Wednesday, June 1, 2011

The Smith Westerns live at The Wonder Ballroom, Portland, May 27, 2011














videos by Michael Donnelly on www.youtube.com/mikedx1 for thissmallplanet NewMusicToday


The Smith Westerns opened for Yeasayer at the sold-out show.  Nice to see the guys gaining confidence in their performance. Seen them a few times now... opening up for Wavves in New York.... playing with Yuck at The Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco.... (and on VD Day on Haight St's Amoeba Records)...












Still, this crowd came for Yeasayer. Shouldn't The Smith Westerns be headlining? Even if it meant playing in a smaller place... or playing with more appropriate bands like Wavves, Yuck, and Girls....

Some blurry but still cool photos from The Wonder Ballroom show.... think of them as impressionistic paintings conveying the spirit rather than actual photographs which accurately document....



























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