Smith Westerns
Dye It Blonde

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

Smith Westerns waste all of three seconds making Dye It Blonde resolutely clear: the strutting, brash lead guitar that opens "Weekend," after a brief ...

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...

Mischievously baby-faced Chicago teenagers chewing out carefree rhythms on barbed-wire bubblegum, Smith Westerns battered a collection of glam-rock ea...

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...