Smith Westerns/Neon Indian @ Empty Bottle, Chicago 10/27/09

When posting "Imagine, Pt. 3," we noted that Smith Westerns had been touring the country and surprising everyone with how young they were. By CMJ week it was no longer a surprise: not to the packed rooms that ate up the awesomely fuzzed and tuneful "Shit-cago, IL" (their words) Bolan/Glitter-loving outfit, and apparently not to the Music Hall Of Williamsburg staff, who had to eject them for drinking grown-up beverages. Last night they were at the (fittingly named) Empty Bottle for a show at t...

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