LE GUESS WHO? FESTIVAL
Tuesday 22 November 2011 at 02:15 am
Back for a fifth celebration of independent music in Utrecht, venues and clubs are uniting to open up this quaint city to a world of beats, bleeps and bawling. Across four days, representatives of the new audio underground will be showcased alongside some of the elder statesmen (and women) who originally inspired them. Highlights include: Shabazz Palaces, Bill Calahan, Suuns, Gang Gang Dance, Panda Bear, John Maus, Gary War and Givers. Read more after the jump.
24 November
Sub Pop’s abstract hip hop coup, fleeting between dense electronic washes and a seriously chilled-but-intense lyrical delivery. Are you ready to Black Up?
25 November
The smooth folk troubadour is back to show off tracks from recent album Apocalypse. And this time you don’t even have to put up with his girlfriend.
26 November
Hyped hard, but these enchantingly crooked Canadian sonics flip between post-punk, electro disco and dense guitar pop.
27 November
A return visit from the Brooklyn-based electronic-ethno-experimental tribe, who released their fifth album back in spring. Expect them to be on fine trippy dance form as always.
27 November
Arguably the most successful member of Animal Collective away from the hive. His 2007 album Person Pitch was a psych-soaked melodic gift. Although the newer Tomboy is a more rhythmic beast, it remains a heavy tripped-out vocal experience.
John Maus + Gary War + Givers
27 November, EKKO
Gothed-up reverb collides with sunny synths, with John Maus’s recent We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves recalling his old pal Ariel Pink and a wealth of lo-fi icons. And that’s not all, cause tonight’s stellar line up at Ekko also includes hazy dream pop trio Memoryhouse, noisy new-wave psychedelia by Gary War and some cool, catchy pop tunes by Givers. All this presented by your favourite unruly music magazine. Do not miss.
And Still Corners, Anika, Com Truise, Iceage, Pink Mountaintops, Low and much more
More info on www.leguesswho.nl
