Tagged: Smith Westerns
Stream: Smith Westerns, “Varsity”
Smith Westerns have shared the lead single off Soft Will, their third full-length LP, and it’s a first-rate reminder of the Chicago-bred band’s ability to craft glossy, big-sounding tracks with just the right amount of … read more »
GEN F: DIIV
Zachary Cole Smith’s mother was a Vogue editor, and he grew up in Connecticut where her boyfriend taught him to play guitar as a weapon against boredom. It’s certainly one way to get into making … read more »
Brooklyn Bound: Smith Westerns Live at Converse Rubber Tracks
There’s a great American tradition of New York being a welcoming port and FADER teamed up with Converse’s new Rubber Tracks studio in Brooklyn to further it. Once a month, we’ll be welcoming touring artists … read more »
Smith Westerns, “End of the Night” (Peaking Lights Remix) MP3
When the guitars and drums drop away and it’s just the piano pulsing and Cullen Omori singing, Everybody wants to be a star on a Saturday night, you can’t help but feel the Smith Westerns … read more »
Smith Westerns’ Lead Singer is a Threat to All American Girls
Smith Westerns stopped by the A.V. Club to perform for their ongoing A.V. Undercover series, in which bands are asked to sportingly humiliate themselves covering popular classics. Tom Petty’s “American Girl” seemed like the obvious … read more »
Smith Westerns Live at the FADER FORT by FIAT
The Smith Westerns were looking real tall and lanky today at the FADER FORT by FIAT. They probably haven’t eaten their share of barbecue yet while here in Austin? Watch the video above, and catch … read more »
The Tripwire: Those Smith Westerns Proved Us Way Wrong
I have always been a bit of a lo-fi/chillwave apologist (so long as I don’t have to literally defend the latter term). Sure, I could have done without the ubiquity of the subgenre on certain … read more »
Stream: Smith Westerns’ Album Dye it Blonde
Does anyone do coke in Pump Up the Volume? Memories of Christian Slater with no shirt? Smith Westerns kind buzzsaw is color saturated in well meaning uppers and the unpretentious sad joy of the early … read more »
