Wil Wagner and The Smith Street Band profile picture

Wil Wagner and The Smith Street Band

About Me

"Wil Wagner is loud, angry, acoustic, and far too good to ever be on commercial radio ... You will never hear an album by a local artist this well thought out and planned, whether it is the way the songs are constructed or the way the tracks seamlessly flow into each other.
To put it simply: Wil Wagner is the best artist you've never heard of. 5 stars"
http://www.thescene.com.au/Music/Reviews/Wil-Wagner/
I started out playing Defiance, Ohio covers at Joe McGuigan's house when I was 17.
Now I'm 19 and I made two acoustic eps and an album called Us Boys Run with my friends and it is for sale at places like Poison City Records and at shows! Now I have a band and we are called The Smith Street Band and we play new songs and party shows! We are recording soon and will hopefully tour again when we do!
THE WIL WAGNER AND FRIENDS DEBUT ALBUM 'US BOYS RUN' IS OUT NOW ON CORSICAN RECORDS. HEAD HERE TO ORDER
www.corsicanrecords.bigcartel.com
HERE IS THE E.P ME AND SHIFTY MADE LAST WINTER, HERE IS A LINK!
http://www.mediafire.com/?uotnmkkyyhx

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/09/2006
Band Members: THE SMITH STREET BAND AT THIS TIME IS-
Wil Wagner - Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Tom Lawson - Guitar, Vocals
Jimmy O'Loughlin - Bass, Jumps
Chris Cowburn - Drums, Vocals

Influences: Mainly Latterman

Ghostface Killah, Desaparecidos, Billy Bragg, Defiance, Ohio, Kimya Dawson, Deer Tick, Bob Dylan, Pavement, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Endless Mike and the Beagle Club, Modest Mouse, Bright Eyes, Wu-Tang Clan, Cat Power, Tom Waits, Pixies, Battles, Cake, Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen.
CLAP CLAP! DRUMS DRUMS!
Sounds Like: You could, sky rocket.
Record Label: Corsican Records/Poison City Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

nyooz

soooooo hello!there is some things happening, i'm about half way through recording Wil Tang Clan, which is me covering my favourite hip hop songs!also there will be some new demos up on myspace in the...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:31:00 GMT

ALBUM REVIEW

the lovely people at 'the scene' have reviewed the album... have a read here http://www.thescene.com.au/Music/Reviews/Wil-Wagner/
Posted by on Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:54:00 GMT

NEEWWWSSS

SO! WE RICH BITCH! Our good friend/new bandmate Lee (Left Hand Cuts The Right, North Melbourne Big Dog Brigade) has started a lable called Corsican Records and he will be putting out the album at the ...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:10:00 GMT

T SHIRTS!!!

GUYS!!!! I am going to make fifty t shirts, of this design by Jason aka The Genius-http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction= viewImage&friendID=106988976&albumID=506135&imageID=41374481 who ...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:07:00 GMT

Some Liricz

For Josh! I only did the songs on the myspace at the moment. If you want any other lyrics, feel free to ask!Bicycles, Muscles, Cigarettes- Three weeks ago these songs had never been heardExcept by my...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:45:00 GMT