http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:13:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/22/smith-westerns-end-of-the-night-peaking-lights-remix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/22/smith-westerns-end-of-the-night-peaking-lights-remix-mp3/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:24:57 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=140500 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 »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/22/smith-westerns-end-of-the-night-peaking-lights-remix-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/18/smith-westerns-lead-singer-is-a-threat-to-all-american-girls/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/18/smith-westerns-lead-singer-is-a-threat-to-all-american-girls/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 21:44:54 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=113679 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 »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/18/smith-westerns-lead-singer-is-a-threat-to-all-american-girls/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/19/smith-westerns-live-at-the-fader-fort-by-fiat/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/19/smith-westerns-live-at-the-fader-fort-by-fiat/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 14:58:43 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=100265 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 »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/19/smith-westerns-live-at-the-fader-fort-by-fiat/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/07/the-tripwire-those-smith-westerns-proved-us-way-wrong/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/07/the-tripwire-those-smith-westerns-proved-us-way-wrong/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:00:34 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=97524 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 »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/07/the-tripwire-those-smith-westerns-proved-us-way-wrong/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/10/stream-smith-westerns-album-dye-it-blonde/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/10/stream-smith-westerns-album-dye-it-blonde/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:00:09 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=85726 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 »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/10/stream-smith-westerns-album-dye-it-blonde/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/07/stream-smith-westerns-all-die-young/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/07/stream-smith-westerns-all-die-young/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:00:52 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=85540 What’s the general vibe on senior prom as a concept? Such a touchstone in some ways. So much so, in fact, that the more we think about it, the more its become marginalized. Like as … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/07/stream-smith-westerns-all-die-young/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/14/video-smith-westerns-weekend/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/14/video-smith-westerns-weekend/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:30:45 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=83134 Man, watching this Focus Creeps directed video for the first Smith Westerns single from their new record has us kind of bummed about the way we spend our weekends. Like, usually we get up and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/14/video-smith-westerns-weekend/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/02/stream-smith-westerns-weekend/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/02/stream-smith-westerns-weekend/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:30:52 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=76511 Smith Westerns are still young, but they’re getting older. And “Weekend,” the first single from Dye it Blonde on Fat Possum, is evidence of that. Gone are the bratty snarls and garage meets glam moments. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/02/stream-smith-westerns-weekend/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/26/surfer-blood-lots-of-other-bands-played-cmj/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/26/surfer-blood-lots-of-other-bands-played-cmj/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:03:10 +0000 Michael McGregor http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=31445 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/26/surfer-blood-lots-of-other-bands-played-cmj/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/04/video-smith-westerns-be-my-girl-live-at-monster-island/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/04/video-smith-westerns-be-my-girl-live-at-monster-island/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:16:02 +0000 Peter Macia http://www.thefader.com/?p=14121 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/04/video-smith-westerns-be-my-girl-live-at-monster-island/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/01/the-absolut-fader-visionary-podcast-1-%e2%80%94-doing/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/01/the-absolut-fader-visionary-podcast-1-%e2%80%94-doing/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:39:14 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=12207 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/01/the-absolut-fader-visionary-podcast-1-%e2%80%94-doing/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/17/smith-westerns-girl-in-love-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/17/smith-westerns-girl-in-love-mp3/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:30:05 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=12383 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/17/smith-westerns-girl-in-love-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/08/the-singles-collection-teenage-lovers-city-center-jeffrey-novak/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/08/the-singles-collection-teenage-lovers-city-center-jeffrey-novak/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:59:45 +0000 Jason Jackowiak http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=20728 The Singles Collection. Hopefully you enjoyed last week's video sojourn into the realm of Sacred Bones, one of our favorite labels, but it's back to doing what we love around here, mainly, giving you the scoop on 45's that are currently rocking our world (and that we think will rock yours). So without further adieu -- and so we can all get to our Cadbury Creme Eggs as quickly as possible -- let's get to it. read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/08/the-singles-collection-teenage-lovers-city-center-jeffrey-novak/feed/ 0