SMARTS

"...Smarts lead a roomful of tired Whartscapers to utter insanity. I believe there was a pot of flowers being thrown around in the riot, for example..." -Aural States$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$" ...The band began to signal that they'd play three more songs right before the bassist's instrument broke in two, and the whole place briefly fell into chaos when it looked like the set might be prematurely over. But then he got out another bass, and they carried on, with the last songs, while the chaos continued to intensify. The Talking Head's soundman is set up right in the middle of the room near the stage in the new location, and we felt genuine sympathy for the guy as Smarts fans jostled around him and the band's frontman sprayed a bottle of water all over the club, spilling some on the mixing board. Maybe the club will think about building the poor guy a booth before the next time it books Smarts..." -Baltimore Citypaper$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$ "Smarts forgo stage for car-roof-with-lashed-on-drums in a kinetic and catchy set involving all requisite “stage”-diving, punk rock riffing, and bothering of audience members." -Impose Magazine $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$MUSICAL REVIEW$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$H ere are some bands we've had the pleasure of pleasuring (musically): The Death Set, Wzt Hearts, Japanther, Witch Hat, White Mice, The New Flesh, Silver Daggers, Double Dagger, These Are Powers, The Amoeba Men, Google Eyes, Beach House, Human Host, Yukon, Butt Stomach, Ponytail, Future Islands, Santa Dads, Air Waves, Yeasayer, Pwrfl Pwr, Dan Deacon, Aunt Dracula, Rah Dunes, NinjaSonik, White Williams, Ecstatic Sunshine, Knfe Hyts, Golden Triangle, Mark Brown, Crystal Castles, Thrust Lab, Sweet 16, Mass Shivers, Facts, The Creepers, Lexie Mountain Boys, Eyeball Skeleton, DD/MM/YYYY, Mae Shi, Killer Whales, Thank You, Narwhalez, Oxes, Videohippos, Hearts of Darknesses, Ear Pwr, Teenage Souls, Fiasco, Hawnay Troof, Drums Like Machine Guns, Po Po, Silk Flowers, Extreme Violence, Boogie Boarder, Cex, Lemonade, HEALTH, Dope Body, Weekends $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$