJSW!!
Erin Costello – Give A Little – We Can Get over (Self-Released)
Karine Polwart* – King of Birds – Traces (W2/Borealis)
Daughter – Lifeforms – If You Leave (Glassnote)
The Seekers – Island of Dreams – Georgy Girl
Ellen Doty** – I’m Beginning To See The Light – Live At The Station EP (Self-Released)
Katie Moore – Getting Older – Pop Montreal Compilation
Mia Dyson – When The Moment Comes – The Moment (The Co-Op)
Mittenstrings – Neil Young – Pop Montreal Compilation
Wax Idols – Ad Re: Ian – Discipline + Desire (Slumberland)

Sandra Kolstad – The Young (Evil) Woman and the Ocean – (Nothing Lasts) Forever (Trust Me)
Mo – Pilgrim – Pilgrim (Neon Gold)
Grimes – Genesis – Visions (Arbutus)
Thee Ahs* – Sour Candy – Future Without Her (Self-Released)
The Throwaways – Pterodactyl Clap – Spastic Panthers//The Throwaways (Handsome Dan)
The Thermals – You Will Be Free – Desperate Ground (Saddle Creek)
Zombie Masquerade – Heart Stealer – Girls Rock! Chicago 2010: Session 2
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – A Girl Like You – We The Covers (Ribbon)
Kinnie Starr – A Different Day – A Different Day
The Abramson Singers* – Skull and Crossbones – Late Riser (Copperspine)
Vadel et Amande – Aime – Vadel
The Good Graces – Summer of ’93 – Drawn To You (Pretty New Songs)
Laura Stevenson – Runner – Wheel ( Don Giovanni )
Golden Grrrls – Past Tense – Golden Grrrls ( Slumberland )
Genevieve Goings – Choo Choo Soul – ABC – ( )
Gossip – Men In Love – Music For Men ( )
Eliana Cuevas* – Nacera – Espejo ( Self-Released )
Bjork – Unison – Vespertine ( )
Corinna Rose* – There is Darkness There Is light – Northeast Southwest ( Self-Released )

Sled Island is just around the corner. I mean it. It’s May, you guys.

May. June is next month. No, I don’t know where the time has gone.

After the lineup was released on Tuesday, I took a look through to see if there were some female performers that I should be excited about. And the answer is a very, very strong YES.

Here are some of my picks for some special song birds to see at the Sled Island Festival!

THEEsatisfaction

These Seattle-based hip hop angels of love bring some amazing beats and verses that will blow your mind place. Check out one of my fave tracks here.

The Courtneys

One dash of adorable meets a heaping handful of rockaliciousness. These gals will make you dance yer pants off. Check out their bandcamp page!

Elgin-Skye

She’s from Montreal. She’s lovely and wonderful, a beautiful voice that is strong when it is low and beautiful and vulnerable in the high notes. See her. Listen here.

The Seahags

Take a minute to get a little folksy at Sled. Take that minute with the Seahags. Deal?

Hannah Epperson

There are some truly amazing solo female performers at Sled this year. Hannah’s on my must-see list. She’s got a way with a violin that you’re not gonna catch anywhere else. Watch her here.

Outer Minds

This is a fun, fun, fun Chicago based band that’s gonna get all sweaty up in Calgary. Preview their music on their page on Hozac!

There are plenty more amazing acts to see, so I might turn this into a small blog series.

What are you excited for?

Gianna Lauren* – Ghost – On Personhood (Forward Music Group)
Magneta Lane* – Leave The Light On – Witchrock (Splendor)
J Mascis And Sharon Van Etten – Prisoners – The Music Is You – A Tribute To John Denver (ATO)
Rosie June* – Sound It Out – Listening Post (Self-Released)
Maylee Todd* – Pinball Number Count – Escapology (Do Right)
Riot Gosling – Hey Gurl – Riot Gosling (Polypulse)
Brigitte Bardot – Everybody Loves My Baby – Bonnie And Clyde
Brittany Howard + Ruby Amanfu – When My Man Comes Home – I Wonder (Third Man)
Kathleen Calder – Who Are You? – Who Are You? Single
The Belle Game* – Wait Up For You – Ritual Tradition Habit (Boompa)
Solange – Locked In Closets – 1 (Terrible)
Lady Lamb The Beekeeper – The Nothing Part II – Ripely Pine (Ba Da Bing)
Ayo – Life Is Real – Joyful
Sleater Kinney – The Fox – The Woods (Sub Pop)
Sequicons** – Crisis – Sequicons (Self-Released)
We All Want To – Mission Viejo – Sally Can’t See (Plus One)
Fol Chen – A Tourist Town – False Alarms (Asthmatic Kitty)
Gabrielle Destroismaisons – La Vie Qui Danse – La Vie Qui Danse 

Thee Headcoatees – Ca Plane Pour Moi – Ca Plane Pour Moi // The Prize (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
Colleen Green – Yr So Cool – Sock It To Me (Hardly Art)
Daylight Robbery – Legacy – Through Confusion (Residue Records)
Jessie Ware – Wildest Moments – Devotional (Universal Island)
Marina and the Diamonds – Oh No! – The Family Jewels
Kate Nash – Oh (feat. Siobhan Malhotra) – Girl Talk (Have 10P/Dine Alone)
Ellen Doty** – Cheek to Cheek – Live At The Station EP (Self-Released)
Snowblink – Unsurfed Waves – Inner Classics (Arts and Crafts)
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers* – Misaligned – Hard Times (Self-Released)
The Wilderness of Manitoba* – A Year In Its Passing – The Leslieville Sessions (Popguru Sound and Vision)
Laura Cortese – Brown Wrinkled Dress – Into The Dark (Self-Released)
Michelle McAdorey* – Line Across My Heart – Leave The Main Road (Seventh Fire)
The Radii – You Seem Surprised – The Radii
Blue Willa – Rabbits – Blue Willa (Trovarobato)
Motion Sickness of Time Travel – Censer – Crystal Anniversary
Alexandra and the Starlight Band – Without My Sunshine – Without My Sunshine // TTMF (Self-Released)
Honey Bs – What Love Can Do – Honey Bs of Tulsa, Oklahoma (Timmion)
White Lung – Hunting Holiday – Two of You // Hunting Holiday (Sabotage)
Gin Wigmore – Kill of the Night – Gravel & Wine (Universal/Island)