We hadden niet durven dromen dat we dit jaar nog goed nieuws uit kamp Roadburn konden melden, maar het is echt waar: Roadburn 2021 gaat wél door. Niet in de bekende (en onderhand genattedroomde) fysieke vorm uiteraard, daar ging helaas al in december en voor het tweede jaar op rij een streep doorheen. Het leed wordt niettemin danig verzacht met een Roadburn in een alternatief format. Zo zijn favoriete gasten
In tijden als deze pakken we elk lichtpuntje met beide handen aan. En ondanks dat de vooruitzichten voor de cultuursector er niet beter op geworden zijn, dropt Le Guess Who? vandaag alsnog nieuwe namen voor hun speciale coronaproof ON/OFF editie op 14 en 15 november. Want met een beetje geluk kunnen we in november weer in kleine getalen concerten kijken. De line-up is, zoals we van Le Guess Who? mogen
Torche is een bijzondere band. De Amerikanen hebben in vijftien jaar een stevig repertoire van vijf platen, vier EP’s en twee splits met Boris en Part Chimp op de band geslingerd. Het viertal uit Miami komt altijd heavy voor de dag, met dwingende bassen en een enorme groove en hangt lekker tussen rock en metal in met een proggy mix van stoner en sludge. En Torche speelt dit jaar op
The final night of the festival tends to be a more mellow experience as the largest flood of bands has come and gone. However this year they’ve saved some of the best for last with two heavily punk inspired bands in The Ex and Tropical Fuck Storm, though they’ve moved far beyond the confines of this genre. Both bands have ironically attained a lot of clout precisely through their rejection
With an eclectic offering of bands from all over the world, it seems that Le Guess Who? has once again succeeded in maintaining their renowned reputation. The thirteenth edition had around 200 artists scattered over four exhaustive days, creating a unique experience. Whether you like world music, jazz or electronic music. Either way, the visitor was bound to find a whole heap of surprises, being able to form the festival
Most of Le Guess Who?’s venues are right in the city centre, but two main ones stand out on either side. To the southeast De Helling provides an alternate location for more abrasive bands less suitable for their main Vredenburg complex. On the northwestern side of the centre a large industrial warehouse is situated, called the CAB-building, containing amongst others a brewery, a film studio and dB’s, one of a
Whether you like jazz, world music or electronic: with over 200 bands Le Guess Who? has something for everyone. But the way Le Guess Who? realizes its full potential is also via an unrequited love for psychedelic music in all its facets. Throughout the years there has been a good dosage of psychrock acts and this year is no different. From Earth on Thursday, two Mythic Sunship sets to up-and-coming
It is strange to think that Mythic Sunship, with seven albums under their belt, only just now in 2019 visited the Netherlands for the first time, back in April at Roadburn. Naturally, the anaconda rockers from Copenhagen, seem a great fit for Le Guess Who? too, because the band has been steadily rising in the psychscene. And for good reason, because their discography encompasses a whole heap of influences, from
As usual Le Guess Who? has a lot to offer for enthusiasts of noise and experimental rock. From the wildly innovative, deeply unsettling or just immensely loud, bands all across this genre have made their way to Utrecht to wreak havoc this weekend. Primary among them on this Friday are the freewheeling spacerock of Moon Relay from Norway and the Irish menace Girl Band with the honours of properly ending
The name Le Guess Who? has for many people become synonymous for breaking boundaries, experimentation and, even in louder genres, for good taste. However, what happened at the tail end of an already particularly noise-laden Friday night when Lightning Bolt took to the stage has nothing to do with all of the above. For anyone who’s already witnessed a live show by this duo before, or who’s heard of their
