Music

What are Smith Westerns listening to?

by Anne T. Donahue

Because few things are as good as stealing the iPod from your favourite musician to judge him or her on their musical taste, we’ve started asking bands what songs they can’t stop listening to. This time, we got a mini-playlist from Chicago’s Smith Westerns.

The band recently played dates in Toronto and Montreal before heading back to the States for SXSW performances this week. Whether you’ll consider their current musical favourites surprising remains to be seen:

Cullen Omori (singer/guitarist):

1) MGMT – “Song for Dan Treacy”

2) Arctic Monkeys – “Riot Van”

3) Gucci Mane – “Dope Boys”

4) Lykke Li – “I Follow Rivers”

Max Kakacek (guitarist):

1) Fleetwood Mac – “Gypsy”

2) Big Boi feat. Gucci Mane – “Shine Blockers”

3) The Psychedelic Furs – “Love My Way”

Cameron Omori (bassist):

1) Yuck – “Get Away”

2) Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “FFunny Frends”

3) Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “How Can U Luv Me”