Le Guess Who?, the European independent music festival for subculture genres such as noise rock, indie rock and IDM, just released the initial 2012 lineup and headliners include Destroyer and Grimes. Destroyer is a Canadian indie rock band fronted by Dan Bejar with indie pop and shoegaze influences. Grimes is a newer artist who has garnered a ton of buzz since her 2011 debut, Geidi Primes. She melds pop, hip hop, R&B and noise rock into a sound that’s unlike anyone one else out there today. The 6th annual music event will take place November 29th to December 2nd in Utrecht, Netherlands. Buy tickets for the event here.
Previous performers include Panda Bear, Bill Callahan, Low, John Maus and Suuns.
Le Guess Who? 2012 Lineup:
Fuck Buttons
Dirty Three
Grimes
Destroyer
Tim Hecker
Deerhoof
Mono
Julianna Barwick
Nick Waterhouse
Adrian Sherwood
Why?
Beak>
The Revival Hour
Zammuto
Lucrecia Dalt
Matana Roberts
Debruit
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma & Paul Clipson
Marisa Anderson
The Luyas
Talk Normal
Valleys
and more to come…