Video: Smith Westerns, “Be My Girl” (Live at Monster Island)
- story Peter Macia
The Smith Westerns and their shouty, glammed demand for lady-friendship made its debut right here and also appears on our first Visionary Podcast, but it took Ray Concepcion’s jerky video, from the band’s recent show at Brooklyn’s Monster Island (looking as hellish and hot as ever), to make us realize how badly we want these dudes to become the next Rolling Stones. Or Strokes. Whatever, we just want them to get big.
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posted on Sep 4, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags Monster Island, Ray Concepcion, rock, Smith Westerns, Todd P
The ABSOLUT FADER Visionary Podcast #1 — Doing
- story THE FADER
Welcome to the first Visionary Podcast, curated by The FADER and presented by ABSOLUT, as part of our ongoing efforts to advance and advocate the art and music we love. With these words—Doing Things Differently Leads to Something Exceptional—and accompanying awesome visual interpretations of those words by director Rupert Sanders as inspiration, we set about scouring our music libraries for the new songs that are doing it for us the most these days. The first of these podcasts is loosely associated with the word and image for “Doing.” Doing anything basically, but as The FADER is known to do, we decided to make it mostly about having a good time—going surfing, hanging out with friends and romances, and of course, dancing your face off. Below, download the Visionary Podcast #1 with music from Smith Westerns, The Drums, Major Lazer, Washed Out and Hudson Mohawke. Check the tracklist after the jump, and come back in one week for #2, inspired by Things.
Download: The ABSOLUT FADER Visionary Podcast #1 — Doing
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posted on Sep 1, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Absolut Visionary Series, Hudson Mohawke, Major Lazer, Neon Indian, Smith Westerns, The Drums
Smith Westerns, “Girl in Love” MP3
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
- photo RG Karlic
Not quite as good as the other track with the word “girl” in the title from the same album, but still great, the Smith Westerns excel at making ramshackle snottiness sound endearing. Maybe it’s the 40-year-old world-weariness hiding behind the 15-year-old snotty/sweet melodies. The continuously awesome UK label Transparent has this song on a 7-inch, along with the aforementioned “Be My Girl,” but if you want more Smith Westerns we recommend grabbing the entire record.
Download: Smith Westerns, “Girl in Love”
