My oh my, we have to be careful not to become spoiled! With yesterdays announcement of the LEMINIWHO? line-up we almost forgot to mention that we also continue the tradition of hosting an intimate night with mind-blowing-tear-jerking songwriters during LEGUESSWHO?

Like at previous editions we are hosting the friday night at ‘Kargadoor’, Utrecht, which is situated in an amazing 11th century wharf cellar. Just as amazing is the line-up! Drum rollllll!

Snailhouse (CAN)
Paterfamilias of Montreal songwriting

Ryan Francesconi (US)
Guitar virtuoso and the main man on Joanna Newsom’s remarkable triple album “Have One On Me”.

Stranded Horse (FR)
Frenchman Yann Tambour, specialized in silencing rooms and flooring jaws!

Get your location/day/passe-partout here!

We’ve got so much stuff going on! That’s why we’d like to invite you to catch some of that energy that has been sucked out of our handsome bodies by visiting the tiny sister of the great LEGUESSWHO? festival. Since we are known for our love to do things for free we are stoked to tell you the line up of upcoming Saturday afternoons LEMINIWHO?

There you have it! This Saturday at Voorstraat, Utrecht!

Bass Drum of Death (US)
Swagger, riffs, hair, fuzz and surrender!

Swearing at Motorists (US)
“The Two Man Who” stadium rock band!

Snailhouse (CAN)
Paterfamilias of Montreal songwriting

Richard Buckner (US)
Merge recording artist from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada serving Alternative country

Ryan Francesconi (US)
Guitar virtuoso and the main man on Joanna Newsom’s remarkable triple album “Have One On Me”.

Het Gloren (BEEP)
Little sketch-like songs going hand in hand with grand musical gestures.

Case Mayfield (NL)
Great sounding Pain, grief, venom, anger and cynicism.

Bob Corn (IT)
Sad punk

Spilt Milk (NL)
Late 19th /early 20th century poets sung by Amsterdam youngsters.

Maison du Malheur (NL)
Old Time Music

All these sweet artists will perform in various stores around the ‘Voorstraat’ in Utrecht.

Last but not least the always delicious ‘Just Like Your Mom’ will serve the best veggie burgers at ACU (also at the Voorstraat).

Here’s a time table! and a PDF with all you need to know! See you at LEGUESSWHO!`

Every year we try to contribute our humble share to Hollands best festival and this year will be no exception! ‘How do you mean?’ Well here’s a little glimpse of what we are up to! On Saturday November 26th Beep! Beep! Back Up The Truck and the awesome
Le Guess Who? festival present the free mini-festival “Le Mini Who?”.

In collaboration with various shops and cafes in and around the Voorstraat in Utrecht we will present mini gigs and viewings of some pretty awesome artists! The fun will take place between 12:00 and 18:00 at various locations. Participating locations at Le Mini Who? are Plato record store, The Village Coffee …& Music, Puha, VinVin, Klijs & Boon, Café ‘t Hart, De Voortuin and Café Sussies. Besides a very extensive and varied music program, Klijs & Boon will show various videos and graphic designer Carlien Peijsel will display her ‘habit’ project in Puha. Exclusively for Le Guess Who? wristband-holders there have been arranged various discounts at these participating partners.

The program of Le Mini Who? will be announced on Friday, November 18th , during the warm-up party with Sleep and Pure X ∞ in EKKO. This pre-party is free for festival pass holders – other visitors pay € 5 entrance.
As always! Feel free to RSVP!

From November 24th till 28th the 4th edition of the LeGuessWho? festival in the beautiful city center of our hometown, Utrecht.

On Friday the 26th we will handle the west side of the city by hosting to venues called ‘Ekko’ and ‘Kargadoor’. These two exquisite venues are only a 100 meters apart from each other.  What can expect? Well…

Ekko
Menomena (listen) 22:00
Trumans Water (listen) 20:15
Siskiyou (related to Great lake swimmers) (listen) 19:30

Kargadoor
Elephant Micah (watch) 23:00
Kiss the anus of a black cat(listen) 21:30

(Let’s call it ‘black cat’ for now ok?)

Tickets are on sale now in three different options.

LeGuess Who? Beep! Beep! ticket (€ 13,-)
giving you entrance to Ekko & Kargadoor on November 26th

Le Guess Who? 4-day Passepartout Ticket (€ 65,-)
Le Guess Who? Dayticket Friday (€ 20,-)

…and a nice elephant Micah video for you to watch!

and don’t hesitate to click on the link to find more about ‘LeGuessWho?’!

To warm you up for LEGUESSWHO? festival 2010 we will host a FREE pre-party on Friday, November 12. It will take place at dB’s, Utecht, where you will be entertained by New Yorks hottest, Beach Fossils.

The jangly, self recorded ramblings of Brooklyn’s Dustin Payseur go by the name of Beach Fossils and offer hauntingly catchy tunes that blend the energy of an impulsive road trip with the melodious wandering of a lucid dream. Sun drenched riffs, kaleidoscopic rhythms and hazy lyrics saturate Beach Fossils’ first release, the album’s carefree vibe is perfectly summed up through song titles such as ‘Daydream,” “Vacation,” and “Lazy Day.”

listen to the fossils over here!

LEGUESSWHO? it self will take place from November 24 till the 28th. Over 50 of the finest bands (like Broken Social Scene, Beach House, Menomena & Talleest Man on Earth) will make their presence. More info here

From November 24th till 28th the 4th edition of the LeGuessWho? festival in the beautiful city center of our hometown, Utrecht.

While waiting for that glorious week, we will warm you up with a pre-party on November 12. It will take place at dB’s and you will be accompanied by two or three great bands. First two are hailing from New York and New Zealand going by the name of:

Beach fossils (listen)
the Situations (listen)

And you guessed it, it’s FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

On Friday the 26th we will handle west side of the city by hosting to venues called ‘Ekko’ and ‘Kargadoor’. Why would you care? This is why:

Menomena (listen)
Shugo Tokumaru (listen)
Trumans Water (listen)
Siskiyou (related to Great lake swimmers) (listen)
Elephant Micah (watch)Tickets are on sale now in three different options.

LeGuess Who? Beep! Beep! ticket (€ 13,-)
giving you entrance to Ekko & Kargadoor on November 26th

Le Guess Who? 4-day Passepartout Ticket (€ 65,-)
Le Guess Who? Dayticket Friday (€ 20,-)

…and a nice Shugo Tokumaru video for you to watch!

and a sweet little link to the Godfathers ‘LeGuessWho?’ for all the info you need!

Well well well, with a swell presentation behind us, we can now announce you our humble share as a part of the Le Guess Who? 2010 festival. We are honoured to present you a night at Ekko as well as an acoustic night at Kargadoor. So here we go: Beep! Beep! Back up the truck! Proudly presents: Barsuk recording artists Menomena, 31knots’ leadsinger side project, called Tu Fawning and the folk rock of Jason Molina’s buddy Elephant Micah. Yes, that good friends are some sweet sweet artists. More bands will be announced in the upcoming month.

But of course there is way more then just then these Beep! Beep! contributions. Check out this far from complete list of artists that the festival is serving you already.

Swans (vs) opening with support from James Blackshaw (en)
Caribou (can)
Beach House (vs)
The Tallest Man On Earth (zw)
Dimlite (sw)
Trembling Bells (sco)
Ganglians (usa)
Subtitle (usa)
Sharon van Etten (usa)
Voice Of The Seven Thunders (uk)
Alasdair Roberts (sco)
Junip (zw)
Fitz (vs)
Ty Segall (vs)

The Le Guess Who? festival takes place in Utrecht, the Netherlands from November 24th till November 28 2010.
Early Bird tickets cost € 50,- and are on sale from juli 3, go to Tickets for more info.

For now we will leave you with some high quality youtube material by Elephant Micah.

Cheerio!

We’re very pleased with our tiny contribution to the allmighty Le Guess Who? Fest. 2009. We had the atmospheric Kargadoor filled to the brim. Nu.nl and 3voor12 were in the house to give their expert opinions (allthough we mostly don’t agree with the latter….mostly).
Why don’t you check out these videos of that night and judge for yourself. Behold! Them Videos!

Ow, and we found this oldy by Audiotransparent from our Vette Analoge Shit night last may, when they teamed up with Great Lake Swimmers. Look at it as your christmas bonus. We won’t charge you extra for this one.

While the Le Guess Who? Festival is knocking at our door, we’d like to take a sec and reminisce. Only two weeks ago we hosted the official Le Guess Who? Pre-Party in dB’s with the awesome Clues, and man, did we have a blast. A packed venue and exactly the right tunes to get us in that guess who? mood.
Check out this first vid of Clues (more on the way) and hope to see you tomorrow night at our own show during the festival with Audiotransparent, Moon & Sun and Ryland Bouchard in the Kargadoor.

Pffff…Still recovering from the BEEP! BEEP!, LE GUESS WHO? pre-party. Right now we are heading towards the festival itself. So it’s time to get back to work again and tell you what you should do next…iifffff you live in Holland that is!  So I’m going to keep this one nice and short for my self. All text underneath is stolen. Still we do agree more or less

Ow and I included some listening pleasure as well. Check it!

Friday 27th, November @ Kargadoor, Utrecht

Moon & Sun plays the self-invented genre of Apocalypso. The resulting EP ‘Moon & Sun sings Apocalypso’ contains 4 of the most seducing songs that were made this year. Crackly triphop beats and the sultry voice of Tormell, mixed with Carribean rythms and surprising samples.

1. Moon & Sun – Ashes

Audiotransparent from Groningen is one of The Netherlands’ best and most underrated bands. Their melancholic songs are dressed in tasteful, hypnotic arrangements, with a creative use of strings and samples. Time to check them out and upperrate them! (OK this last sentence I wrote my self)

Ryland Bouchard (ex-The Robot Ate Me) occupies his own odd universe. With a high voice he sings strange indiepop songs on dark topics, such as his schizophrenic mother that was raped in prison by the prison guards, or his extremely religious brother who would regularly beat Bouchard up, for ‘religious’ reasons. Bouchard sometimes plays folk songs with an acoustic guitar, other times he’ll do indiepop with keyboards and drum computers, or he’ll suddenly start playing avant-garde compositions with clarinet and percussion. Live he lets the audience play an important role in the music. Just like Mount Eerie and The Flaming Lips, Ryland Bouchard has the courage to be ambitious and controversial. For the real connoisseurs.

1. Ryland Bouchard – Climb to the top

Doors: 20:00
Damage: 6 Euro

You can buy your ticket HERE