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"Case & Point" is a previously unreleased basement recording and B-Side to the "Varsity" 7" available 7/9/13.  The full LP "Soft Will" is available now.  

This track is exclusive to the 7" which can be found at local indie record shops, for the one closet to you check here:  http://www.recordstoreday.com/Venues

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Smith Westerns - "Case & Point" (basement recording)

down with what ever

Da vagabonds - u dun lep me

Sebuah cover lagu "Gambuh Nyanyi" oleh monoloQue X Orkes Gamelan Pahang Di Raja dari album berkembar “Lagu Perang”
(Bunyian Gamelan Melayu Di Abad ke 21)

Hidup di kota, dikelilingi batu,
Pencakar langit membelah si awan petang,
Inilah abad ke-21,
Segalanya wang, pangkat, darjat dijulang!

Pulang ke rumah, senja, di kala senja,
Penat bekerja Aduh! Pulang segera,
Kalaulah hidup ini tidak bermakna,
Tidak bermakna hati tidak gembira.

Gambuh Nyanyi (Monoloque)

This basement recording features as the B-Side to a limited tour-only "3am Spiritual" 7", available on the band's forthcoming US dates with Sky Ferreira.

11/11: New York, NY @ Webster Hall
11/13: Boston, MA @ The Paradise
11/14: Syracuse, NY @ Westcott Theatre
11/15: Philadelphia, PA @ The Church
11/18 Washington, DC @ 930 Club
11/20 Detroit, MI @ The Magic Stick
11/21 Columbus, OH @ A&R
11/22 Madison, WI @ High Noon
11/23 Chicago, IL @ The Vic

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"3am Spiritual" (basement recording)

HERE WE GO AGAIN

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 garage-rock candy out of Marc Bolan and Beatles signifiers. It was youthful music in feeling and sound-- their noisy full-length debut was recorded while they were still in high school-- but the remarkable hooks buried therein were clear enough to land them on the increasingly stacked Fat Possum roster. And suddenly, they had a studio budget the likes of which they definitely hadn't enjoyed before. Though the leap is audibly huge, Dye It Blonde's many successes aren't wholly the result of its gilded production values and ambition. This band was able to furnish first-class melodies from the beginning. Now they've grown along with their resources.

You can hear the progress right away in "Imagine, Pt. 3", a song originally released as part of a split 7" in April 2010. Sped up here just a touch, it's also been re-outfitted with a far creamier set of synths and guitars. The way the latter seem to clasp hands during the coda is particularly breathtaking, frontman Cullen Omori and guitarist Max Kakacek letting their individual lines mate rather than duel. While the melodic foundation was already sturdy throughout, here, what once sounded ragged in stretches is now plush-upholstered from start to finish. Every single piece of Dye It Blonde is similarly decadent, whether it's the sweet whine of semi-titular closer "Dye the World" or the twilight jangle of "End of the Night".

In an interview not long after the album's completion, Omori noted that this otherwise new set of songs was influenced by 90s Britpop luminaries like Oasis, Teenage Fanclub, and Suede. All are present sonically and spiritually, be it in brash tones, melodic IQ or the sheer scope of these recordings. Where a Smith Westerns hook may have once sounded like another fuzzy member of the Nuggets family/genus, it now unfolds like crane-shot, mainstage festival fare. "Still New" for example floats some phasered guitar interplay before Kakacek rips a hole across the chest of the song with a woozy line so big it essentially serves as a chorus. Like "Weekend", whose central, hair-flipping lick also hugs all its parts together perfectly, the song just sounds so drunk-- drunk on love, drunk on heavy petting, drunk on drink, or maybe just drunk on a some combination of the above. In song, it all depends on the lean of Omori's voice and the whip of his chord changes, the curves of his brother Cameron's bass lines.

That moony/beery-eyed feel bleeds through every corridor of this album and in turn forms a crystalline expression of what moves this band. Their use of the studio in augmenting that never goes overboard, though: this music still retains the innately psychedelic, lamplit, tongue-kissed sense of atmosphere that set it apart. There's perhaps no better instance of all that than "All Die Young", the album's centerpiece. It's a ballad turned hymn whose grand, tumbling scale and "Oh Yoko"-indebted outro celebration are peaks on an album rich in them. In its closing moments, Omori sings what sounds like, "Love is lovely when you are young." They were convincing before, but now they seem like experts.

— David Bevan, January 18, 2011 [Pitchfork | Best New Music | 8.4]

Dye The World

‘Why’ is the sixth studio quality Grey Hounds song to be released, this one delves into the meaning of life. A small percentage of people know exactly what they’re doing here and are getting on with it. The rest of us spend lives wondering around aimlessly hoping to crack the enigma of life. Who’d have thought choosing a cover for this song would be so much fun, the ‘Y’ fronts came up trumps of course.
We're a bunch of grey-haired old men having fun writing our own songs and wishing we'd done it 40 years earlier!! The plan is to write and release an album of songs in the coming year or so, then build the courage to go out and play them live in front of real audiences.

Why?

Penghibur Hati Paling Agung

Halau saja aku kalau betul kau tak suka
Tak perlu bahasa kiasan hidup zaman moden
Nampak macam gedik tapi itulah bahasa
Rasa sudah sedia tinggal tunggu menang saja
Cuba masuk ikut pintu keluar pula ikut tingkap
Rasa selamat sebentar tapi saya rasa awak perlu
Berhentilah awak dari
Puja
Dia saya rasa
Pilih untuk jadi apa
Saiborg atau manusia?
Perhambat semangat pulang
Awak takkan jumpa
Otaknya sentiasa berfungsi
Cubalah dengar kata saya
Walau markah awak lebih tinggi
Harap-harap okay

Sinopsis: Kita makin sesat, kiamat makin dekat! Pada saya ini merupakan karya nasyid saya yang pertama (Secara peribadi), lagu ini bukanlah bersifat anti teknologi atau anti sosial tetapi cuma mengajak awak semua dan diri saya sendiri untuk tidak terlalu mengejar teknologi/kemodenan sampaikan kita telah terlupa perkara-perkara wajib dilaksanakan sebagai hamba dimuka bumi ini.
*Hak Cipta Terpelihara|Produksi Muncung Muzik|Tembak Tepat,2010


Harap-Harap Okay

Hujan - Kau Umpama

CHFILWY

Di Tengah - Tengah

"3am Spiritual" from the forthcoming Smith Westerns album 'Soft Will' out June 25th on Mom+Pop (in Europe on June 24 via Co-Op).

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3am Spiritual

"Idol" from the forthcoming Smith Westerns album 'Soft Will' out June 25th on Mom+Pop (in Europe on June 24 via Co-Op).

Pre-order here - http://smithwesterns.gomerch.com/

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Soft Will

Idol

LOKO - Aiskrim (demo)

rock n roll 
MALAYSIA

Noh Salleh - vocals / guitars
Herri Hamid - vocals /guitars
Irfan Iskandar - Drums
Aleasutan - vocals / guitars

So you want to be a tastemaker when it comes to exciting new music?

Then you should be talking and telling your friends about this really exciting new band from Malaysia called Da Vagabonds.

Why?

Reason #1 – They’re Offers a Lethal Mix That Was Previously Unheard Of
Without a doubt Da Vagabonds is the first band from South East Asia who have successfully marries unadulterated rock and roll that is spontaneous, immediate, intuitive and most importantly, fun, with songcraft wizardry, twangy British psychedelia licks and guitar tones mastery, groovy beats and bopping basslines. 
Pitchforkmedia and Consequence of Sounds would conveniently describe their music as indie rock. Almost, but not quite. Da Vagabonds’ music under the microscope is actually a bastard son from the marriage of British Invasion, punk rock, 60s sunshine pop and Pop Yeh Yeh.

Reason #2 – The story behind the band is often the subject of rock critic’s wet dream. 
The band is led by Noh Salleh, who also fronts Malaysian premier indie rock band, Hujan. For the uninitiated, the band one of the trailblazers that were at the forefront of Malaysian indie music invasion a few years back. When he felt his band was getting a bit too serious in the things that they do, he decided to disconnect himself from the structured environment and start something that is more organic. A rockstar ditching his status in the name of making unadulterated rock music? If that’s not rock and roll enough, you need to ring Jack Black and enroll into his School Of Rock.

Reason #3 – They Are As A Matter Of Fact A Supergroup
Completing this organic equation seeked by frontman Noh is guitarist Herri Hamid, who fronts Bittersweet, one of the few, if not the only flag bearer of neo- psychedelia music in the Malaysia. Drummer, Irfan, is a well-travelled skinbasher whose resumes include drumming for bands like ACAB (Oi!), The Times (Britpop) and Relay (Indie Rock). Bassist Alia despite her credential being only playing guitar for a female rock band called Velvet, weights up with her never say never attitude and of course a style to boot for.

Reason #4 – For An Unknown Band, They Announced Their Arrival In Such A Grand Entrance
After hours of having fun in the studio, writing songs, bonding with each other, discreetly (you don’t want to hurt the feelings of your current band members don’t you), Da Vagabonds announced its arrival on June 29 in such a grand entrance – at one of the biggest sporting events in Malaysia, The FA Cup finals. Later that night, five songs, ‘In Love With You’, ‘Disudut Bibirmu’, ‘Cinta Gagak Hitam’, ‘Galaksi’ and ‘Disko’ were uploaded to the band’s Soundcloud page. 

Reason #5 – They Do Things On Their Logical and Humble Terms
Despite Da Vagabonds now at full force and with its supergroup status, commercial success seems like a footstep away. Frontman, Noh’s plans however were rather grounded.

“I just want to travel, perform and share Da Vagabonds’ music. I also want to keep the music immediate and freely accessible simply because I’m really not keen with the idea of rushing into officially releasing our music. In doing so, the songs needs to be rerecorded, which means everything needs to be done properly in the studio and stuff. That process more often than not will strip the life and soul away from the music, and that is something we do not want to do.” 

Now repeat after me. 

“Da Vagabonds is my new favourite band”

Repeat that as many times possible and we promise you, you’ll be the hippest music tastemaker in town.

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http://soundcloud.com/davagabondsmy
http://twitter.com/DaVagabonds

down with what ever

Da Vagabonds

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