Les Savy Fav’s Syd Butler and Tim Harrington

18th January 2008

(Les Savy Fav: Butler center, Harrington flying) Syd Butler and Tim Harrington are founding members of the rock band Les Savy Fav; Harrington is the singer, Butler the bassist and record label head. The band is known for it’s angular, exciting art-punk, as well as for Harrington’s on-stage antics. They talk about forming the band […]

Episode notes

(Les Savy Fav: Butler center, Harrington flying)

Syd Butler and Tim Harrington are founding members of the rock band Les Savy Fav; Harrington is the singer, Butler the bassist and record label head. The band is known for it’s angular, exciting art-punk, as well as for Harrington’s on-stage antics. They talk about forming the band with what amounted to a manifesto, and why they consider the band a second career despite their success. Their new album is called “Let’s Stay Friends.”

Discuss this episode on the forum!
Download This Show (MP3)

Subscribe in iTunes
Review the show in iTunes
Please Donate to Support the Show

Listen to This Week’s Show Online

Please allow our low-bandwidth server a little time after you click “play”

Embeddable Audio Player Code (Copy and Paste)

You might also enjoy these past interview programs:
Steve Albini
Dan Deacon
Greg Saunier of Deerhoof

In this episode...

Senior Producer
Producer
Maximum Fun Producer
Maximum Fun Production Fellow
Video Editor

About the show

Bullseye is a celebration of the best of arts and culture in public radio form. Host Jesse Thorn sifts the wheat from the chaff to bring you in-depth interviews with the most revered and revolutionary minds in our culture.

Bullseye has been featured in Time, The New York Times, GQ and McSweeney’s, which called it “the kind of show people listen to in a more perfect world.” Since April 2013, the show has been distributed by NPR.

If you would like to pitch a guest for Bullseye, please CLICK HERE. You can also follow Bullseye on Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook. For more about Bullseye and to see a list of stations that carry it, please click here.

People

Senior Producer

Producer

Maximum Fun Producer

Maximum Fun Production Fellow

Video Editor

How to listen

Stream or download episodes directly from our website, or listen via your favorite podcatcher!

Share this show

New? Start here...