Smith Westerns – Communiqué

Top Played Artists 8/6/2013 – 8/13/2013

1 WASHED OUT Paracosm (Sub Pop)

2 COKE WEED Back To Soft (Self-Released)

3 SHANNON AND THE CLAMS Dreams In The Rat House (Hardly Art)

4 KID CONGO AND THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS Haunted Head (In The Red)

5 KING TUFF Was Dead (Burger)

6 OWEN L’Ami Du Peuple (Polyvinyl)

7 SMITH WESTERNS Soft Will (Mom And Pop)

8 BEAR MOUNTAIN XO (Last Gang)

9 LEMURIA The Distance Is So Big (Bridge Nine)

10 KOPECKY FAMILY BAND Kids Raising Kids (ATO)

11 HOT CHIP Dark And Stormy [EP] (Domino)

12 SALVIA PLATH The Bardo Story (Weird World)

13 HUNX AND HIS PUNX Street Punk (Hardly Art)

14 GRANDCHILDREN Golden Age (Earnest Jenning)

15 PSYCHIC TEENS Come (SRA Records)

16 WEEKEND Jinx (Slumberland)

17 FUCK BUTTONS Slow Focus (ATP)

18 NIGHT BIRDS Born To Die (In Suburbia)

19 CAMERA OBSCURA Desire Lines (4AD)

20 NATIONAL Trouble Will Find Me (4AD)

21 LOVE LANGUAGE Ruby Red (Merge)

22 ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER Personal Record (Merge)

23 HEBRONIX Unreal (ATP)

24 BASS DRUM OF DEATH Bass Drum Of Death (Innovative Leisure)

25 DAUGHN GIBSON Me Moan (Sub Pop)

26 PITY SEX Feast Of Love (Run For Cover)

27 SERENGETI Kenny Dennis (Anticon)

28 A GREAT BIG PILE OF LEAVES You’re Always On My Mind (Topshelf)

29 SURF CITY We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This (Fire)

30 POND Hobo Rocket (Modular)

Interview with Smith Westerns (July 26, 2013)

By Kirsten Becker

I caught up with Cullen Omori, the singer from Smith Westerns before their 7/26 show at
Union Transfer to talk about their latest release, 90’s music, and what’s coming next for the band.

Kirsten Becker: What was the recording process for this record? What comes first, music or lyrics?

Cullen Omori: It kind of happens together. The way that we write our songs varies, [guitarist] Max [Kakacek] will write some parts and I’ll write a full song, or Max write a full song and I’ll write some parts. So, when I go about writing music I try to go about with the chords with the lyrics because I feel like when you have words down, you come up with the melody or the chords a lot quicker. For me, lyrics come with the music. That’s kind of how I write.

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Top Played Artists 7/16/2013 – 7/23/2013

1 KING TUFF Was Dead (Burger)

2 OWEN L’Ami Du Peuple (Polyvinyl)

3 SHANNON AND THE CLAMS Dreams In The Rat House (Hardly Art)

4 SMITH WESTERNS Soft Will (Mom And Pop)

5 LEMURIA The Distance Is So Big (Bridge Nine)

6 HUNX AND HIS PUNX Street Punk (Hardly Art)

7 SPEEDY ORTIZ Major Arcana (Carpark)

8 SURFER BLOOD Pythons (Warner Brothers)

9 SALVIA PLATH The Bardo Story (Weird World)

10 CAMERA OBSCURA Desire Lines (4AD)

11 PITY SEX Feast Of Love (Run For Cover)

12 BASS DRUM OF DEATH Bass Drum Of Death (Innovative Leisure)

13 SERENGETI Kenny Dennis (Anticon)

14 PRIMAL SCREAM More Light (Ignition)

15 GAUNTLET HAIR Stills (Dead Oceans)

16 ROBERT POLLARD Honey Locust Honky Tonk (GBV Inc.)

17 WILD NOTHING Empty Estate (Captured Tracks)

18 IRON AND WINE Ghost On Ghost (Nonesuch)

19 HALF MOON RUN Dark Eyes (Glassnote)

20 PORTUGAL. THE MAN Evil Friends (Atlantic)

21 BIBIO Silver Wilkinson (Warp)

22 MIKAL CRONIN MCII (Merge)

23 SIGUR ROS Kveikur (XL)

24 GOLD AND YOUTH Beyond Wilderness (Arts And Crafts)

25 HOT CHIP Dark And Stormy [EP] (Domino)

26 DAVID LYNCH Big Dream (Sacred Bones)

27 PSYCHIC TEENS Come (SRA Records)

28 DEAFHEAVEN Sunbather (Deathwish)

29 LIGHTNING DUST Fantasy (Jagjaguwar)

30 OBLIVIANS Desperation (In The Red)

Top Played Artists 7/9/2013 – 7/16/2013

1 PITY SEX Feast Of Love (Run For Cover)
2 OWEN L’Ami Du Peuple (Polyvinyl)
3 SHANNON AND THE CLAMS Dreams In The Rat House (Hardly Art)
4 KING TUFF Was Dead (Burger)
5 SMITH WESTERNS Soft Will (Mom And Pop)
6 PORTUGAL. THE MAN Evil Friends (Atlantic)
7 SPEEDY ORTIZ Major Arcana (Carpark)
8 SURFER BLOOD Pythons (Warner Brothers)
9 CAMERA OBSCURA Desire Lines (4AD)
10 PRIMAL SCREAM More Light (Ignition)
11 BIBIO Silver Wilkinson (Warp)
12 IRON AND WINE Ghost On Ghost (Nonesuch)
13 SALVIA PLATH The Bardo Story (Weird World)
14 MIKAL CRONIN MCII (Merge)
15 NORTHERN LIBERTIES Collaboration (Badmaster)
16 SIGUR ROS Kveikur (XL)
17 LEMURIA The Distance Is So Big (Bridge Nine)
18 SONNY AND THE SUNSETS Antenna To The Afterworld (Polyvinyl)
19 GOLD AND YOUTH Beyond Wilderness (Arts And Crafts)
20 GRANDCHILDREN Golden Age (Earnest Jenning)
21 FRONT BOTTOMS Talon Of The Hawk (Bar/None)
22 CITY AND COLOUR The Hurry And The Harm (Dine Alone)
23 LIGHT HEAT Light Heat (Domino-Ribbon)
24 ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER Personal Record (Merge)
25 ROGUE WAVE Nightingale Nights (Vagrant)
26 BASS DRUM OF DEATH Bass Drum Of Death (Innovative Leisure)
27 OBLIVIANS Desperation (In The Red)
28 SOKO I Thought I Was An Alien (Community)
29 BOSNIAN RAINBOWS Bosnian Rainbows (Sargent House)
30 COOL GHOULS Cool Ghouls (Empty Cellar)

Top Played Artists 6/25/2013 – 7/2/2013

1 CAMERA OBSCURA Desire Lines (4AD)

2 OBLIVIANS Desperation (In The Red)

3 SHANNON & THE CLAMS Dreams in The Rathouse (Hardly Art)

4 PORTUGAL. THE MAN Evil Friends (Atlantic)

5 CAPITAL CITIES In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (Lazy Hooks)

6 KING TUFF Was Dead (Burger)

7 PRIMAL SCREAM More Light (Ignition)

8 SONNY AND THE SUNSETS Antenna to the Afterworld (Polyvinyl)

9 GRANDCHILDREN Golden Age (Earnest Jenning)

10 THE NATIONAL Trouble Will Find Me (4AD)

11 WILD NOTHING Empty Estate (Captured)

12 ROGUE WAVE Nightingale Floors (Vagrant)

13 SIGUR ROS Kveikur (XL)

14 CITY AND COLOUR The Hurry and the Harm (Dine Alone)

15 SMITH WESTERNS Soft Will (Mom + Pop)

16 GRMLN Empire (Carpark)

17 MELORMAN Waves (Sun Sea Sky)

18 SURFER BLOOD Pythons (Sire)

19 SHMNS Somewhere Between Here and There (Self-Released)

20 MIKAL CRONIN MCII (Merge)

21 ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER Personal Record (Merge)

22 SAVAGES Silence Yourself (Matador)

23 BIBIO Silver Wilkinson (Warp)

24 EMILY WELLS Mama Acoustic Recordings (Partisan)

25 MOUNT KIMBIE Cold Spring Fault Less Youth (Warp)

26 POKEY LAFARGE S/T (Third Man)

27 THE PASTELS Slow Summits (Domino)

28 THE WOOLEN MEN The Dog Years (Woodsist)

29 WAMPIRE Curiosity (Polyvinyl)

30 LAURA MARLING Once I Was An Eagle (Virgin)