(Bothering) Interviewing Cullen Omori of Smith Westerns

In 2010, Smith Westerns created more buzz than a swarm of Africanized honey bees. Moving past their initial hype as America’s Next Top Garage Act, they emerged as beautiful glam-tinted Harrison-channeling power pop butterflies, winning the hearts of doe-eyed youth and blog yuppies alike with the leak of “Weekend,” the lead track and first single off their forthcoming 2011 Fat Possum release, Dye It Blonde. I recently got the chance to shoot the shit with frontman Cullen Omori over dying ...

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