"We don't want to be a party band," Smith Westerns guitarist and co-songwriter Max Kakacek says from his cell phone while visiting friends in Austin, Texas, just a few days after the Chicago-based wunderkinds' performance at Coachella.
Welcome to the 35th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, and Scott Dransfield, all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 10 this week.
Less than two months following the final tour date in support of As Long As You Are, Future Islands have announced the details of their new album People Who Aren’t There Anymore.