Smith Westerns are an indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band from Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Illinois

Illinois

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. Their musical influences include David Bowie

David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

, Marc Bolan

Marc Bolan

Marc Bolan was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and poet. He is best known as the founder, frontman, lead singer & guitarist for T. Rex, but also a successful solo artist...

, T. Rex

T. Rex (band)

T. Rex were a British rock band, formed in 1967 by singer/songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan. The band formed as Tyrannosaurus Rex, releasing four folk albums under the name...

 and Brit Pop

Their self-titled debut album

The Smith Westerns (album)

The Smith Westerns is the self-titled debut album by the indie rock band Smith Westerns.-Track listing:# "Dreams" – 2:39# "Boys are Fine" – 2:37# "Gimme Some Time" – 2:13# "Girl in Love" – 3:01# "We Stay Out" – 3:18# "Tonight" – 3:34...

 was released on HoZac Records

HoZac Records

HoZac Records is a record label formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA in late 2006 by Todd Killings and Brett Cross after the demise of Horizontal Action Magazine...

 on June 5, 2009. Most of the album was recorded throughout the winter and early spring in Max Kakacek's basement.

They released a new single, "Weekend", on November 4, 2010, from their most recent album Dye It Blonde

Dye It Blonde

Dye It Blonde is the second full-length album by the indie rock band Smith Westerns.-Track listing:# "Weekend" – 3:22# "Still New" – 4:12# "Imagine Pt. 3" – 3:34# "All Die Young" – 3:47# "Fallen in Love" – 2:30# "End of the Night" – 3:26...

, which was released on January 18, 2011.

Most recently, they have been opening band for the Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band. Formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, the band currently consists of Alex Turner , Jamie Cook , Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders...

 in their Suck It and See Tour

Suck It and See Tour

Suck It and See Tour is an ongoing worldwide concert tour by English band Arctic Monkeys in support of their chart-topping, fourth studio album Suck It and See....

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	US Indie Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...	US Alt	US Rock	US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
The Smith Westerns The Smith Westerns (album) The Smith Westerns is the self-titled debut album by the indie rock band Smith Westerns.-Track listing:# "Dreams" – 2:39# "Boys are Fine" – 2:37# "Gimme Some Time" – 2:13# "Girl in Love" – 3:01# "We Stay Out" – 3:18# "Tonight" – 3:34...	Release date: June 5, 2009 Label: HoZac Records HoZac Records HoZac Records is a record label formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA in late 2006 by Todd Killings and Brett Cross after the demise of Horizontal Action Magazine... Formats: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , music download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... , vinyl	—	—	—	—	—
Dye It Blonde Dye It Blonde Dye It Blonde is the second full-length album by the indie rock band Smith Westerns.-Track listing:# "Weekend" – 3:22# "Still New" – 4:12# "Imagine Pt. 3" – 3:34# "All Die Young" – 3:47# "Fallen in Love" – 2:30# "End of the Night" – 3:26...	Release date: January 18, 2011 Label: Fat Possum Records Fat Possum Records Fat Possum Records is an American independent record label based in Oxford, Mississippi. At first Fat Possum focused almost entirely on recording hitherto unknown Mississippi blues artists . Recently, Fat Possum has signed younger rock acts to its roster... Formats: CD, music download, vinyl	114	18	20	29	1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Album
2010	"Weekend"	Dye It Blonde