Mark your calendars. On April 28th one of my favorite bands (and yours too, hopefully), Les Savy Fav will drop their first ever live album "After The Balls Drop", which documents the band’s storied 3:00AM performance at Bowery Ballroom in New York City on January 1st, 2008. Fifteen tracks total, with covers of songs by the Pixies, Misfits, Nirvana, CCR & Love, as well as some of my favorite Les Savy Fav tunes (this will be a digital only release via Frenchkiss Records). The only thing that could make this post better is an announcement about LSF playing a date here in Atlanta, which the word on the street is that we just might be getting that good news soon. Fingers are crossed.
"After The Balls Drop" Tracklist
01 Equestrian
02 Patty Lee
03 What Would Wolves Do?
04 Sweat Descends
05 Yawn Yawn Yawn
06 We'll Make A Lover Of You
07 The Year Before The Year 2000
08 The Lowest Bitter
09 Who Rocks The Party
10 Tim Speech
11 Hey Tonight [Creedence Clearwater Revival Cover]
12 Debaser [Pixies Cover]
13 Astro Zombies [Misfits Cover]
14 Sliver [Nirvana Cover]
15 Everybody's Gotta Live [Love Cover]
[MP3] Les Savy Fav - The Sweat Descends (live) from "After The Balls Drop" (via Box.net)
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
LES SAVY FAV to drop first live album, cover Pixies, Misfits, Nirvana, CCR & Love
Monday, February 4, 2008
VIDEO: Les Savy Fav "Patty Lee (Live on Live on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien")"
Tim Harrington is a bad-ass motherfucker, and no one can tell me any different. Word on tha' streets is that Les Savy Fav will be playing one of those infamous Chunklet sponsored Whirlyball shows sometime soon. Henry Owings AND Tim Harrington playing Whirlyball? Man, this will be where "the sweat descends".
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Thursday, September 20, 2007
GREAT NEW MUSIC: Les Savy Fav "Let's Stay Friends"
So I've been a little sick this week, and what has been makin' me feel better? Rest? Hot miso soup? New Les Savy Fav album? Yes, yes, yes. Their new album "Let's Stay Friends" came out on Tuesday, and it is more than just a good cold remedy. It's another fantastic LSF record. I wish I could go into more detail about their growth as musicians, Tim's amazing lyrics, the album's intoxicating energy & feeling...but in my weakened condition I just can't go on any further. You'll just have to satisfy yourself with the two MP3s & video below.
[VIDEO] Les Savy Fav "Patty Lee" from Let's Stay Friends
[MP3] Les Savy Fav - Raging in the Plague Age from "Let's Stay Friends" (via Box.net)
[MP3] Les Savy Fav - Slugs in the Shrubs from "Let's Stay Friends" (via Box.net)
TOUR DATES FOR LUCKY BASTARDS:
09-21 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
09-22 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom #
10-06 New York, NY - Randall's Island $
10-20 London, England - "Secret Show"
10-21 Manchester, England - Academy
10-22 London, England - Scala
10-23 Berlin, Germany - Festsaal Kreuzberg
10-24 Hamburg, Germany - Uebel & Gafährlich
10-25 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
10-26 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino
10-27 Dublin, Ireland - Clawdaddy
11-16 Durham, NC - Duke Coffeehouse
11-30 Seattle, WA - Neumos
12-01 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
* with Cheeseburger, Fatal Flying Guilloteens
# with Parts & Labor, S Prcss
$ with the Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, Blonde Redhead, Wild Light
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