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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Le Loup
| image           = N731261175_482526_551.jpg
| caption         = Le Loup live at the Black Cat in Washington, DC 12/10/2007 (Adam Shlossman)
| background      = group_or_band
| origin          = [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States|USA]]
| genre           = [[Indie music|Indie]], [[Folk music|Folk]]
| years_active    = 2006–2011
| label           = [[Hardly Art]], [[Talitres]]
| current_members = Christian Ervin<br />Michael Ferguson<br />Robert Sahm<br />Sam Simkoff<br />Jim Thomson
| past_members    = Nicole Keenan<br />May Tabol<br>Dan Ryan
}}
'''Le Loup''' was an American [[indie music|indie]] band founded in September 2006, in [[Washington, D.C.]] by Sam Simkoff (keyboard/banjo). The band also includes Christian Ervin (computer), Michael Ferguson (guitar), Dan Ryan (bass), Robert Sahm (drums) and Jim Thomson (guitar).  Their name is French for "The Wolf". The group has drawn comparisons to [[Sufjan Stevens]],<ref>{{cite news | publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] | url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/42860-exclusive-sub-pops-hardly-art-signs-le-loup | last=Solarski | first=Matthew | title=Exclusive: Sub Pop's Hardly Art Signs Le Loup | date=2007-05-10 | access-date=2007-10-05 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519215853/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/42860-exclusive-sub-pops-hardly-art-signs-le-loup | archive-date=2007-05-19 }}</ref> [[Arcade Fire]], [[The Books]], [[Animal Collective]]<ref>{{cite news | publisher=Pastepunk | url=http://pastepunk.com/showreviews.php?v=252 | last=Harisiadis | first=Alex | title=Le Loup at Black Cat, Washington, DC 2007-05-06 | access-date=2007-10-05}}</ref> and [[Yeasayer]].<ref>{{cite news | publisher=Melophobe | url=http://www.melophobe.com/concert-reviews/le-loup-the-ruby-suns-tt-the-bears-place-cambridge/ | last=Lodine | first=Karen | title=Le Loup + The Ruby Suns - T.T. the Bear's Place (Cambridge, MA; March 25, 2008) | access-date=2008-12-04 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208095049/http://www.melophobe.com/concert-reviews/le-loup-the-ruby-suns-tt-the-bears-place-cambridge/ | archive-date=December 8, 2008 }}</ref>
The group is currently signed to [[Hardly Art]], a label started by [[Sub Pop]] founder [[Jonathan Poneman]] in early 2007. Their debut album, ''[[The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly (album)|The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly]]'' was released on September 11, 2007. Their most recent album, ''[[Family (Le Loup album)|Family]]'', was released by Hardly Art on September 22, 2009.
Their song "Morning Song" is featured in [[BlackBerry]] commercials released the summer of 2010.
Through their Facebook page they announced that they are no longer playing together.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
==Discography==
*''[[The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly (album)|The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly]]'' (2007)
*''[[Family (Le Loup album)|Family]]'' (2009)
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://myspace.com/leloupmusic Le Loup] on [[Myspace]]
*[http://www.hardlyart.com/leloup.html Hardly Art: Le Loup]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091017090425/http://www.theartssection.com/2009/09/music-family-by-le-loup.html Interview and Review at The Arts Section]
*[http://www.tinymixtapes.com/Le-Loup,6198 Interview on Tiny Mix Tapes]
*[http://www.dcist.com/2007/05/30/three_stars_le.php DCist: "Three Stars: Le Loup"] (review)
*[http://obscuresound.com/?p=3191 Le Loup on Obscure Sound]
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[[Category:Indie rock musical groups from Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:Hardly Art artists]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 2006]]
[[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2011]]
[[Category:2006 establishments in Washington, D.C.]]