Smith Westerns

Whitney, the new band from former Smith Westerns members Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek, are wrapping up their debut album which will be out later this year, details still TBA...

Former Smith Westerns frontman Cullen Omori will release his solo debut, titled New Misery, via Sub Pop on March 18. The lead single is the shimmering "Cinnamon," and you can check out the Abigail Briley Bean-directed video for it below...

Smith Westerns broke up at the very end of 2014 and since then members Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich (who also played drums in Unknown Mortal Orchestra) have formed the new band Whitney that doesn't seem to stray too far from the warbly glam of their old band...

New Year's Eve was the last-ever show for Glasslands on Kent Ave in Williamsburg. The night's secret lineup turned out to be DIIV, Sky Ferreira, Smith Westerns, and openers Beverly...

Sky Ferreira is currently on a tour with Smith Westerns which hit NYC on Monday (11/11) at Webster Hall. (And then Smith Westerns did their own smaller NYC show last night, 11/14...

Chicago guitar pop band Smith Westerns have been on a tour opening for Sky Ferreira which hit NYC for a show at Webster Hall last night (11/11)...

Will Sheff and his band Okkervil River showed up for work Friday at the Honda Stage in a much different frame of mind than they did the previous Friday...

Sky Ferreira at Barclays Center last week (more by Dylan Johnson) Sky Ferreira is set to release her debut album, Night Time, My Time, on October 29 via Capitol, and she just revealed one of its singles, "You're Not the One...

Frontman Matt Berninger strolled into the spotlight in a three-piece suit, sipping what appeared to be a glass of Sauvignon Blanc from any one of the festival's Wine Lands vendors...

We were just over in Chicago for tons of Lollapalooza fun, including three full days spent at the festival, and some afterparties we threw too...