St Vincent, Swans, Autechre top Le Guess Who? Festival bill

Sets by Autechre and St. Vincent and a strand curated by Swans frontman Michael Gira head up the eclectic final line-up for the four-day Le Guess Who? festival in the Dutch city of Utrecht next month.

Autechre – who headlines the Simple Things all-dayer in Glasgow next month – tops the bill on Sat 22 Nov, on a packed day which also features ambient duo Winged Victory for the Sullen and Cleveland rockers Cloud Nothings.

Art rockers Suuns are among the latest additions to the bill, presenting their collaboration with Jerusalem in My Heart on the festival’s final day alongside Sleaford Mods, tUnE-yArDs plus headliner St Vincent, who featured on our cover back in August.

Gira’s line-up for the ‘Mouth to Mouth’ element of Le Guess Who? includes post-punk stalwarts Wire, ‘Words to the Blind’ – the collaboration between Savages and Japanese noise rockers Bo Ningen – and US art-rockers Xiu Xiu, as well as a set by Swans themselves.

A host of acts have also been added to the festival’s ‘24-hour Drone Fest’ strand, which is topped by sets from Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley, Tim Hecker, and avant-garde composer William Basinski.

Le Guess Who? festival, which also features a strand presented by the Austin Psych Fest and a Fuzzland garage rock strand, takes place in venues across Utrecht on 20-23 Nov. Four-day festival passes are 100 euros; day tickets are 30-35 euros.