Les Savy Fav

Les Savy Fav's Tim Harrington Has a New Children's Book, This Little Piggy

The PG GG Allin

MODERN FAMILY

Beware: Nicolas Cage wants your offspring

Down On The Farm: Todd P Sets Up Shop At The Vander Ende-Onderdonk House

Bushwick delis, Chinese buffets, Mexican restaurants, Masonic temples, beaches, churches, and now an 18th-century Dutch colonial farm; New York DIY mastermind Todd Patrick has proven, yet again, that when booking an all-ages show, selecting a venue is part of the artistry. This evening at the Vander ... More >>

Q&A: Violent Bullshit On The Story Behind Their Name, OFF! Not Being Hardcore, And Their Parents Coming To Their Shows

Violent Bullshit is, indeed, the shit. The band's five members—vocalist Jayson Green, dueling guitarists Byron Kalet and Andrew Reuland, bassist Matt Cash and drummer Dan Crowell—profusely bleed hardcore and its ethos on their face-ripping, manically ragin' yet ridiculously meticulous 14 ... More >>

'Fred Armisen's Playlist Live!'

THE POISONOUS KIND

Hot Snakes slither into Brooklyn

Syd Butler, Owner Of Best New York Record Label Frenchkiss Records, Tells Us His New York Favorites

On the occasion of the Voice staff awarding Frenchkiss Records Best New York-Based Record Label in this year's Best Of New York bonanza, I decided to give Syd Butler—the founder of the label and bassist for art-rock group Les Savy Fav—a call and see if he'd be willing to chat with me ab ... More >>

Live: Neon Marshmallow Turns Up The Volume At Public Assembly

Grouper at Neon Marshmallow. Neon Marshmallow NYC Public Assembly October 14-16 Better than: Bumming about Kim and Thurston. "Yeah, he was pretty much just sitting there, watching his .wav files," somebody noted to a late-arriving friend, recounting a Friday set at this weekend's Neon Marshmallow ... More >>

HAPPY HOUR

Les Savy Fav and $4 drinks!

Archers of Loaf vs. The Greatest

A brief history of indie rock's best worst-named band

Paying Tribute To Archers Of Loaf: "Even If I Had Two Other Hands, I Couldn't Count My Favorite Archers Songs On Them"

​In this week's Voice, we looked at the history of Archers Of Loaf, the storied North Carolina indie outfit that recently got back together for a run of shows and reissues. Below, some quotes from Archers frontman Eric Bachmann that couldn't fit into the Voice's print edition; members of Band ... More >>

TO JAPAN, WITH LOVE

An all-Brooklyn benefit for disaster relief

Week in Review: Arcade Fire Won A Grammy And All We Got Was This BMX Bicycle Helmet-Cam

Santiago Felipe​And so it came to pass that a sleepy 2011 all of a sudden woke up and went crazy, as Arcade Fire won a Grammy, spawning a thousand think pieces (or two, anyway). Then Odd Future played Santos Party House! And Fallon! Many people said the word "swag." But just as the internet t ... More >>

Live: Les Savy Fav Are (Thankfully!) Still The Same Old Absurdist Art-Punk Band at the Bowery Ballroom

iPhone magic by meLes Savy Fav frontman Tim Harrington, crowd-surfing on a pedestal, lips on a flask, same as it ever was. Better than: Monotonix's indefinite hiatus. Les Savy Fav have not evolved, you will be happy to learn. They are still the same four laser-focused musicians and one giant hair ... More >>

2010: The Year In Music Photos

​The year in music, circa 2010, started at the Cake Shop, with a shred-down to the New Year courtesy of Siren Festival MVP-to-be Marissa Paternoster and her band Screaming Females. After a tour through the NYE fetes of the Lower East Side and Williamsburg, that night ended amidst a marathon sh ... More >>

The Faces of All Tomorrow's Parties New York 2010

all photos by Per Billgren This past weekend in Monticello, New York the third annual All Tomorrow's Parties New York took place. Here are some snapshots of the people we met.

Whoever Just Faked The Jelly Pool Parties Lineup Could've Done A Way Better Job

​So a couple hours ago Brooklyn Vegan seemed to post this year's Jelly Pool Party schedule, easily the most vital dance card for Brooklyn-is-the-center-of-the-universe types. But apparently it was some clown with access to the JPP braintrust's official Twitter account last year. BV posts a pho ... More >>

More Northside Festival Pics, Starring Les Savy Fav And Some, Uh, Very Short Shorts

Yikes. Pics by Rebecca Smeyne.​L Magazine's four-day Northside Fest had something for everyone, including those of you with a vested interest in seeing Les Savy Fav frontman Tim Harrington's genitals. Georgia Kral's travels are here; now, let's move on to a summary of our own Rebecca Smeyne's ... More >>

L Magazine's Elaborate, Somewhat Intimidating Northside Festival Starts Tonight

​Anyone seeking a four-day crash course in Brooklyn Rock (both from BK and of it, I guess) is hereby advised to delved deep into the Northside Festival, which packs hundreds of bands into multiple venues across the sweetest of boroughs, starting tonight with a raft of shows, led perhaps by the ... More >>

Tonight! Ava Luna, Holly Miranda, Class Actress, And Deluxx Fluxx

No one shall lay their unworthy eyes upon Holly Miranda without Shrek 3D goggles.​Ava Luna, the band that Christopher R. Weingarten boldly praised as post-every-band-you-like ("post-TVOTR, Dirty Projectors-inflected bedroom soul," to be exact) is headlining Silent Barn, bracketed by a similar ... More >>

BONUS ROUND

No losers at this arcade

2010 Northside Festival Lineup Announced!

​And it looks like our buddies at L Magazine have outdone themselves: Titus Andronicus, Liars, Fucked Up, High Places, Les Savy Fav, Polvo, Twin Sister, and Wavves are just a handful of the hundreds of bands they've got lined up to play this thing. Northside happens June 24-27 in a variety of ... More >>

Week in Review: Born Free

That's how you listen to Ghostface! Photo by Rebecca Smeyne​In the week M.I.A. broke the internet in a tidal wave of blood and guts and red hair, we did our best to put it back together.

Band of Horses Not Available? Let Les Savy Fav Soundtrack Your Street Art Instead!

First Shepard Fairey gets up at the Music Hall of Williamsburg to the sweet, sweet strains of Band of Horses, Fugazi, and Metallica; now, it seems, Brooklyn vets Faile and their mysterious buddy Bast are getting in on the random street art-indie rock crossover act. The collective plus one have comm ... More >>

IFC's Dinner With the Band Premieres Its Second Season Tonight, Which Gives Us an Excuse To Post Related Photos

Dinner With the Band guest and Santos' co-owner Andrew W.K., Food Party creator Thu Tran‎, and Dinner With the Band chef Sam Mason The second season of the Williamsburg-produced Dinner With the Band, a show that's title conveniently functions as elevator pitch, airs tonight at 10:30 pm on IFC. H ... More >>

The Badgeless Scenes of SXSW: Fader Fort, Blue Sky Studio, French Legation Museum and More

Major Lazer with Skerrit Bwoy at Jelly's Carniville Our resident ninja photog Rebecca Smeyne spent her time at South By Southwest exploring the festival's badgeless margins--the shows anybody with a little creativity and a lot of patience could attend. From the party for Death Taxes Magazine wher ... More >>

'Dinner with the Band' Line-Up Announced

​The producers of the upcoming IFC series Dinner with the Band, starring Tailor chef-owner Sam Mason, have released the line-up of bands slated to appear on the show. Fork in the Road attended the taping of an episode, where Brooklyn-based MEN joined Mason in the on-set kitchen to make duck bu ... More >>

News Roundup: Knitting Factory Opens, Jay-Z Calls Out Scalpers, Glasvegas Dude Found in NYC, Snoop Dogg Finds New Job In Tough Job Market

​--The Knitting Factory is back. After getting chased out of Tribeca last year, the venue has rebounded, and will open up again at their new location in Williamsburg at Metropolitan and Havemayer (a/k/a the old Luna Lounge) for the first time tonight. Les Savy Fav, the comedian Hannibal Buress ... More >>

THE SHOW MUST GO ON

The Knitting Factory returns, as God and Bedford intended it

News Roundup: Vashti Bunyan, The Knitting Factory, The New York International Fringe Festival, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Michael Jackson

​--Legendary cult UK folk singer Vashti Bunyan will appear at 92Y Tribeca with director Kieran Evans for a live performance and screening of the documentary Vashti Bunyan: From Here To Before on October 16th and 17th. The New York Press once called Bunyan the "Godmother of Freak Folk." She rel ... More >>

More from the Fucked Up/Rogan Store Debacle, Featuring the Vampire Weekend Dude

All Tomorrow's Parties: Now In List Form!

Interview: Barry Hogan, Creator of All Tomorrow's Parties

Talking Fact (and Probable Fiction) with the Foundling Circus Guild

TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL?

Zach Galifianakis tests your indie-rock IQ

Wednesday |5.21

Performances & Live Music

Tonight: the Music Hall of Williamsburg Opens?

Photos: Citysol, Les Savy Fav, 07.16.07

Get Your Cool On

From free cookouts to urban beaches, the best in New York's summer scenes

Photos: Les Savy Fav at the Bowery Ballroom

Noise from the Front

Les Savy Fav Shocked, Appalled at Sopranos Premiere

2002

Lycanthropy

Carnies, wolves, and goblin cocks transmogrify CMJ indie-rock fest

Stacked by Age

Art-punks past, present, and future secure empire

Listings

Prophecy Fulfilled

The Rapture Is Coming

Letters

Re-rewind the Clock

One EP Forward, Two-Step’s Back