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Thursday Sep 22nd 2022
Le Guess Who? wins prestigious European Jazz Network Award for Adventurous Programming
Wednesday Sep 14th 2022
Coco María presents Club Coco: vital new music influenced by vintage sounds
Coco María presents Club Coco
Thursday Sep 8th 2022
Oprichter en algemeen directeur Johan Gijsen neemt na 16 jaar afscheid van Le Guess Who?
Wednesday Jul 20th 2022
Explore the 3rd edition of Hidden Musics at Le Guess Who? 2022, aimed at deeply localized music
Hidden Musics
Friday Jul 15th 2022
Open Call: participate in U?, the freely accessible day program of Le Guess Who?
Wednesday May 25th 2022
Le Guess Who? collaborates with Dutch Council for Refugees & NewBees for 'Grant an Entry' initiative
Wednesday Feb 2nd 2022
Watch: VPRO Vrije Geluiden sessions with Etran de L'Aïr, Víctor Herrero, Ored Recordings, Mazaher & Mario Batkovic at LGW21
Thursday Jan 6th 2022
Watch: 3voor12 live sessions at LGW21 with Bendik Giske, Automatic, Mario Batkovic, and Vanishing Twin
Tuesday Nov 9th 2021
Kickstarter x Kapitaal x Stranded FM host Official LGW21 Hangout with live sessions, DJ sets & exhibitions
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Monday Nov 8th 2021
This Wednesday at Louis Hartlooper Complex: watch the premiere of SPAZA – Road to Johannesburg
Saturday Nov 6th 2021
Knekelhuis Presents: four artists you don't want to miss at Le Guess Who? 2021
Knekelhuis presents
Thursday Nov 4th 2021
Navigate your way through Le Guess Who? using the TimeSquare app; now available to download for free
Wednesday Nov 3rd 2021
Timetable & last program additions for LGW21 revealed + limited Saturday Tickets to go on sale
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Wednesday Oct 27th 2021
Midori Takada to present new durational sound work [ THUS TIME GOES BY ] at LGW21, created especially for the Jacobikerk
Curated by Midori Takada
Tuesday Oct 19th 2021
LGW Treasure Guide 2021: explore some of the best places to visit during your stay in Utrecht
Wednesday Oct 13th 2021
Le Guess Who? launches freely accessible city festival U? / Le Guess Who? lanceert gratis toegankelijk stadsfestival U?
Thursday Sep 16th 2021
Revealing the full line-up for Le Guess Who? 2021 with 70 new program additions
Wednesday Sep 15th 2021
Dutch Council for Refugees and NewBees are social partners of LGW21 for 'Grant an Entry' initiative
Friday Sep 3rd 2021
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra perform Alexander Scriabin's ghostly 'Le Poème du Feu' with light organ at LGW21
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Tuesday Aug 31st 2021
Le Guess Who? presents the second edition of concert series Hidden Musics at 2021 festival
Hidden Musics (2021)
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Thursday Jun 10th 2021
Vacancies: Le Guess Who? has 3 open job positions and 3 internship possibilities
Wednesday Jun 9th 2021
LGW21 to coincide with Mega Record & CD Fair, Europe's biggest record fair, 13 & 14 November in Utrecht
Thursday Apr 1st 2021
LGW presents Prana Crafter & Richard Bolhuis during Basilica Hudson's DRONE AT HOME 2021
Thursday Feb 11th 2021
Creating the LGW21 visuals: a video portrait of Koen Delaere by LGW & Canal180
Thursday Feb 4th 2021
Roadburn & LGW present: Plague Organ performing Orphan as part of Roadburn Redux
Thursday Feb 4th 2021
LGW TV content now online, feat. Reports from Other Continents, Vunk on Vacation & more
Thursday Dec 3rd 2020
Introducing our new video series 'Hi! How Are You?'; watch the first episode, feat. RP Boo, Maria Chavez, and Isokratisses
Wednesday Aug 12th 2020
Re/Fresh: a weekly updated playlist with new music from former LGW artists & performers
Wednesday Apr 29th 2020
Watch while home: 'Representing the Underrepresented', a film about LGW & the city of Utrecht by Canal180
Tuesday Mar 3rd 2020
LGW & Basilica Hudson announce return of 24-HOUR DRONE; initial program revealed
Saturday Dec 14th 2019
Watch: LGW x Dazed video portrait: In The Studio with Iris van Herpen & Salvador Breed
Wednesday Dec 11th 2019
Visit the LGW photo gallery, featuring stunning documentary series and artist portraits
Tuesday Dec 10th 2019
Bekijk Vrije Geluiden's LGW19 specials met o.a. Cate Le Bon, Aldous Harding en Efterklang
Sunday Dec 8th 2019
Watch: Minyo Crusaders perform 'Tanko Bushi' for La Blogothèque's Take Away Show
Friday Nov 15th 2019
17 & 24 November op NPO1: Vrije Geluiden LGW specials met o.a. Cate Le Bon, Aldous Harding en Efterklang
Sunday Nov 10th 2019
Today at LGW19: the European premiere of Dossier X, an immersive audio-visual performance curated by Patrick Higgins
Wednesday Nov 6th 2019
Video: Le Guess Who? x Education: students experience the music of festival artists
Tuesday Nov 5th 2019
Vicky Chow gives special performance at Domplein during Keys of Light this Thursday
Monday Nov 4th 2019
Join the collaborative performance of Patricia Kaersenhout & Angel Bat Dawid; sign up now
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Thursday Oct 31st 2019
Kickstarter x Kapitaal host LGW Hang Out with live interviews, listening sessions & art exhibitions
Tuesday Oct 29th 2019
Get in the mood for LGW19 with our Radio Show, hosted by LGW programmers Bob van Heur & Jacob Hagelaars
Saturday Oct 26th 2019
Explore Iris van Herpen & Salvador Breed's curation at LGW19 with their exclusive playlist
Wednesday Oct 23rd 2019
Experience the true soundsystem culture with Jah Shaka Sound System x Krackfree at Le Guess Who?
Tuesday Oct 22nd 2019
Listen to Moon Duo's personal playlist for their curation at Le Guess Who? 2019
Friday Oct 18th 2019
LGW Treasure Guide: discover our selection of Utrecht's most exciting spots & shops
Monday Oct 14th 2019
Inlezen voor LGW19 met de Volkskrant: duik in de online special met o.a. Iris van Herpen, Ustad Saami, Dries Verhoeven en Holly Herndon
Thursday Oct 10th 2019
Le Guess Who? expands Untitled program with film festival, live interviews, Angel Bat Dawid's sonic healing session, more
Friday Oct 4th 2019
FACT to host 3-day program at BASIS during LGW19, featuring Mala, Príncipe Discos, Vladimir Ivkovic & more
Wednesday Aug 28th 2019
Full curated programs + various special projects announced for Le Guess Who? 2019
Tuesday Aug 27th 2019
Vier de LGW19 line-up announcement met Conjunto Papa Upa, 19 september in EKKO
Thursday Aug 22nd 2019
Le Guess Who? onthult compleet festivalprogramma tijdens line-up party in EKKO
Friday May 31st 2019
Graindelavoix to return to Utrecht in August; special discount for LGW visitors
Wednesday May 22nd 2019
LGW continues collaboration with Dutch Council for Refugees for 'Grant an Entry'
Thursday Apr 4th 2019
Watch: 'Representing the Underrepresented', a film about Le Guess Who? by Canal180
Wednesday Jan 23rd 2019
Basilica Hudson & LGW announce return of 24-HOUR DRONE + launch open call for artist submissions
Sunday Jan 20th 2019
Le Guess Who? neemt prijs voor Beste Festival in ontvangst tijdens Eurosonic Noorderslag
Tuesday Dec 11th 2018
Cass McCombs performs 2 new tracks for La Blogothèque's Take Away Show, captured during LGW18
Tuesday Nov 27th 2018
Watch: La Blogothèque's Take Away Show with Kate NV, captured in Utrecht during LGW18
Wednesday Nov 21st 2018
Watch: VPRO Vrije Geluiden sessions with Sibusile Xaba, Vera Sola and Ill Considered at LGW18
Monday Nov 12th 2018
Le Guess Who? 2018 visitor survey: we are curious to hear your thoughts & experiences
Saturday Nov 10th 2018
Celebrating 30 years of Mudhoney at LGW18 + watch our Hot Snakes video portrait
Monday Nov 5th 2018
Introducing: Poema - a fixture in the life of every student in Utrecht joins LGW18
Saturday Nov 3rd 2018
"Through The Eyes of Lonnie Holley": a guided tour through Utrecht as part of our Untitled program
Monday Oct 29th 2018
Introducing: BASIS - a sanctuary for house/techno lovers at Utrecht's medieval canals joins LGW18
Thursday Oct 25th 2018
Le Feast: Utrechtian home-chefs transform their living room into a cozy brunch restaurant
Wednesday Oct 24th 2018
Playlist: An Introduction to Art Ensemble of Chicago, compiled by Ben Ratliff
Thursday Oct 18th 2018
Revealing our new satellite event: 'Untitled', featuring exhibitions, film screenings, talks & more
Wednesday Oct 17th 2018
Listen to Devendra Banhart's personal playlist for his curated program at LGW18
Thursday Oct 4th 2018
LGW & Utrecht Early Music Festival start long-term collaboration; first joint project at LGW18
Monday Sep 24th 2018
Le Mini Who? returns as part of LGW18; 10th Anniversary edition marks move to Rotsoord
Wednesday Aug 29th 2018
VluchtelingenWerk partner van LGW18 / Dutch Council for Refugees social partner of LGW18
Thursday Aug 23rd 2018
Video portrait: Shabaka Hutchings on Impulse!, curating at LGW, and music as joyous celebration
Wednesday Aug 22nd 2018
Selda Bagcan returns to Utrecht in September, presented by International Literature Festival & LGW
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Thursday Jul 19th 2018
Playlist: Club Cuts - explore the club-affiliated music of Le Guess Who? 2018
Wednesday Jan 10th 2018
Watch: La Blogothèque's Take Away Show with Sudan Archives, captured at LGW17
Thursday Dec 7th 2017
Wire Magazine shares Q&A's with Jerusalem In My Heart and The Bug & Dylan Carlson at LGW17
Saturday Nov 11th 2017
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe's show is rescheduled; Colin Benders & Maarten Vos perform tonight
Tuesday Nov 7th 2017
12-Hour Drone in former factory Pastoefabriek: from sitar and cello bass drones to shamanic noise
Friday Nov 3rd 2017
Honoring the life & work of Alice Coltrane with a participatory experience at LGW17
Thursday Nov 2nd 2017
Watch: LGW in cooperation with graphic school X11: students experience the music of LGW17
Wednesday Nov 1st 2017
Bekijk The Daily Indie's talkshow met Ancienne Belgique, Welcome To The Village en LGW
Thursday Oct 26th 2017
Watch: a portrait of Alanis Obomsawin by Charles-André Coderre (Jerusalem In My Heart)
Tuesday Oct 24th 2017
Beatmaker, DJ & 'king amongst cratediggers' Kutmah added to Le Guess Who? program
Friday Oct 20th 2017
Le Feast: Utrechtian home-chefs transform their living room into brunch restaurant
Monday Oct 2nd 2017
Meet Lombok Festival, our new satellite event highlighting this vibrant neighborhood
Thursday Sep 28th 2017
An Introduction to LGW17: het festivalteam stelt je persoonlijk het programma voor
Thursday Sep 21st 2017
Oumou Sangaré cancels her performance at LGW17; Sun Ra Arkestra graces our line-up instead
Wednesday Sep 6th 2017
The Domkerk, Utrecht's most majestic and historic icon, will finally be part of LGW
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Tuesday Oct 4th 2022
Watch & read: Irena & Vojtěch Havlovi play four hands piano recorded by Vincent Moon
Wednesday Sep 28th 2022
Listen/read: Cheikha Rabia: a destiny tied to the continuous reinvention of rai, by Lafawndah
Hidden Musics
Friday Aug 5th 2022
Listen/read: Rats on Rafts' David Fagan: "If we're gonna do a live show, let's try and do something special"
Wednesday Jun 15th 2022
Read: a personal introduction to Czech duo Irena & Vojtěch Havlovi's haunting music, by Pavel Klusák
Wednesday Jan 26th 2022
Watch/read: Mazaher live at LGW21, premiered by Pan African Music
Hidden Musics (2021)
Wednesday Dec 8th 2021
Front & LGW present: live session + interview with Dutch post-punk outfit Private Banking
COSMOS 2021
Friday Dec 3rd 2021
Front & LGW present: live session + interview with pop noir singer/songwriter/guitarist Anna van Rij
COSMOS 2021
Saturday Nov 6th 2021
Interview: Pink Oculus presents Before Wisdom through collaborative show where art, scenography and music become one
Thursday Oct 21st 2021
Listen: LGW21 curator John Dwyer talks to Brigid Dawson about songwriting, memories of touring, classical music, and birthday presents
Curated by John Dwyer
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Wednesday Sep 29th 2021
Listen or read: a personal introduction to Egypt’s Mazaher, bearers of the Zar tradition, by Nadah El Shazly
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Wednesday Sep 8th 2021
‘A sudden, uncontrollable urge to dance’: the magic of Nyege Nyege Tapes & Hakuna Kulala Club Night
Nyege Nyege Tapes present Hakuna Kulala Club Night
Thursday Jun 24th 2021
Watch Faust's Jean-Hervé Peron in conversation with Julian Brimmers for LGW ON
Curated by John Dwyer
Tuesday Sep 24th 2019
"The Master Of The Forty Nine Notes": The Quietus publishes profile on Ustad Saami
Monday Nov 5th 2018
Jacco Gardner: "Mysteriously, the things I feel connected to just find their way onto my path"
Thursday Oct 11th 2018
Interview: Joe Coleman: "My performance art is always a mirror image of my paintings"
Friday Oct 5th 2018
Tracing the Roots: Art Ensemble of Chicago’s Great Black Music, Ancient To The Future
Thursday Sep 27th 2018
Interview: DRINKS: "Nonsense is a good reaction to everything that’s going on"
Tuesday Jul 31st 2018
Beverly Glenn-Copeland: “I was making music for a generation that had yet to be born”
Thursday Jul 19th 2018
Tracing the Roots: Kadri Gopalnath, a lifetime of pioneering Indian Carnatic music
Wednesday Jun 27th 2018
Thurston Moore, Sudan Archives, Meredith Graves and Weyes Blood get Tarot readings at Le Guess Who?
Wednesday Jan 24th 2018
Read: A side-by-side interview with Perfume Genius & Mary Margaret O’Hara, backstage at LGW17
News snacks
Saturday Oct 1st 2022
Listen: Rival Consoles preview upcoming album 'Now Is' with four new tracks
Curated by clipping.
Thursday Sep 29th 2022
Amsterdam-based indie rock crusaders Personal Trainer release new song 'Former Puppy'
Friday Sep 23rd 2022
Listen: Dutch-Croatian artist Eerie Wanda releases third album 'Internal Radio'
Wednesday Sep 21st 2022
Congolese-Canadian musician & songwriter Pierre Kwenders wins 2022 Polaris Music Prize
Moonshine presents SMS For Location
Sunday Sep 11th 2022
Coby Sey, part of LGW22 curators CURL, releases debut album 'Conduit' + shares Sunday Mix for Crack Magazine
Curated by CURL
Friday Sep 9th 2022
Listen: Balochistan's Benju maestro Ustad Noor Bakhsh releases debut solo album ‘Jingul’
Hidden Musics
Wednesday Sep 7th 2022
Maral, curated by Animal Collective for LGW22, announces new album + shares first track 'Feedback Jam'
Curated by Animal Collective
Wednesday Aug 31st 2022
Baltimore experimental rock quartet Horse Lords announce new album + share video for 'Mess Mend'
Curated by Animal Collective
Friday Aug 19th 2022
Listen: composer Flore Laurentienne released the second single from his upcoming album 'Volume II'
Friday Jul 29th 2022
Tokyo-based hip-hop trio Dos Monos share epic collaborative track with Japanese novelist Yasutaka Tsutsui
Curated by clipping.
Thursday Jul 28th 2022
Listen: LGW22 curators clipping. release new remix EP 'CLBBNG Vol. 1'
Curated by clipping.
Tuesday Jul 19th 2022
Goat celebrate 10th Anniversary of debut album 'World Music' with limited edition remastered LP
Wednesday Jul 13th 2022
Watch: LGW22 curator Animal Collective in session for NPR's Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Curated by Animal Collective
Wednesday Jun 29th 2022
Read/listen: The Face interviews Nia Archives, "the red-hot jungle producer taking over the UK's dancefloors"
Friday Jun 24th 2022
Listen to upsammy's new track 'Agglo', taken from the 'Virgin Forest' benefit compilation
Friday Jun 17th 2022
Listen to Tampa rap duo They Hate Change's new LP 'Finally, New'; curated by clipping. for LGW22
Curated by clipping.
Wednesday Jun 15th 2022
Listen: Dry Cleaning release new single 'Don't Press Me' from upcoming album 'Stumpwork'
Wednesday Jun 15th 2022
Read via Bandcamp: "Five Ainu Artists Revitalizing Indigenous Japanese Music", featuring LGW22 artist OKI
Friday Jun 3rd 2022
Listen: composer Flore Laurentienne announces new album 'Volume II' and shares the first single
Wednesday May 25th 2022
Listen: Catalan's Marina Herlop, curated by Animal Collective for LGW22, releases new album 'Pripyat'
Curated by Animal Collective
Friday May 13th 2022
Listen: Maria Reis, curated by Animal Collective for LGW22, releases new EP 'Benefício da Dúvida'
Curated by Animal Collective
Friday May 13th 2022
Listen to Copenhagen-based composer and viola player Astrid Sonne's new song 'How Far'
Curated by CURL
Friday May 13th 2022
South African drummer & composer Tumi Mogorosi announces new album 'Group Theory: Black Music'; listen to 'The Fall'
Tuesday Nov 16th 2021
Listen: Tia Maria Produções create new EP in the time span of what should have been their trip to LGW21
Tia Maria Produções presents
Wednesday Nov 10th 2021
Listen: Sonos Radio speaks to Phil Elverum ahead of his curation & performance at LGW21
Curated by Phil Elverum
Monday Nov 8th 2021
LGW x SPEAK present: UK hip-hop/grime artist Pa Salieu introduced by Hannah Johnson
Sunday Nov 7th 2021
Read via The Quietus: which records would Angel Bat Dawid seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?
Saturday Nov 6th 2021
U?: Girls In Synthesis share new single 'Pulling Teeth', embodying their "new mission statement"
U?
Friday Nov 5th 2021
Niger's desert blues group Etran de L’Aïr announce new album 'Agadez'; listen to 'Adounia'
Hidden Musics (2021)
Friday Nov 5th 2021
LGW x SPEAK present: Dutch jazz musician Ronald Langestraat introduced by Renee Telkamp
Monday Nov 1st 2021
Read Bant Mag.’s IIllustrated Stories for LGW21, featuring a.o. Ichiko Aoba, Pink Siifu, and Siti Muharam
Friday Oct 29th 2021
Bertie Marshall releases new compilation 'Exhibit' featuring songs, spoken word, and poetry from the 80s & 90s
Wednesday Oct 27th 2021
Watch Romani singer Mónika Lakatos in session at Festival Imaterial, captured by Vincent Moon
Hidden Musics (2021)
Tuesday Oct 26th 2021
LGW x SPEAK present: Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab introduced by Zainab Jamal & Tauqeer Raza
Sunday Oct 24th 2021
Watch: Slumberland collaborates with Tuvan voice artist Sainkho Namtchylak, considered the first female overtone artist
Saturday Oct 23rd 2021
Lees het speciale LGW21 dossier van Gonzo (circus) met Blak Saagan, Space Afrika, Spill Gold, Vladislav Delay & meer
Saturday Oct 23rd 2021
Listen to 'Space 1.8', Caribbean-Belgian composer & harpist Nala Sinephro's cathartic debut album for Warp Records
Friday Oct 22nd 2021
Listen: Cate Le Bon, The Notwist, Kate NV & more rework the music of Aksak Maboul on 'Redrawn Figures 1'
Thursday Oct 21st 2021
Jessica Moss announces new album 'Phosphenes'; listen to first track 'Contemplation II'
Curated by Matana Roberts
Wednesday Oct 20th 2021
LGW x SPEAK present: Colombian musician Julián Mayorga introduced by Carlos Tapias & Camila Duarte
Curated by Lucrecia Dalt
Wednesday Oct 20th 2021
Klein announces new album 'Harmattan'; watch the video for 'Hope Dealers'
Curated by Matana Roberts
Friday Oct 15th 2021
LGW x SPEAK present: Japanese composer Midori Takada introduced by Risa Arai
Curated by Midori Takada
Tuesday Oct 12th 2021
Black Country, New Road announce new album 'Ants From Up There' + share first single 'Chaos Space Marine'
Friday Oct 8th 2021
LGW x SPEAK present: Catalan vocal duo Tarta Relena introduced by Román Sánchez & Ayla Losada
Wednesday Oct 6th 2021
'Pleasure, Joy and Happiness': listen to and learn about the return of soul singer Eddie Chacon
Saturday Oct 2nd 2021
Watch Ka Baird & Pekka Airaksinen's 'Grey Body' video, captured in Utrecht during LGW
RVNG Intl. presents
Friday Oct 1st 2021
Niger's Etran de L'Aïr share new single 'Toubouk Ine Chihoussay'
Hidden Musics (2021)
Sunday Sep 26th 2021
Read via The Quietus: which records would Aksak Maboul seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?
Friday Sep 24th 2021
Boss of Brussels rap Zwangere Guy releases new single 'FAMILIE BOVEN ALLES' with rap crew STIKSTOF
Thursday Sep 23rd 2021
LGW x SPEAK present: Lisbon's DJ Lycox introduced by Ana Góis & José Teixeira
Wednesday Sep 22nd 2021
Damon Locks discusses Black Monument Ensemble's 'NOW' with Nombuso Mathibela for PAM
Curated by Matana Roberts
Sunday Sep 19th 2021
Read via The Quietus: which records would Ghalia Benali seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?
Tuesday Sep 14th 2021
Introducing Siti Muharam, the 'golden voice of Zanzibar' & great granddaughter of taarab legend Siti Binti Saad
Friday Sep 10th 2021
Read via The Quietus: which records would Vanishing Twin seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?
Thursday Sep 9th 2021
Premiere: Old Time Relijun share video for 'Break Through', from upcoming album 'Musicking'
Curated by John Dwyer
Saturday Sep 4th 2021
Read via The Quietus: which records would Ana Roxanne seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?
Friday Sep 3rd 2021
Attend online: Hidden Musics artists Etran de L’Aïr, live in Agadez, filmed in classic Agadez wedding style
Hidden Musics (2021)
Friday Aug 27th 2021
Brooklyn post-punk five-piece Gustaf share video for new single 'Best Behavior'
Curated by John Dwyer
Friday Aug 27th 2021
Read via The Quietus: which records would Duma seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?
Friday Aug 27th 2021
Introducing Ensemble Klang, presenting the live premiere of 'Thrift Hybrids' at LGW21
Curated by Midori Takada
Thursday Aug 26th 2021
RVNG Intl. announces Ka Baird & Pekka Airaksinen's collaborative album 'Hungry Shells', written & recorded in Utrecht during LGW18
RVNG Intl. presents
Wednesday Aug 25th 2021
Irreversible Entanglements, curated by Matana Roberts for LGW21, announce new album + share video for 'Open The Gates'
Curated by Matana Roberts
Monday Aug 23rd 2021
Read via The Quietus: which records would Pink Siifu seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?
Friday Aug 20th 2021
Watch: OSEES plays live cover of Faust's 'J'ai Mal Aux Dents'
Curated by John Dwyer
Friday Aug 13th 2021
Read via The Quietus: which records would Lucrecia Dalt seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?
Curated by Lucrecia Dalt
Thursday Aug 12th 2021
Galya Bisengalieva announces remix album 'Aralkum Aralas' and shares first track featuring Jlin
Uncloud presents (2021)
Tuesday Aug 10th 2021
Listen: Jesu releases deluxe remaster of 2004 debut EP 'heart ache'
Curated by Matana Roberts
Friday Aug 6th 2021
Read via The Quietus: which records would Felix Kubin seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?
Curated by Lucrecia Dalt
Friday Jul 30th 2021
Brooklyn's Gustaf, curated by John Dwyer for LGW21, release video for 'Book' from upcoming album
Curated by John Dwyer
Friday Jul 30th 2021
Nyege Nyege sub-label Hakuna Kulala launches new white label vinyl series with Menzi's 'Impazamo' EP
Nyege Nyege Tapes present Hakuna Kulala Club Night
Thursday Jul 29th 2021
Read via The Quietus: which records would Jean-Hervé Peron (Faust) seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?
Tuesday Jul 27th 2021
Read via OkayAfrica: "Uganda's Authentically Plastic Finds Queer Sanctuary on the Dance Floor"
Nyege Nyege Tapes present Hakuna Kulala Club Night
Friday Jul 23rd 2021
Argentinian "giant of musique concrète" Beatriz Ferreyra, curated by Lucrecia Dalt for LGW21, releases new album 'Canto+'
Curated by Lucrecia Dalt
Thursday Jul 22nd 2021
Read via The Quietus: which records would Matana Roberts seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?
Curated by Matana Roberts
Tuesday Jul 20th 2021
Meet Spirit Fest: members of The Notwist and Tenniscoats offer delightful moments of nostalgia
Thursday Jul 15th 2021
Pink Siifu releases video for 'lng hair dnt care' from upcoming album 'GUMBO’!'
Wednesday Jul 14th 2021
LGW21 curator Lucrecia Dalt & Aaron Dilloway (Wolf Eyes) release collaborative album 'Lucy & Aaron'
Curated by Lucrecia Dalt
Sunday Jul 4th 2021
Listen: Earth Girl Helen Brown release 'Earth' EP, featuring members of OSEES, Black Dice, and Total Control
Curated by John Dwyer
Friday Jul 2nd 2021
Watch: Tarta Relena release video for new single 'Las alamedas'
Curated by Lucrecia Dalt
Thursday Jul 1st 2021
Read via The Quietus: which records would Phil Elverum seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?
Curated by Phil Elverum
Wednesday Jun 30th 2021
Vanishing Twin announce new album & share video for 'Big Moonlight (Ookii Gekkou)'
Saturday Jun 26th 2021
Read Pitchfork's interview with Arooj Aftab, "the Defiant Singer Who’s Reimagining Traditional South Asian Music for Today"
Monday Jun 21st 2021
Lori Goldston releases collaborative album with Dylan Carlson (Earth)
Curated by Phil Elverum
Friday Jun 18th 2021
Read via The Quietus: which records would Black Country, New Road seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?
Friday Jun 18th 2021
Watch Lucrecia Dalt & Aaron Dilloway's new video for 'Bordeándola'
Curated by Lucrecia Dalt
Tuesday Jun 15th 2021
Kenya's Duma, curated by Phil Elverum for LGW21, release new single 'Cannis/Mbukinya' via Sub Pop
Curated by Phil Elverum
Sunday May 30th 2021
Watch a stunning live session with Alabaster dePlume at Oxford's Covered Market, presented by Upcycled Sounds
Thursday May 20th 2021
DJ Fitz, LGW resident DJ, releases FITZ MIX: a cassette with rare melancholic jams from around the world
Wednesday May 19th 2021
Read: The Guardian talk to The Necks' Tony Buck about improvising and bypassing the brain onstage
Thursday Apr 22nd 2021
Letters from musicians: Bant Mag. talk to Midori Takada
Curated by Midori Takada
Wednesday Apr 14th 2021
Bant Mag. publish Zoom conversation between Matana Roberts and Moor Mother about new paths, music and racism
Curated by Matana Roberts
Thursday Apr 8th 2021
Letters from musicians: Bant Mag. talk to Damon Locks
Curated by Matana Roberts
Friday Apr 2nd 2021
Listen: Damon Locks' Black Monument Ensemble release new song 'Keep Your Mind Free'
Curated by Matana Roberts
Friday Mar 5th 2021
Alabaster dePlume shares new instrumental song 'Bean', available via Bandcamp for 24 hours only
Wednesday Mar 3rd 2021
Phil Elverum's The Microphones announce 'Foghorn Tape' LP featuring "100% background noise"
Curated by Phil Elverum
Monday Feb 22nd 2021
Damon Locks' Black Monument Ensemble announce new album 'NOW'; watch the video for the title track
Curated by Matana Roberts
Thursday Feb 18th 2021
Alabaster dePlume covers Arthur Russell and Jaimie Branch for Lagniappe Sessions
Tuesday Feb 16th 2021
Lucrecia Dalt releases outtakes from latest album 'No era sólida'
Curated by Lucrecia Dalt
Wednesday Dec 16th 2020
Watch Black Country, New Road perform new songs on ARTE's 'Echoes' with Jehnny Beth
Monday Dec 14th 2020
Listen to the gleaming optimistic sound of Y-Bayani & Baby Naa on their album ‘Nsie Nsie’
Wednesday Dec 9th 2020
The New Yorker picks Etran de L'Aïr's cellphone-recorded 'No. 1' as album of the year
Monday Nov 30th 2020
Watch: Brazilian artist Sessa performs a sultry session at the iconic KEXP studio
Friday Apr 24th 2020
Listen to Stranded FM's LGW special with live recordings & memories from throughout the years
Thursday Oct 31st 2019
Listen to Cate Le Bon and Deerhunter's Bradford Cox collaborative EP 'Myths 004'
Thursday Oct 31st 2019
Arp Frique releases two new records: 'Radio Verde' & 'Improvised Suites For Analog Machines'
Tuesday Oct 29th 2019
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley announces new album '11th Street, Sekondi', shares first single 'Black Woman'
Friday Oct 25th 2019
Read: The Line of Best Fit interviews Jenny Hval & The Raincoats ahead of LGW19
Friday Oct 25th 2019
Listen to ZONAL's debut album 'Wrecked', in collaboration with lyrical poet Moor Mother
Thursday Oct 24th 2019
Kevin Richard Martin (The Bug) & Hatis Noit share exclusive track ahead of their live premiere at LGW19
Thursday Oct 17th 2019
Xylouris White share 'Tree Song' video & new song 'Black Sea' from upcoming album 'The Sisypheans'
Saturday Oct 12th 2019
Lees: The Daily Indie duikt in het universum van Le Guess Who?-curatoren Moon Duo
Friday Oct 11th 2019
Listen: noise dissidents Lightning Bolt release loud, fun and abrasive new album 'Sonic Citadel'
Thursday Oct 10th 2019
Listen: The Sweet Release of Death releases new album 'The Blissful Joy Of Living'
Wednesday Oct 9th 2019
Watch Ghanaian duo Fokn Bois perform 'Brukutu' from their latest album 'Afrobeats LOL'
Friday Oct 4th 2019
Donato Dozzy announces sound installation album '12H' on Lorenzo Senni’s Presto!? Records
Wednesday Oct 2nd 2019
Lees: Zware Metalen interviewt Le Guess Who?-curator Kevin Richard Martin (The Bug)
Tuesday Oct 1st 2019
Watch: Efterklang debut new album 'Altid Sammen' live at the iconic Elbphilharmonie concert hall
Thursday Sep 26th 2019
Watch: Sudan Archives releases 'Confessions' video, from upcoming debut album 'Athena'
Thursday Sep 26th 2019
Listen to a unique collaboration between Ahmed Ag Kaedy and Marjo Smolander on new single 'Tenere'
Wednesday Sep 25th 2019
See Tropical Fuck Storm transformed into a band of apes in new video 'The Happiest Guy Around'
Tuesday Sep 24th 2019
Cate Le Bon and Deerhunter's Bradford Cox to release collaborative EP; listen to 'Secretary'
Thursday Sep 19th 2019
"As a witch I believe in the magic that happens on stage": La Bruja de Texcoco interviewed by MusicMap
Tuesday Sep 17th 2019
YĪN YĪN celebrate release of new album 'The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers' at LGW19; listen to first single 'Pingpxng'
Sunday Sep 15th 2019
Listen to Kali Malone's minimalist organ drones on new album 'The Sacrificial Code'
Friday Sep 13th 2019
Machinedrum & Jimmy Edgar are J-E-T-S; listen to their collaborative album 'Zoospa'
Thursday Sep 12th 2019
Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca shares video for 'AGGUA' from upcoming album 'YESUN'
Wednesday Sep 11th 2019
Psych/kraut mystics Moon Duo share new single 'Eternal Shore' from upcoming album 'Stars Are The Light'
Friday Sep 6th 2019
Lightning Bolt announce new album 'Sonic Citadel'; listen to new music + watch the LGW video portrait
Friday Aug 30th 2019
Efterklang shares video for new single 'I dine øjne', from upcoming album 'Altid Sammen'
Monday Aug 26th 2019
Listen: Gruff Rhys talks new album 'Pang' & celebrates 20 years of 'Guerrilla' on 'Kyle Meredith with...'
Thursday Aug 22nd 2019
ZONAL release 'System Error' featuring Moor Mother, from upcoming album 'Wrecked'
Monday Aug 19th 2019
Negativland announce new album 'True False', listen to first single 'Discernment'
Saturday Aug 17th 2019
Listen: Jenny Hval shares new song 'High Alice' from upcoming album 'The Practice of Love'
Friday Aug 16th 2019
Girl Band shares video for new song 'Going Norway', from upcoming album 'The Talkies'
Thursday Jul 18th 2019
Listen: Petbrick (Wayne Adams & Iggor Cavelera) share 'Horse' from upcoming album 'I'
Wednesday Jul 17th 2019
Read Bandcamp's feature about Minyo Crusaders' Japanese folk music for the post-modern age
Friday Jul 12th 2019
Read Visible Cloaks' guide to 'serenitatem', their album with Yoshio Ojima and Satsuki Shibano
Wednesday Jul 10th 2019
LGW19 curator Jenny Hval shares new song 'Ashes to Ashes' from upcoming album 'The Practice of Love'
Friday Jul 5th 2019
Listen to French sound sculptor Félicia Atkinson's new album 'The Flower And The Vessel'
Friday Jul 5th 2019
"Surfbort want to move you": Read Crack Magazine's interview with Brooklyn glam punkers
Tuesday Jul 2nd 2019
"Angel Bat Dawid taps into the root of all black music": Chicago Reader discusses spiritual jazz album 'The Oracle'
Monday Jul 1st 2019
Listen: Prison Religion releases 2 tracks from upcoming album: '70 Mg' & 'Metal Mouth'
Thursday Jun 27th 2019
Haco collaborates with Takako Minekawa, Dustin Wong and Tarnovski on 'Kannazuki'
Wednesday Jun 26th 2019
Listen: Mala collaborates with Joe-Armon Jones and Nubya Garcia on new track 'Scratch & Erase'
Tuesday Jun 25th 2019
Explore Melissa Laveaux's Haitian roots and native folk spirituals in The Guardian interview
Monday Jun 24th 2019
Félicia Atkinson shares 'You Have to Have Eyes' from upcoming album 'The Flower And The Vessel'
Thursday Jun 20th 2019
Avant-garde jazz/Space disco icon Asha Puthli discusses her life & career in Red Bull Music Academy lecture
Tuesday Jun 18th 2019
Tropical Fuck Storm announce new album 'Braindrops'; listen to new single 'Paradise'
Monday Jun 17th 2019
"The heaviest record I've ever made, but also the quietest": King Midas Sound interviewed by The Vinyl Factory
Tuesday Jun 11th 2019
Read Bandcamp's feature about the "thrilling and fantastical" story of La Bruja de Texcoco
Friday Jun 7th 2019
Prana Crafter announces new split-LP 'Symbiose'; stream 'Jagged Mountain Melts at Dawn (part I)'
Thursday Jun 6th 2019
Read: The Quietus publishes exclusive interview with Liz Harris (Grouper) about Nivhek
Tuesday May 28th 2019
Premiere: Arp Frique reveals new project 'Improvised Suites for Analog Machines', to be presented during LGW19
Friday May 10th 2019
Relive Saul Williams & King Britt's 'Unanimous Goldmine' performance at LGW18 via Red Bull Radio
Thursday Apr 25th 2019
Listen to 'The Head Zone', Ripley Johnson (Moon Duo)'s monthly radio show on NTS Radio
Thursday Apr 25th 2019
Listen: Patrick Higgins' album 'Dossier', released through Nicolas Jaar's Other People
Thursday Apr 25th 2019
Read: excerpt from Jenny Hval's latest novel 'Paradise Rot' + interview with Huck Magazine
Wednesday Jan 16th 2019
Listen to Red Bull Radio's Fireside Chat with Lydia Lunch, captured during LGW18
Friday Nov 9th 2018
Listen to Jacco Gardner's new track 'Levania' ahead of his appearance at LGW18 tonight
Wednesday Oct 31st 2018
Watch FACT Magazine's 'Against The Clock' session with footwork originator RP Boo
Tuesday Oct 30th 2018
Cass McCombs announces new album 'Tip of the Sphere', shares lead single 'Sleeping Volcanoes'
Wednesday Oct 24th 2018
Jessica Pratt announces new album 'Quiet Signs'; shares first single 'This Time Around'
Thursday Oct 18th 2018
Eleanor Friedberger reveals new video; talks about latest album in Clash interview
Monday Oct 15th 2018
Read: Pitchfork interviews Neneh Cherry on the records meant the most to her throughout her life
Friday Oct 12th 2018
Watch: Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Indigo Rising perform ‘Evernew’ in stunning new video
Monday Oct 1st 2018
Introducing: Kelsey Lu: cello experiments turned into minimalistic, R&B-infused folk music
Saturday Sep 29th 2018
"How Rizan Said became the King of Keyboard": video interview by Cairo Liberation Front
Thursday Sep 27th 2018
"I think the individual is bigger than the tradition": MusicMap.Global interviews Negro Leo
Thursday Sep 27th 2018
The Line of Best Fit premiere video for Valley Maker's new song 'Beautiful Birds Flying'
Monday Sep 24th 2018
Introducing: Alabaster DePlume: a graceful blend of poetry, jazz and British folk
Sunday Sep 23rd 2018
Watch: Japanese minimalist composer Midori Takada talks to The Vinyl Factory in short film
Friday Sep 21st 2018
Jerusalem In My Heart shares new track ‘Wa Ta'atalat Loughat Al Kalam Pt III + IV’
Thursday Sep 20th 2018
Watch: Sons of Kemet perform 'Your Queen Is A Reptile' for Boiler Room & Mercury Prize
Wednesday Sep 19th 2018
Premiere: King Champion Sounds - 'Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah'; new album 'For A Lark' released during LGW
Monday Sep 17th 2018
Introducing: Black Midi: storming UK’s underground with piercing, tense noise rock
Thursday Sep 13th 2018
The Quietus interviews JPEGMAFIA about journalism, Throbbing Gristle, and 'Veteran'
Monday Sep 10th 2018
Introducing: Sudanese/London collective The Scorpios bring life-affirming soul & vintage psych funk
Thursday Sep 6th 2018
The Washington Post: "In Escape-ism, Ian Svenonius knows the future of rock-and-roll"
Wednesday Sep 5th 2018
Premiere: Jozef van Wissem shares new song 'Bow Down' & presents new album at LGW18
Friday Aug 24th 2018
Watch serpentwithfeet & the Heritage Orchestra's hauntingly beautiful performance at BBC Proms
Friday Aug 24th 2018
Jerusalem In My Heart announces new album 'Daqa'iq Tudaiq', co-commissioned by Le Guess Who?
Thursday Aug 23rd 2018
Read Fractured Air's in-depth interview with Colin Stetson about the 'Hereditary' OST
Monday Aug 20th 2018
Premiere: Please The Trees share video for 'Infinite Dance'; new album out 19 September
Thursday Aug 16th 2018
Listen: Mudhoney share 'Kill Yourself Live', an organ-filled odyssey on internet fame
Monday Aug 13th 2018
Introducing: Kate NV depicts everyday life in Moscow through otherworldly, playful electronica
Tuesday Aug 7th 2018
Watch: The Breeders release homemade video for 'Nervous Mary', recorded in Nijmegen
Tuesday Jul 31st 2018
Kikagaku Moyo announce new album 'Masana Temples'; share first track 'Gatherings'
Monday Jul 30th 2018
Introducing: Canada collective Crack Cloud construct something radically new out of post-punk’s past
Thursday Jul 26th 2018
Listen: Anoushka Shankar traces her heritage with lesser-known recordings by her father Ravi
Wednesday Jul 25th 2018
"An Innovative Flutist With an Afrofuturist Vision": New York Times interviews Nicole Mitchell
Tuesday Jul 24th 2018
Listen to Circuit des Yeux cover Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes' 1969 song 'Soeur de Race'
Thursday Jul 19th 2018
Watch: George E Lewis & Art Ensemble's Roscoe Mitchell in conversation at CTM 2018
Wednesday Jul 18th 2018
Devendra Banhart & Tim Kinsella talk literature, spirituality and friendship in Talkhouse Podcast
Thursday Jul 12th 2018
Read: Emel Mathlouthi on why she doesn't want to be classified as 'voice of the Tunisian revolution'
Tuesday Jul 10th 2018
Mudhoney announce new album 'Digital Garbage', share first single 'Paranoid Core'
Monday Jul 2nd 2018
Watch Soweto's BCUC present a fusionist 'Africangungungu' session for Red Bull Music
Friday Jun 29th 2018
Read: FACT Magazine meets Lucrecia Dalt to discuss her geology-inspired new album 'Anticlines'
Thursday Jun 28th 2018
Read: The Quietus interviews DJ Haram about Philadelphia and her link with Moor Mother
Thursday Jun 28th 2018
Listen: The Vinyl Factory in conversation with Hello Skinny's mastermind Tom Skinner
Tuesday Jun 26th 2018
Ravelin Magazine catches up with sound artist & abstract turntablist Maria Chavez
Friday Jun 22nd 2018
Listen: DJ Haram joins Teklife to deliver a dazzling set of trap and B’more bounce.
Friday Jun 1st 2018
Podcast: Eleanor Friedberger talks Lou Reed, Guns N’ Roses, and performing like a standup comic
Thursday May 24th 2018
South African guitar maestro Sibusile Xaba releases debut LP ‘Unlearning/Open Letter to Adoniah’
Thursday May 24th 2018
The Vinyl Factory guides you through the 10 essential records of Art Ensemble of Chicago
Thursday Feb 1st 2018
Listen: Peter Brötzmann discusses post-WWII politics of sound & the European free jazz scene
Friday Jan 12th 2018
Listen to Shabaka & The Ancestors’ powerful performance at LGW17, curated by James Holden
Tuesday Dec 19th 2017
Watch: Netherlands Chamber Orchestra performs Patrick Higgins' rendition of Carlo Gesualdo
Wednesday Nov 8th 2017
Interview: Kane Strang go crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
Monday Nov 6th 2017
Interview: Jesca Hoop goes crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
Thursday Nov 2nd 2017
Listen: Liars live in session at BBC Radio 6 Music, performing songs from 'TFCF'
Wednesday Nov 1st 2017
Interview: Dälek go crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
Wednesday Nov 1st 2017
Exclusive: listen to Fhloston Paradigm's unreleased track '...THE MOON', feat. Heru Shabaka-Ra
Tuesday Oct 31st 2017
Lost Horizons' share video for 'Score The Sky' + new song 'I Saw The Days Go By'
Tuesday Oct 31st 2017
'7: Triple Moon': an ode to female power in choreography, a 3-D art installation, and magical ritual
Sunday Oct 29th 2017
Read: "Spirits Rejoice: James Holden reflects on a career spent escaping dance convention"
Friday Oct 27th 2017
Listen to Tom Rogerson's new song 'Idea of Order at Kyson Point', a collaboration with Brian Eno
Wednesday Oct 25th 2017
Interview: Tune-Yards go crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
Monday Oct 23rd 2017
Watch James Holden's video for the title track of new album 'The Animal Spirits'
Wednesday Oct 18th 2017
Interview: Meredith Graves goes crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
Saturday Oct 14th 2017
Why you should experience Pharoah Sanders live at LGW17, according to Fhloston Paradigm
Wednesday Oct 11th 2017
Interview: Zeal & Ardor go crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
Sunday Oct 8th 2017
Read: How Pharoah Sanders Brought Jazz to Its Spiritual Peak with His Impulse! Albums
Friday Oct 6th 2017
Check out Dälek's 'Unsung Hip-Hop Heroes' Playlist, feat. Moor Mother, Gonjasufi, The Bug & more
Friday Oct 6th 2017
Interview: Julianna Barwick goes crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
Friday Sep 29th 2017
Read Jerusalem In My Heart's Epiphany essay on meeting Abdel Karim Shaar (via The Wire)
Thursday Sep 28th 2017
Tom Rogerson collaborates with Brian Eno on new album; listen to 'Motion in Field'
Wednesday Sep 27th 2017
Interview: Kevin Morby goes crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
Tuesday Sep 26th 2017
Read: The Quietus interviews Klein about her new EP and the intensity of her music
Tuesday Sep 26th 2017
Listen to Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon)'s new song about dreaming of touring with Elliott Smith
Saturday Sep 23rd 2017
Read: The Guardian on 'cult hero' Mary Margaret O'Hara & her 1988 album 'Miss America'
Wednesday Sep 20th 2017
Interview: Avey Tare goes crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
Wednesday Sep 20th 2017
Listen to Cairo-based Nadah El Shazly's new track 'Afqid Adh-Dhakira (I Lose Memory)'
Sunday Sep 17th 2017
Read: Pitchfork offers an introduction to the music & background of Sudan Archives
Friday Sep 15th 2017
Interview: Jane Weaver goes crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
Wednesday Sep 13th 2017
Read: Alice Coltrane’s Spirit Lives on Through the Sai Anantam Ashram Singers
Monday Sep 11th 2017
Ahmed Fakroun: rediscovered pioneer in modern Arabic music, live with Dutch-Turkish act Altin Gün
Friday Sep 8th 2017
Interview: Jenny Hval goes crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
Wednesday Sep 6th 2017
Read: Bandcamp offers an introduction to Greg Fox through different collaborations
Monday Sep 4th 2017
Meet Moroccan Gnawa master Maâlem Houssam Guinia, curated by James Holden for LGW17
Thursday Aug 31st 2017
