Pink-haired punk rock preteens! Horses galloping across the Irish(?) countryside! A semi-nude dude in his bedroom, um, rocking out?! That’s the sort of fare we’ve seen in the Les Savy Fav video contest that kicked off last month. But with the release of the Brooklyn art-punks latest full-length, Let’s Stay Friends, looming, the contest is drawing to a close. Get your last-minute entries in before the record’s release on September 18th. In the meantime, check out some of the competition.
In other news, the mash-up masterminds over at The Hood Internet have worked their magic on one of the lead singles from Let’s Stay Friends. “What Would Devin Do?” is a mash-up of Devin The Dude’s ultra-chill “What A Job” (which also features Andre 3000 and Snoop) and the Fav’s propulsive “What Would Wolves Do.” Give it a listen yourself below:
DJ STV SLV: Les Savy Fav vs. Devin The Dude – “What Would Devin Do?”
http://www.thehoodinternet.com/2007/09/devin-dude-vs-les-savy-fav.html
Download the mp3 for “What Would Wolves Do” by Les Savy Fav from Let’s Stay Friends (Frenchkiss Records)
Download the mp3 for “The Equestrian” by Les Savy Fav from Let’s Stay Friends (Frenchkiss Records)
Watch Les Savy Fav perform at City Sol this past June
http://www.baeblemusic.com/download.aspx?vID=110
Read Les Savy Fav frontman Tim Harrington’s Pitchfork Guestlist:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/44520-guest-list-les-savy-fav
Read Les Savy Fav guitarist Seth Jabour and Harrington’s Stereogum Quit Your Day Job Interview:
http://www.stereogum.com/archives/quit-your-day-job/quit-your-day-job-les-savy-fav.html
What the press is saying about Les Savy Fav:
“Les Savy Fav is one of New York’s finest rock bands, hands down.” – Village Voice
“Up-beat, jaunty rock, deliberately curdled with dissonant guitar lines and critiques of capitalism.” – The New York Times
“Les Savy Fav specialize in brainy, brawny punk rock: The guitar lines search and stammer, and the lyrics follow and obtuse narrative path, untangling with each listen.” – Entertainment Weekly
Upcoming Dates:
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, UK - Secret Show TBA
10/21 – Manchester, UK - Club Academy
10/22 – London, UK - Scala
10/23 – Berlin, Germany - Festsaak Kreuzberg
10/24 – Hamburg, Germany - Ubel & Gafehrlich
10/25 – Rotterdam, Holland - Rotown
Want More Les Savy Fav?
http://www.lessavyfav.com
http://www.virb.com/lessavyfav
http://www.myspace.com/lessavyfav
http://www.frenchkissrecords.com