Dye It Blonde out on January 18th, preorder from Fat Possum. And the boys are going to be touring January and February, with a bunch of dates with UK up-and-comers Yuck, see the dates here.
Archive for the 'Smith Westerns' Category
Smith Westerns – “Weekend”
Published 11/09/2010 Smith Westerns Leave a CommentTags: Glam, Indie Pop, Pop
Smith Westerns/Magic Kids – Split 7″
Published 07/28/2010 Magic Kids , Smith Westerns Leave a CommentTags: Garage, Pop
Genre: Pop, Glam, Garage
Year: 2010
Location: Chicago, IL / Memphis, TN
Label: Fat Possum Records
Smith Westerns MySpace
Magic Kids MySpace
01. Smith Westerns – Imagine, Part 3
02. Magic Kids – Superball
Feelin’ extra snotty today, yet in a pretty bright state of mind? No better time than for a split from Chicago’s Smith Westerns and Memphis’ Magic Kids! Smith Westerns take the A-side with their early demo, “Imagine, Pt 3″, a mega-glammy jam glowing with Marc Bolan-loving guitar licks and Cullen Omari’s charming words. Over on the B-side, up-and-comers Magic Kids throw a quarter in a gumball machine, and the candy-coated “Superball” rolls out. Head over to Fat Possum to order the split 7″ for a cheap $4.50!
Smith Westerns – Live at NPR SXSW Day Party @ the Parish Bootleg
Published 04/20/2010 Smith Westerns 1 CommentTags: Garage, Noise, Pop
Genre: Noise Pop, Garage
Year: 2009
Location: Chicago, IL
Label: Hozac Records
MySpace
01. My Heart
02. Boys Are Fine
03. Girls In Love
04. Tonight
05. Imagine, Pt 3
06. New Song 1
07. New Song 2
08. New Song 3
09. Be Me Girl
On April 10th of the year 2010, I had the utmost privilege of seeing the teenage Smith Westerns in concert at Schubas in Chicago. They lived up to their reputation, filling the room with girl-loving pop tunes and their laughable snottiness. Overall, it was a damn fun and enjoyable show, just a bunch of people having a good time including myself. I found this bootleg on NPR’s SXSW coverage, taken from their SXSW Day Party with some other sweet bands, including Sleigh Bells, Local Natives, and Surfer Blood. The Smith Westerns opened with album-ending “My Heart”, blazing into soft song turned heavy glam jam, “Boys Are Fine”. They played three new songs, which don’t differ too much from their songs on self-titled, but do reflect these teens getting older. If you are a Smith Westerns fan, you will enjoy listening to this. And especially hearing lead singer Cullen Omori in the beginning of “Tonight” say, “Uh can we get some fog? Yeah?” Oh these kids.
P.S. If anyone knows the name of the new songs, please comment!
Smith Westerns – Smith Westerns
Published 08/26/2009 Smith Westerns 5 CommentsTags: Garage, Noise, Pop
Genre: Noise Pop, Garage
Year: 2009
Location: Chicago, IL
Label: Hozac Records
MySpace
01. Dreams
02. Boys Are Fine
03. Gimme Some Time
04. Girl In Love
05. We Stay Out
06. Tonight
07. Be My Girl
08. The Glam Goddess
09. Diamond Boys
10. My Heart
I’m guessing a tour with Los Campesinos! and Girls would probably help a band out, cause it did for The Smith Westerns. One of my good friends actually knows a few of the members, and its really good to see this lo-fi garage outfit get some good recognition.
