Les Savy Fav on tour in support of new effort

This weekend, Les Savy Fav invaded Indio, California to perform alongside Portishead, The Racounters, The Breeders, and pretty much every other indie rock band known to man. As usual, the wild ‘n sweaty antics of shirtless leadsinger Tim Harrington won accolades (NME, Wired, Stereogum, Billboard) from anyone within eyeshot, and convinced the folks at Billboard to call the band’s performance Friday’s “most entertaining set.” Duh. Of course, most of us weren’t able to make the desert trek to watch guitarists Seth Jabour and Andrew Reuland, drummer Harrison Haynes, and bassist Syd Butler tear through renditions of “The Equestrian” and “Sweat Descends” while Tim called the scorching sun a “puss bag.”

But no big deal, right? Because today, Tuesday, April 29th, Les Savy Fav releases After The Balls Drop, the first ever live album from a band that built a decade-spanning career on the strength of its batshit-crazy stage presence. Documenting the Fav’s January 1st performance at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom, only moments after the entire room rang in 2008, the record includes a ton of classics and a suitably cheery encore filled with a handful of cover songs from Nirvana, Love, Pixies, Misfits, and Creedence Clearwater Revival. You can read a bit about the performance (and the AC/DC track that didn’t make the record) at Rollingstone.com or stream the album in full over at AOL Spinner.

Of course, Harrington and company will be keeping fairly busy throughout the summer, too, playing a few shows in the UK this May, including a set at ATP vs. Pitchfork Festival in Camber on the 10th. Then they’ll head back to the states forNew York Mag’s indie rock trivia night (yay, Zach Galifianakis trading barbs with Tim Harrington!) at Highline on the 21st. After that, there’s a stop at Pitchfork Festival in Chicago on July 20th, and at Capitol Hill Black Party in Seattle on July 25th, before the Great White North gets its taste on the 26th with a show at Commodore Ballroom.

Upcoming Shows
05-08 Kingston on Thames, UK – New Slang @ The Works
05-09 Oxford, UK – ACD (Upstairs)
05-10 Camber, UK – ATP vs. Pitchfork Festival
05-21 New York, NY – Highline Ballroom w/ Zach Galifianakis
05-29-31 Barcelona, Spain - Parc del Fòrum (Primavera Sound)
06-23-27 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
07-20 Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival
07-25 Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party
07-26 Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom

For More Information:
http://www.lessavyfav.com/
http://www.myspace.com/lessavyfav
http://www.frenchkissrecords.com/