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Les Savy Fav's Balls drop in late April

Writer: Adina Fleming
News, Published online on 24 Mar 2008

Following last year’s Let’s Stay Friends, the Brooklyn-based indie rockers of Les Savy Fav (pronounced lay-SAH-vee-FAHV) are set to release their first live album on April 29. Entitled After the Balls Drop, the 15-track recording documents the band’s notable performance this past New Year’s Eve at Bowery Ballroom in New York City. Known for impressive, if random, live antics (frontman Tim Harrington kisses audience members, changes costume onstage and sometimes busts out a bubble machine to name a few), the live album aims to capture this exuberance.

The digital-only release features songs from the art-rock group’s older albums as well as recent hits from Let’s Stay Friends, including “What Would Wolves Do” and “Patty Lee.” Also of note are cover songs including Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Hey Tonight,” Pixies’ “Debaser,” Nirvana’s “Sliver,” Misfits “Astro Zombies” and Love’s “Everybody’s Gotta Live.”

The band has a handful of upcoming U.S. tour dates in April, with a couple east-coast shows accompanied by labelmates The Dodos and The Big Sleep and a west-coast stop in Indio, Calif. for the Coachella music festival.

April
4 - Washington, D.C. @ The Black Cat (w/ The Dodos and The Big Sleep)
5 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ TLA (w/ The Dodos and The Big Sleep)
25 - Indio, Calif. @ Coachella
27 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Great American Music Hall (w/ The Dodos)

MP3: Les Savy Fav - “Sweat Descends”

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Les Savy Fav's Balls drop in late April

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