Fri Feb 4th Relive the festival; listen to Le Guess Who? 2021 recordings

Thu Feb 3rd LGW21 photos: performances, series and portraits

Wed Feb 2nd Watch: VPRO Vrije Geluiden sessions with Etran de L'Aïr, Víctor Herrero, Ored Recordings, Mazaher & Mario Batkovic at LGW21

Tue Feb 1st Get your official Le Guess Who? merchandise in our webshop

Sat Jan 8th Support Le Guess Who? with a regular or one-time donation

Thu Jan 6th Watch: 3voor12 live sessions at LGW21 with Bendik Giske, Automatic, Mario Batkovic, and Vanishing Twin

Tue Nov 16th Listen: Tia Maria Produções create new EP in the time span of what should have been their trip to LGW21

Wed Nov 10th Listen: Sonos Radio speaks to Phil Elverum ahead of his curation & performance at LGW21

Mon Nov 8th LGW x SPEAK present: UK hip-hop/grime artist Pa Salieu introduced by Hannah Johnson

Sun Nov 7th Read via The Quietus: which records would Angel Bat Dawid seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?

Sat Nov 6th Knekelhuis Presents: four artists you don't want to miss at Le Guess Who? 2021

Sat Nov 6th U?: Girls In Synthesis share new single 'Pulling Teeth', embodying their "new mission statement"

Fri Nov 5th Niger's desert blues group Etran de L’Aïr announce new album 'Agadez'; listen to 'Adounia'

Fri Nov 5th LGW x SPEAK present: Dutch jazz musician Ronald Langestraat introduced by Renee Telkamp

Tue Nov 2nd U?: listen to the debut album of ominous hip-hop duo Kleine Crack & Slagter

Mon Nov 1st Read Bant Mag.’s IIllustrated Stories for LGW21, featuring a.o. Ichiko Aoba, Pink Siifu, and Siti Muharam

Fri Oct 29th Bertie Marshall releases new compilation 'Exhibit' featuring songs, spoken word, and poetry from the 80s & 90s

Wed Oct 27th Watch Romani singer Mónika Lakatos in session at Festival Imaterial, captured by Vincent Moon

Tue Oct 26th LGW x SPEAK present: Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab introduced by Zainab Jamal & Tauqeer Raza

Sun Oct 24th Watch: Slumberland collaborates with Tuvan voice artist Sainkho Namtchylak, considered the first female overtone artist

Sat Oct 23rd Lees het speciale LGW21 dossier van Gonzo (circus) met Blak Saagan, Space Afrika, Spill Gold, Vladislav Delay & meer

Sat Oct 23rd Listen to 'Space 1.8', Caribbean-Belgian composer & harpist Nala Sinephro's cathartic debut album for Warp Records

Fri Oct 22nd Listen: Cate Le Bon, The Notwist, Kate NV & more rework the music of Aksak Maboul on 'Redrawn Figures 1'

Fri Oct 22nd Get a free one-year digital subscription to LGW media partners Wax Poetics

Thu Oct 21st Jessica Moss announces new album 'Phosphenes'; listen to first track 'Contemplation II'

Thu Oct 21st Listen: LGW21 curator John Dwyer talks to Brigid Dawson about songwriting, memories of touring, classical music, and birthday presents

Wed Oct 20th LGW x SPEAK present: Colombian musician Julián Mayorga introduced by Carlos Tapias & Camila Duarte

Wed Oct 20th Klein announces new album 'Harmattan'; watch the video for 'Hope Dealers'

Sun Oct 17th Watch: experimental hip-hop duo Model Home release video for 'Night Break'

Sat Oct 16th Music for when the sun goes down: 'Under the Liliac Sky' by Arushi Jain

Fri Oct 15th LGW x SPEAK present: Japanese composer Midori Takada introduced by Risa Arai

Tue Oct 12th Black Country, New Road announce new album 'Ants From Up There' + share first single 'Chaos Space Marine'

Fri Oct 8th Listen: LA-based songwriter Shannon Lay releases new album 'Geist'

Fri Oct 8th LGW x SPEAK present: Catalan vocal duo Tarta Relena introduced by Román Sánchez & Ayla Losada

Wed Oct 6th 'Pleasure, Joy and Happiness': listen to and learn about the return of soul singer Eddie Chacon

Mon Oct 4th Listen to multidisciplinary artist Lucinda Chua's exclusive mix for Bleep

Fri Oct 1st LGW x SPEAK present: Brazilian songwriter Sessa introduced by Carlos Santos

Fri Oct 1st Niger's Etran de L'Aïr share new single 'Toubouk Ine Chihoussay'

Wed Sep 29th Listen: spiritual soul sensation Gabriels release new single 'Blame'

Tue Sep 28th Listen to Suuns' newest album, 'The Witness'

Sun Sep 26th Read via The Quietus: which records would Aksak Maboul seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?

Sat Sep 25th Kelman Duran releases new album 'A Night In Tijuana' on Scorpio Red

Fri Sep 24th Boss of Brussels rap Zwangere Guy releases new single 'FAMILIE BOVEN ALLES' with rap crew STIKSTOF

Fri Sep 24th Listen: Lyra Pramuk releases 'Delta', a new take on a traditional remix album

Thu Sep 23rd LGW x SPEAK present: Lisbon's DJ Lycox introduced by Ana Góis & José Teixeira

Wed Sep 22nd Listen: FLOHIO releases new single 'Whiplash'

Wed Sep 22nd Damon Locks discusses Black Monument Ensemble's 'NOW' with Nombuso Mathibela for PAM

Wed Sep 22nd Read: "the crowning glory of Coventry"; PAM meets up with Pa Salieu

Sun Sep 19th Read via The Quietus: which records would Ghalia Benali seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?

Sat Sep 18th Listen: Gambian-British rapper Pa Salieu releases new EP 'Afrikan Rebel'

Tue Sep 14th Introducing Siti Muharam, the 'golden voice of Zanzibar' & great granddaughter of taarab legend Siti Binti Saad

Fri Sep 10th Read via The Quietus: which records would Vanishing Twin seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?

Fri Sep 10th LGW x SPEAK present: Egyptian ensemble Mazaher introduced by Ahmed Mostafa

Sat Sep 4th Read via The Quietus: which records would Ana Roxanne seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?

Fri Sep 3rd Radio Philharmonic Orchestra perform Alexander Scriabin's ghostly 'Le Poème du Feu' with light organ at LGW21

Fri Sep 3rd Attend online: Hidden Musics artists Etran de L’Aïr, live in Agadez, filmed in classic Agadez wedding style

Mon Aug 30th Listen: Tara Clerkin Trio announce 'In Spring' EP and release title track

Fri Aug 27th Brooklyn post-punk five-piece Gustaf share video for new single 'Best Behavior'

Fri Aug 27th Read via The Quietus: which records would Duma seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?

Fri Aug 27th Introducing Ensemble Klang, presenting the live premiere of 'Thrift Hybrids' at LGW21

Wed Aug 25th Irreversible Entanglements, curated by Matana Roberts for LGW21, announce new album + share video for 'Open The Gates'

Mon Aug 23rd Read via The Quietus: which records would Pink Siifu seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?

Fri Aug 20th Watch: OSEES plays live cover of Faust's 'J'ai Mal Aux Dents'

Sun Aug 15th Introducing 'Hadret Ishq', Ghalia Benali's latest musical project

Fri Aug 13th Read via The Quietus: which records would Lucrecia Dalt seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?

Thu Aug 12th Galya Bisengalieva announces remix album 'Aralkum Aralas' and shares first track featuring Jlin

Tue Aug 10th Listen: Jesu releases deluxe remaster of 2004 debut EP 'heart ache'

Fri Aug 6th Read via The Quietus: which records would Felix Kubin seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?

Tue Aug 3rd Listen: Pink Siifu releases new album 'GUMBO'!'

Fri Jul 30th Brooklyn's Gustaf, curated by John Dwyer for LGW21, release video for 'Book' from upcoming album

Fri Jul 30th Nyege Nyege sub-label Hakuna Kulala launches new white label vinyl series with Menzi's 'Impazamo' EP

Thu Jul 29th Read via The Quietus: which records would Jean-Hervé Peron (Faust) seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?

Tue Jul 27th Read via OkayAfrica: "Uganda's Authentically Plastic Finds Queer Sanctuary on the Dance Floor"

Fri Jul 23rd Argentinian "giant of musique concrète" Beatriz Ferreyra, curated by Lucrecia Dalt for LGW21, releases new album 'Canto+'

Thu Jul 22nd Read via The Quietus: which records would Matana Roberts seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?

Tue Jul 20th Meet Spirit Fest: members of The Notwist and Tenniscoats offer delightful moments of nostalgia

Thu Jul 15th Pink Siifu releases video for 'lng hair dnt care' from upcoming album 'GUMBO’!'

Wed Jul 14th LGW21 curator Lucrecia Dalt & Aaron Dilloway (Wolf Eyes) release collaborative album 'Lucy & Aaron'

Sun Jul 4th Listen: Earth Girl Helen Brown release 'Earth' EP, featuring members of OSEES, Black Dice, and Total Control

Fri Jul 2nd Watch: Tarta Relena release video for new single 'Las alamedas'

Thu Jul 1st Read via The Quietus: which records would Phil Elverum seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?

Wed Jun 30th Vanishing Twin announce new album & share video for 'Big Moonlight (Ookii Gekkou)'

Sat Jun 26th Read Pitchfork's interview with Arooj Aftab, "the Defiant Singer Who’s Reimagining Traditional South Asian Music for Today"

Fri Jun 25th Listen: L'Rain releases new album 'Fatigue' + read New York Times interview

Mon Jun 21st Lori Goldston releases collaborative album with Dylan Carlson (Earth)

Fri Jun 18th Read via The Quietus: which records would Black Country, New Road seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?

Fri Jun 18th Watch Lucrecia Dalt & Aaron Dilloway's new video for 'Bordeándola'

Wed Jun 16th Watch Plague Organ's live debut at Roadburn Redux, co-presented by LGW

Tue Jun 15th Kenya's Duma, curated by Phil Elverum for LGW21, release new single 'Cannis/Mbukinya' via Sub Pop

Sun Jun 6th Watch: KeiyaA features in Solange's Saint Heron's short film 'Passage'

Fri Jun 4th Pa Salieu teams up with slowthai for new single 'Glidin'

Sun May 30th Watch a stunning live session with Alabaster dePlume at Oxford's Covered Market, presented by Upcycled Sounds

Thu May 20th DJ Fitz, LGW resident DJ, releases FITZ MIX: a cassette with rare melancholic jams from around the world

Wed May 19th Read: The Guardian talk to The Necks' Tony Buck about improvising and bypassing the brain onstage

Tue May 18th Black Country, New Road share stripped back, acoustic version of 'Track X'

Fri May 14th Letters from musicians: Bant Mag. talk to Phil Elverum

Thu Apr 22nd Letters from musicians: Bant Mag. talk to Midori Takada

Wed Apr 14th Bant Mag. publish Zoom conversation between Matana Roberts and Moor Mother about new paths, music and racism

Fri Apr 9th Listen: Pink Siifu releases NEGRO DELUXE

Thu Apr 8th Letters from musicians: Bant Mag. talk to Damon Locks

Fri Apr 2nd Listen: Damon Locks' Black Monument Ensemble release new song 'Keep Your Mind Free'

Thu Apr 1st Read Bant Mag.'s track by track interview with Black Country, New Road

Fri Mar 12th Listen: Model Home release collaborative album with Saint Abdullah

Fri Mar 5th Alabaster dePlume shares new instrumental song 'Bean', available via Bandcamp for 24 hours only

Wed Mar 3rd Phil Elverum's The Microphones announce 'Foghorn Tape' LP featuring "100% background noise"

Mon Feb 22nd Damon Locks' Black Monument Ensemble announce new album 'NOW'; watch the video for the title track

Thu Feb 18th Alabaster dePlume covers Arthur Russell and Jaimie Branch for Lagniappe Sessions

Tue Feb 16th Lucrecia Dalt releases outtakes from latest album 'No era sólida'

Fri Feb 5th Listen: Black Country, New Road release debut album 'For the first time'

Thu Feb 4th Watch: Conjunto Papa Upa releases video for 'Todo Parao'

Wed Feb 3rd Watch: Pink Siifu releases new short film 'NATION TYME!'

Fri Jan 29th Read Bandcamp's feature about São Paulo guitarist Kiko Dinucci

Tue Jan 12th Listen to & watch video for Black Country, New Road's new song 'Track X'

Mon Dec 28th Watch a video portrait of Egyptian Zar ensemble Mazaher

Wed Dec 16th Watch Black Country, New Road perform new songs on ARTE's 'Echoes' with Jehnny Beth

Mon Dec 14th Listen to the gleaming optimistic sound of Y-Bayani & Baby Naa on their album ‘Nsie Nsie’

Fri Dec 11th John Dwyer's Osees release remix album 'Panther Rotate'

Wed Dec 9th The New Yorker picks Etran de L'Aïr's cellphone-recorded 'No. 1' as album of the year

Mon Nov 30th Watch: Brazilian artist Sessa performs a sultry session at the iconic KEXP studio

Fri Nov 20th Listen to South African collective SPAZA's soundtrack album 'UPRIZE!'

Fri Nov 13th Limited edition ON/OFF merchandise available in our webshop now