Jeff Strowe - 25/Feb/2011  For a couple guys a year or so removed from high school, things sure have moved fast. Hot off the heels of their much buzzed-about, low-fi 2009 relea...
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Ron Hart - 24/Feb/2011  It seemsas though the members of the young, savage Chicago indie-glam outfit SmithWesterns caught a little of the glitter residue that sprinkled off t...
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Paul M - 06/Feb/2011 Back in mid 2009 Chicago’s young quartet the Smith Westerns produced a terrific lo-fi garage debut long player that was a true all-killer / no-filler ...
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Jacqueline Smith - 04/Feb/2011  Among the plethora of low-fi indie rock releases comes the sophomore album from a young Chicago four-piece who don't seem to take themselves too serio...
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Ben Donnelly - 03/Feb/2011 Smith Westerns? debut was a bunch of three-chord tributes, most successful when it channeled shy-boy jangle, but with gestures toward bolder glam and ...
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Corey Beasley - 28/Jan/2011  At this point, Smith Westerns has officially become what some listeners might call a “buzz band” (looking your way, Hipster Runoff). The year 2010 was...
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Jason P. Woodbury - 22/Jan/2011  Smith Westerns waste all of three seconds making Dye It Blonde resolutely clear: the strutting, brash lead guitar that opens "Weekend," after a brief ...
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Stacey Pavlick - 19/Jan/2011  It's tempting to love the Smith Westerns for no other reason than they're so darn young. Core members Cullen and Cameron Omori and Max Kakacek are all...
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Steven Hyden - 18/Jan/2011  Mischievously baby-faced Chicago teenagers chewing out carefree rhythms on barbed-wire bubblegum, Smith Westerns battered a collection of glam-rock ea...
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David Bevan - 18/Jan/2011  Smith Westerns have cleaned up nicely. Just over a year ago, the Chicago foursome were of the strictly "lo-fi" persuasion, stirring up hot, filthy gar...
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