the smith westerns

These kids absolutely killed it in Dallas the other night, and were even joined by their new best friends Girls for a rousing, set-closing version of "Be My Girl," which happens to be the a-side from the group's limited (300 copies) new UK single on Transparent Records...

Photos by David. More shots of Girls + Smith Westerns: Live in Dallas after the jump... **********

Denton's Fergus & Geronimo will release their Tell It in My Ear 7" (with sweet artwork, pictured above) later this month in the UK on Transparent Records. We're big fans of the a-side of course, and this morning, the label sent over the equally great b-side: mp3: The Tell It in My Ear 7" is limited to 300 copies worldwide, so get on it now...

We're pleased to present a great triple bill at Dallas' Granada Theater on Saturday, August 15th, featuring Cardiff, UK's Los Campesinos!, San Francisco's Girls, and Chicago teenagers the Smith Westerns (the latter two acts are responsible for a couple of our favorite releases of the year)...

The Smith Westerns are four super young kids from Chicago that make soulful, seemingly-ramshackle-but-not-really, classic-sounding garage pop that is not entirely unlike another band we've been loving immensely lately, Denton's Fergus & Geronimo...