Photos: Les Savy Fav / The Dodos [San Francisco, CA; 04/27/08]
Both bands add dates, Dodos plan UK release for Visiter
Photos by Francis Chung
Poses were struck, clothing was removed, and fans' fingers were, um, liberally sucked on at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall over the weekend. It was, yes, just another night with Les Savy Fav, who unleashed their previously reported live album After the Balls Drop today (April 29). Songwriter and Frenchkiss labelmate Meric Long opened with his outfit the Dodos, and later lent his trombone skillz to Les Savy Fav's glorious racket.
Those Dodos have already delivered a Frenchkiss to their home country in the form of debut LP Visiter, and now they're ready to show some love to the rest of the world. Having signed on with Wichita Recordings, the Dodos will release Visiter in the UK on July 7. The label will herald the album with the single release of "Red and Purple" in June.
Both the Dodos and Les Savy Fav have plenty more live engagements on the docket, recapped for your viewing convenience below. If you look closely, you'll notice Les Savy Fav are due to rock ATP vs. Pitchfork in May, while both acts barnstorm our own Pitchfork Music Festival in July.
Les Savy Fav
The Dodos
Les Savy Fav
Les Savy Fav:
05-08 Kingston upon Thames, England - The Works
05-09 Oxford, England - Zodiac at Oxford Academy
05-10-11 Rye, England - Camber Sands Holiday Centre (ATP vs. Pitchfork) !
05-21 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom ^
05-29-31 Barcelona, Spain - Parc del Fòrum (Primavera Sound)
06-23-27 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
07-20 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) $
07-25 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
07-26 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
! with the Hold Steady, Bon Iver, Jens Lekman, Black Lips, Hot Chip, Caribou, No Age, Of Montreal, Man Man, Los Campesinos!, Vampire Weekend, Glass Candy, Dirty Projectors, Meat Puppets, the Black Angels, Fuck Buttons, Times New Viking, Marissa Nadler, Wooden Shjips, Deerhunter, Jay Reatard, Shit and Shine, Sebadoh, Ween, Redd Kross, Pissed Jeans, Yeasayer, Apse, A Place to Bury Strangers, the Clientele, Black Mountain, Harmonia, Born Ruffians, Howlin' Rain, Car Sick Cars, Even, Girls Against Boys, Various Production (DJ set)
^ with Zach Galifianakis
$ with Spoon, Dinosaur Jr., Spiritualized, M. Ward, Ghostface and Raekwon, the Apples in Stereo, Boris, Dirty Projectors, Times New Viking, Cut Copy, Bon Iver, the Dodos, King Khan & His Shrines, El Guincho, Fuck Buttons, HEALTH, High Places, Mahjongg
The Dodos:
05-02 Los Angeles, CA - Natural History Museum *
05-14 San Francisco, CA - Amoeba Music (in-store)
05-29 Bristol, England - Louisiana
05-30 Nottingham, England - Red Room
06-01 Birmingham, England - Bar Academy
06-02 London, England - Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
06-03 London, England - Amersham Arms
06-11 Manchester, England - Night & Day Café
06-12 Glasgow, Scotland - Beat Club
06-13 Dublin, Ireland - Crawdaddy
06-19 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
06-25 Seattle, WA - Neumos
06-28 Calgary, Alberta - Sled Island Festival
07-02 Boise, ID - Downtown Boise Summer Series Festival
07-19 New York, NY - Coney Island (Siren Festival)
07-20 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) $
07-25 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
08-07 Oslo, Norway - Øya Festival
08-08 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-09 Rees-Haldern, Germany - Haldern Festival
09-28 New York, NY - Spiegeltent
10-04 Montreal, Quebec - Pop Montréal
* with Akron/Family
$ with Spoon, Dinosaur Jr., Spiritualized, M. Ward, Ghostface and Raekwon, Les Savy Fav, the Apples in Stereo, Boris, Dirty Projectors, Times New Viking, Cut Copy, Bon Iver, King Khan & His Shrines, El Guincho, Fuck Buttons, HEALTH, High Places, Mahjongg
Poses were struck, clothing was removed, and fans' fingers were, um, liberally sucked on at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall over the weekend. It was, yes, just another night with Les Savy Fav, who unleashed their previously reported live album After the Balls Drop today (April 29). Songwriter and Frenchkiss labelmate Meric Long opened with his outfit the Dodos, and later lent his trombone skillz to Les Savy Fav's glorious racket.
Those Dodos have already delivered a Frenchkiss to their home country in the form of debut LP Visiter, and now they're ready to show some love to the rest of the world. Having signed on with Wichita Recordings, the Dodos will release Visiter in the UK on July 7. The label will herald the album with the single release of "Red and Purple" in June.
Both the Dodos and Les Savy Fav have plenty more live engagements on the docket, recapped for your viewing convenience below. If you look closely, you'll notice Les Savy Fav are due to rock ATP vs. Pitchfork in May, while both acts barnstorm our own Pitchfork Music Festival in July.
Les Savy Fav
The Dodos
Les Savy Fav
Les Savy Fav:
05-08 Kingston upon Thames, England - The Works
05-09 Oxford, England - Zodiac at Oxford Academy
05-10-11 Rye, England - Camber Sands Holiday Centre (ATP vs. Pitchfork) !
05-21 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom ^
05-29-31 Barcelona, Spain - Parc del Fòrum (Primavera Sound)
06-23-27 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
07-20 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) $
07-25 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
07-26 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
! with the Hold Steady, Bon Iver, Jens Lekman, Black Lips, Hot Chip, Caribou, No Age, Of Montreal, Man Man, Los Campesinos!, Vampire Weekend, Glass Candy, Dirty Projectors, Meat Puppets, the Black Angels, Fuck Buttons, Times New Viking, Marissa Nadler, Wooden Shjips, Deerhunter, Jay Reatard, Shit and Shine, Sebadoh, Ween, Redd Kross, Pissed Jeans, Yeasayer, Apse, A Place to Bury Strangers, the Clientele, Black Mountain, Harmonia, Born Ruffians, Howlin' Rain, Car Sick Cars, Even, Girls Against Boys, Various Production (DJ set)
^ with Zach Galifianakis
$ with Spoon, Dinosaur Jr., Spiritualized, M. Ward, Ghostface and Raekwon, the Apples in Stereo, Boris, Dirty Projectors, Times New Viking, Cut Copy, Bon Iver, the Dodos, King Khan & His Shrines, El Guincho, Fuck Buttons, HEALTH, High Places, Mahjongg
The Dodos:
05-02 Los Angeles, CA - Natural History Museum *
05-14 San Francisco, CA - Amoeba Music (in-store)
05-29 Bristol, England - Louisiana
05-30 Nottingham, England - Red Room
06-01 Birmingham, England - Bar Academy
06-02 London, England - Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
06-03 London, England - Amersham Arms
06-11 Manchester, England - Night & Day Café
06-12 Glasgow, Scotland - Beat Club
06-13 Dublin, Ireland - Crawdaddy
06-19 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
06-25 Seattle, WA - Neumos
06-28 Calgary, Alberta - Sled Island Festival
07-02 Boise, ID - Downtown Boise Summer Series Festival
07-19 New York, NY - Coney Island (Siren Festival)
07-20 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) $
07-25 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
08-07 Oslo, Norway - Øya Festival
08-08 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-09 Rees-Haldern, Germany - Haldern Festival
09-28 New York, NY - Spiegeltent
10-04 Montreal, Quebec - Pop Montréal
* with Akron/Family
$ with Spoon, Dinosaur Jr., Spiritualized, M. Ward, Ghostface and Raekwon, Les Savy Fav, the Apples in Stereo, Boris, Dirty Projectors, Times New Viking, Cut Copy, Bon Iver, King Khan & His Shrines, El Guincho, Fuck Buttons, HEALTH, High Places, Mahjongg
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