[photos courtesy of Rez Avissar]
The Smith Westerns were certainly the youngest band that played the Showpaper/ToddP/Pitchfork benefit at Market Hotel two weeks back. The band is still somewhat raw, but the talent is clearly evident in their infectious garage-pop via Chicago. While the teenage behavior problems have gathered some recent blog attention, the music of The Smith Westerns at the Market was the real story — melodic lead guitar, hard chords, and vocal harmonies that mix both the late-60s pop and early 80’s post-punk.
This recording was captured the same as the other sets from this night. The sound quality is rough by genuine. Enjoy!
Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)
Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].
Smith Westerns
2009-10-24
Market Hotel
Brooklyn, NY USA
Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix
Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 16bit 44.1kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac
Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2009-11-08
Setlist:
[Total Time 30:00]
01 My Heart
02 Boys Are Fine
03 Girl In love
04 Tonight
05 Imagine, Pt. 3
06 Gimme Some Time
07 The Glam Goddess
08 Be My Girl
09 Diamond Boys
If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Smith Westerns, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their debut album from Hozac Records [here].
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