Les Sages’ Favorite Albums of 2011

Looking for some new music? Here’s a list of our favorite releases from 2011:


Helplessness Blues
Fleet Foxes

Dracula
Nurses

Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
M83

Strange Mercy
St. Vincent

Cults
Cults

Strange Talk
Strange Talk

Dive
Tycho

Codes and Keys
Death Cab for Cutie

Sbtrkt
Sbtrkt

Gardens & Villa
Gardens & Villa

Player Piano
Memory Tapes

Gang Gang Dance
Eye Contact

Days
Real Estate

Tom Boy
Panda Bear

What a Pleasure
Beach Fossils

Free Acoustic Compilation (We’re Track #1)

Are you “a sucker for anything acoustic”? Our friends over at AlternativNews.com just put out a completely free acoustic compilation. Our contribution to the comp is an acoustic version of Action that will be on our acoustic LP due out next month (we’re recording right now). This is just one way we thought we could show you how much we love you, but you’ll probably never comprehend how much.

Benefit Show @ Noahs in Lindon (Feb 11th)

We are playing a benefit show on Feb 11th @ 8:30pm (UPDATE: it’s at 7pm!) with Imagine Dragons to raise funds for Nick Moore’s eye surgery. DJ / Dance after the bands play. Raffles (win stuff). $12 advance / $15 at the door. Come have a good time supporting a good cause. More info on Nick and the event from the facebook event page:

Help fight for Nick’s Eyes with a most AWESOME fundraiser! Rock out with Les Sages & Imagine Dragons, enter in for raffle tickets, dance the night away with DJ’s spinning it up, and more! All starting February 11th at 8:30 PM 7:00 PM.

Nick Moore is a 24-year-old Provo resident that was losing his eyesight from a disease called Keratoconus. The surgery he needed was not approved by the FDA, so he chose to go with the procedure, leaving him with a steep medical bill.

This concert and party is to raise money for his medical bills that helped stop the degeneration and help restore some of the sight he had lost.

Check out his story here:
http://bansheebikes.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-ride-for-nicks-eyes.html

Buy advance tickets here. RSVP and invite you facebook friends here. Call / email / comment with any questions. And remember, it’s for a good cause!

Tabliture: Nomads Acoustic

Per the request of a Mr. Zachariah Clay, here is the tabliture for the lead guitar part in the acoustic version of “Nomads”:

|=======================================================================|
|======================== NOMADS - BY LES SAGES ========================|
|=======================================================================|

//////////////////////////////////  |  //////////////////////////////////
---------- CHORD CHANGES ---------  |  ----------- PROGRESSION ----------
//////////////////////////////////  |  //////////////////////////////////
                                    |  
VERSE ////////////////////////////  |  ----------------------------------
E|3-------2-------2-------3---X-XX  |  VERSE X2 /////////////////////////
B|0-------0-------0-------3---X-XX  |  ----------------------------------
G|0-------0-------0-------0---0-00  |  PRE-CHORUS X2 ////////////////////
D|2-------0-------X-------X---X-XX  |  ----------------------------------
A|X-------X-------2-------3---3-45  |  CHORUS ///////////////////////////
E|X-------X-------X-------X---X-XX  |  ----------------------------------
                                    |  VERSE X2 /////////////////////////
PRE-CHORUS ///////////////////////  |  ----------------------------------
E|3---3---3---3--- ///////////////  |  PRE-CHORUS X2 ////////////////////
B|3---3---3---3--- ///////////////  |  ----------------------------------
G|0---0---0---2--- ///////////////  |  CHORUS X2 ////////////////////////
D|2---2---X---0--- ///////////////  |  ----------------------------------
A|3---0---2---X--- ///////////////  |  
E|X---X---0---X--- ///////////////  |  //////////////////////////////////
                                    |  //////////////////////////////////
CHORUS ///////////////////////////  |  ///----------------------------///
E|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---  |  ///------ WANT MORE TAB? ------///
B|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---  |  ///-- EMAIL ALL REQUESTS TO: --///
G|0---0---0---2---0---0---0---2---  |  ///---- LESSAGES@GMAIL.COM ----///
D|0---2---0---0---2---2---X---0---  |  ///----------------------------///
A|2---3---2---X---3---0---2---X---  |  //////////////////////////////////
E|3---X---0---X---X---X---0---X---  |  //////////////////////////////////

Also, here’s a video of an early “achoostic” version to help you get the strumming down:

Question? Leave ‘em in the comments.

Featured: WeArePanel.com

Hey! Check it out, “Share This” is one of this weeks picks on wearepanel.com! Tyler Hayes of thealbumproject.net is this weeks guest panelist, so Thank you Tyler for helping to share our music with the world! This is what he had to say about the album:

Les Sages is four brothers who share the vocal responsibilities equally enough that no one person is thought of as the lead singer. “Share This” is quite an album for a band that came out of nowhere, only recently signing with Deep Elm Records. The album has a pop/punk flavor, but, gladly, it lacks the poppy-ness that plagues so many other albums of this genre. Rather, “Share This” feels closer to an indie/rock hybrid. Listen to “Nomads.” This is a good example of how most of the tracks employ controlled passion, explosive without going into too-grand territory.

Source: http://wearepanel.com/2010/12/17/interview-tyler-hayes-of-the-album-project/?picks

Thanks again Tyler.

Les Sages’ Favorite Albums of 2010

Looking for some new music? Here’s a list of our favorites from the past year:


Gorilla Manner
Local Natives
Big Echo
The Morning Benders
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
Age of Adz
Sufjan Stevens
Contra
Vampire Weekend
Treats
Sleigh Bells
White Magic
CEO
American Ghetto
Portugal. The Man
Penny Sparkle
Blonde Redhead
Wild Go
Dark Dark Dark
Surfing the Void
Klaxons
Expo 86
Wolf Parade
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