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Les Savy Fav

Event Details

Thursday, February 10, 2011
Headline Artist: Les Savy Fav
Venue: Manning Bar
Manning Road
2006 The University of Sydney
AU

Since their emergence from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1996, Les Savy Fav have been building a passionate following among musicians, fans, and critics the old fashioned way: by earning it. Fifteen years of musical experience has led them to arrive at a diamond-edged sound that is as upfront and direct as the quintet’s legendary live shows.

The band's unique approach to songwriting, not to mention the spastic and often unpredictable live performances of vocalist Tim Harrington, is pure art school; and it has hoisted Les Savy Fav into the same adventurous category as hard rocking 1990s acts like the Jesus Lizard, Brainiac, Six Finger Satellite and Jawbox.

Truly where Les Savy Fav set themselves apart is live: their shows are an intensely chaotic experience for band and audience alike. “Harrington is an insane dynamo, shrieking his lines into the mic, staggering around the stage, baiting the audience, swilling from a bottle of wine, wandering out into the crowd...

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Les Savy Fav is an indie rock band which formed in Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1995, where the members were attending the Rhode Island School of Design.