Le Loup

{{Other uses|Leloup (disambiguation){{!}}Leloup}}

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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., USA

| genre = Indie, Folk

| years_active = 2006–2011

| label = Hardly Art, Talitres

| current_members = Christian Ervin
Michael Ferguson
Robert Sahm
Sam Simkoff
Jim Thomson

| past_members = Nicole Keenan
May Tabol
Dan Ryan

}}

Le Loup was an American 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,{{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 }} Arcade Fire, The Books, Animal Collective{{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}} and Yeasayer.{{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=usurped | 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 }}

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 was released on September 11, 2007. Their most recent 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}}