Jul 13, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Les Savy Fav jumped on a boat to cover Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out.” We have the video.  More

Jun 06, 2011 By Matt Fink

Despite the fact that musicians and comedians appear to share a healthy respect for each other's crafts, it's still rare that an established artist in one art form makes a serious attempt to cross over into the other. Rarer still is the artist who can do both well, an exclusive group which includes Tim Harrington and very few others. As the lead vocalist and kinetic focal point of art-rockers Les Savy Fav, Harrington and his bandmates have earned a place in the indie rock panoply with a series of increasingly ambitious releases, but in 2008 he took a considerably larger risk. He started Beardo, a sketch comedy show for Pitchfork.tv where he writes, arranges, and performs in skits that range from the absurd (a vampire whose sexual conquests are foiled by flaccid incisors) and the satirical (an indie all-star charity song to benefit the rich) to the darkly cynical (a man ghostwriting a suicide note for a friend who uses it to score points against his ex-girlfriend). In so doing, Harrington has proven that with comedy, a little bit of audacity goes a long way. More