gave us Nuggets and Back From the Grave stuff. And that's how we went about making it. It was just, like, straight that. And then we started listening...
with some "21 Jump Street"-era Johnny Depp thrown in. This kid does not give a shit, and it's pretty thrilling to watch. Apparently, this band's reckl...
Rising Chicago garage-rock upstarts Smith Westerns have signed to blues-rock label Fat Possum. The Fat Possum website reports that they'll record a ne...
06 End of the Night 07 Only One 08 Smile 09 Dance Away 10 Dye the World Smith Westerns: 10-29 Philadelphia, PA - Bryn Mawr College 10-30 Brooklyn, NY ...
Photos by Kris Wade-Matthews and Erez Avissar; Above: Smith Westerns by Kris Wade-Matthews Smith Westerns played Lincoln Hall in their hometown of Chi...
with Magic Kids, "Imagine Pt. 3". Everything else is new. We've only played a couple new songs live. There's a thing that our friend, the photographer...
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album reviews include The Decemberists' The King is Dead, which Will Hermes praised for its sumptuous harmonies and unfussy arrangements; a reissue of...
Tapes: "Freak Out" The Smith Westerns: 12-14 Lyon, France - Le Transbordeur ^ 12-15 Bordeaux, France - Saint EX 12-16 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz ^ ...
or wanted to listen to anything at the time. We were listening to Spacemen 3 too, but I think it was one of those things where none of us were good en...
Smith Westerns played Brooklyn's Glasslands Gallery last night, celebrating the release of their BNM'ed sophomore album, Dye It Blonde. Ducktails open...
and January 11 in the U.S. via Rough Trade. -- We Are the Lilies' We Are the Lilies, which finds Os Mutantes leader Sérgio Dias teaming with Tahiti Bo...
Youngest kids in the room (unless Justin Bieber is hanging out too)The Smith Westernsare following up their well-liked self-titled debut of 2009 with ...
NPR has taken a break from streaming the mellowest albums in indie rock to stream the raucous second album from Chicago power-poppers Smith Westerns. ...
Main Auditorium # 05-08 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom # 05-30 Quincy, WA - Sasquatch Festival # with Smith Westerns Smith Westerns: 02-07 Austin, TX - E...
#Offline at SXSW kicked off yesterday with Smith Westerns, J Mascis, Dum Dum Girls, OFF!, Dom, Mount Kimbie, and more. Photos by Elisabeth Vitale. Che...
Die With Your Chin Up is a 9-minute "short film" focusing on Chicago garage-glam trio Smith Westerns and the making of their sophomore album Dye It Bl...
The Glam youngsters took a sloppy, bored, somehow triumphant(ly disengaged) stab at Tom Petty's "American Girl" for Onion A.V.'s Undercover 2011 serie...
After releasing their album Dye It Blonde and touring with Arctic Monkeys in 2011, Smith Westerns will start off 2012 with a small North American tour...
Tweet Photo gallery of Smith Westerns, Porcelain Raft, Bleached at Webster Hall in New York City (January 31, 2012)Previous · Smith Westerns, Porcelai...
It's been a couple of years since Chicago glam-rock brats Smith Westerns gave us their breakout sophomore album Dye It Blonde, and they'll follow it u...
Photo by Sandy Kim Smith Westerns: "Varsity" (via SoundCloud) Chicago's Smith Westerns are back with the follow-up to their 2011 LP Dye It Blonde. On ...
Mom + Pop Music is home to Sleigh Bells, Neon Indian, Wavves, Smith Westerns, Andrew Bird, Metric, FIDLAR, Poliça, and more. Today, they've launched B...
Chicago glam rockers the Smith Westerns return next month with their new album Soft Will, and their new video for the shimmering lead single "Varsity"...
On June 11, Chicagoans Smith Westerns will release Soft Will, the follow-up to their excellent 2011 record Dye It Blonde. They've shared the video for...
