hello. im kieren. i write music. new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: 'profile', rpp: 4, interval: 6000, width: 250, height: 300, theme: { shell: { background: '#9c9c9c', color: '#000000' }, tweets: { background: '#ffffff', color: '#000000', links: '#999' } }, features: { scrollbar: false, loop: false, live: false, hashtags: true, timestamp: true, avatars: false, behavior: 'all' } }).render().setUser('kierensmith').start(); Tumblr (3.0; @kierensmith)http://kierensmith.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4swmipGr81qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Another Olivia picture from the weekend! (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/24013531452http://kierensmith.com/post/24013531452Tue, 29 May 2012 15:23:06 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4r45mDVaG1qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Central park! (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/23951570610http://kierensmith.com/post/23951570610Mon, 28 May 2012 16:10:34 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4oxqp4dZZ1qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Brooklyn flea market. Taking me back to my childhood!!! (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/23869686330http://kierensmith.com/post/23869686330Sun, 27 May 2012 11:56:48 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4n28oWzO11qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Breakfast. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/23803157801http://kierensmith.com/post/23803157801Sat, 26 May 2012 11:38:47 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ggq0e7qs1qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dawes acoustic set at Rose Bar. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/23589057762http://kierensmith.com/post/23589057762Tue, 22 May 2012 22:08:24 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3z1k5JJnc1qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today I am recording an entire Little Bombs EP on this thing. Excited. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/22979645914http://kierensmith.com/post/22979645914Sun, 13 May 2012 12:21:41 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3x721w9Fc1qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>So. Much. Meat. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/22912001093http://kierensmith.com/post/22912001093Sat, 12 May 2012 12:25:12 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3j1k5212K1qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Chili Peppers = real musicians. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/22419152842http://kierensmith.com/post/22419152842Fri, 04 May 2012 21:00:05 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3fbt1tZ2k1qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yankee-gram (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/22295556874http://kierensmith.com/post/22295556874Wed, 02 May 2012 20:51:01 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3264w5oVc1qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Want. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/21811379745http://kierensmith.com/post/21811379745Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:19:44 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1zn5bEC4k1qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>250 beers. This is what happens when you go to McSorley’s with Patent Pending. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/20510346240http://kierensmith.com/post/20510346240Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:00:47 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ka4adu611qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Totally walked by Monica’s apartment last weekend. FRIENDS is and will always be my favorite TV show ever. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/20023277854http://kierensmith.com/post/20023277854Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:55:22 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1bipf79oO1qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Black Key have the largest disco ball I have ever seen. Awesome. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/19768195050http://kierensmith.com/post/19768195050Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:22:26 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0qhdjBRZi1qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s BBQ season! (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/19130784837http://kierensmith.com/post/19130784837Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:44:07 -0500<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://propertyofzack.com/post/17213948400/propertyofzack-review-little-bombs">propertyofzack</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz07yoeeKf1qzxlbn.jpg"/></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">When beloved Minnesota power-poppers Sing It Loud fractured in 2010 under the weight of creative differences, most fans kept their eyes out for lead singer Pat Brown’s next move. Meanwhile, guitarist Kieren Smith, an equal creative force in that project, seems to have quickly slipped off the radar. Now, following a brief dalliance with solo acoustic recording and a move to New York City, Smith has put together another band, Little Bombs, with Take Cover drummer Derek Johnson, and it’s clear from their self-titled debut that the time out of the spotlight was trying.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Smith has always evinced a gift for strong melodic chops, but he’s dialed down the volume on his pop moves here a smidge; everything on <em>Little Bombs</em> is a touch darker, a bit roughed up, a little less obvious than anything Sing It Loud attempted. It’s a move that suits his voice, more demure and shaded than Brown’s boisterous, nasal presence. If Sing It Loud were a power-pop band of the 2008 neon vintage, Little Bombs bears much more in common with the term’s progenitors, refugees from an alternate universe where The Posies towered over Nirvana and Material Issue’s International Pop Overthrow truly became one. “Deal With The Devil” splits the difference between Weezer’s <em>Blue Album</em> and Better Than Ezra’s <em>Deluxe</em>; lead single “Don’t Walk My Way” is the sad cousin of the Goo Goo Dolls’ “We Are The Normal”.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Credit producer Ed Ackerson (who clearly knows this territory well, having been around this block once or twice with his own experimental-pop group Polara) for both coaxing measured, nuanced performances out of Smith and Johnson and for the album’s well-worn feel, all chunky drums, scuzzed-up guitars and thick-but-crisp basslines. (Those basslines, uncredited in the band’s bio, are particularly exceptional throughout, often carrying the melody through middle eights and prechoruses). It’s not at all perfected — the cymbals in “Watch You Go”’s chorus mash together into some weird, phased distraction, for one — but the upsides of the approach far outweigh the drawbacks. There’s a super-satisfying <em>feel</em> to the whole affair, a pleasant organic sillage that’s doubly refreshing when contrasted with the robotic, hyper-precise impersonal sheen that seems to have infected so much guitar pop as of late. Imperfect pop forever!</span></p> <p><a href="http://propertyofzack.com/post/17213948400/propertyofzack-review-little-bombs">Read More</a></p> </blockquote>http://kierensmith.com/post/17221419513http://kierensmith.com/post/17221419513Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:18:55 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lys60gHxG31qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Towing a semi. #nonefucksgiven (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/16930043705http://kierensmith.com/post/16930043705Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:26:39 -0600nonefucksgiven<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly7v09iIo11qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Who needs ice bro!? (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/16305589934http://kierensmith.com/post/16305589934Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:16:57 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxy6agFEoM1qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Waiting for the train… Always waiting. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/16007293090http://kierensmith.com/post/16007293090Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:44:40 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxnp2risTj1qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Champagne or beer…? (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/15690266831http://kierensmith.com/post/15690266831Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:56:50 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxnbp325R71qzaz81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hey @yobennyfresh (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://kierensmith.com/post/15677206081http://kierensmith.com/post/15677206081Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:07:50 -0600