Sled Island and Rockin’ 4 Dollar$ present: NIFE FITE, Dual Nature and more

NIFE FITE Loud, bad, and bleeding, NIFE FITE is a new, yet recognizable art-punk trio consisting of Matthew Springer (Radioactive Vampire Teeth, Dial Up), E. Collins (Thee Canadian Dispatch) and Kaiden Jackman (The Furnace). Satirizing violence in the media, the group plows through bite sized tunes about knives, stabbings, and childhood games with reckless abandon.

Dual Nature Drawing inspiration from the ceaseless sonic brutality of noise rock acts such as The Jesus Lizard, Pissed Jeans and Unwound, Dual Nature utilizes pummeling drums, piercing guitars, gritty, muscular bass, and manic, snarling vocals to create a violently cathartic synthesis of despair and rage.

Mean Bikini “Pointed, unapologetic, viciously fun, and punishingly aggressive” are all ways that Mean Bikini has been described.…