press: Bangor Daily News, 4/24/09

From “Six 2009 Albums Worth A Listen“: “New band alert! These guys are all under the age of 20, are all ridiculously talented, and make some seriously addictive power pop. None of them is named Tony Smokes. The drummer is amazing. I have a band crush on them. Go to www.myspace.com/tonysmokesmusic and listen to them. [...]

Pictures from the Show!

We’ve got some great pics from the show. All thanks to the folks at WMEB. Take a look.

Rock Trek: Greyhound Buses, Loud Music, and Pantsless Robots

Some astute readers may have noticed a conspicuous lack of new posts in the last few days. “Where,” you might be asking, “are these young hooligans whom I have grown over time to respect and admire so well?” The answer, dear friends, is this: we been busy. And I’m going to tell you about it.

New show announced! Tony Smokes play with Feel It Robot and Pretty & Nice @ Orono, ME – April 4th!

We weren’t exactly expecing this, but apparently the kind folks at WMEB like us quite a bit, so they asked us to share the stage with Bangor’s Feel It Robot and Boston’s Pretty & Nice at the Keith Anderson Community House in Orono, Maine on April 4th. Feel It Robot and Pretty & Nice are [...]

Tony Smokes & The Ladykillers now available at Bull Moose Music!

Hello ladies and gentlemen, We apologize for the lack of postage in the past week or so. While we weren’t focusing our energy on the blog, we managed to get our eponymous CD consigned to Bull Moose Music at the Portland, Scarborough and Bangor locations! And the CD is now available for your purchasing convenience! [...]

Backstabber live at Slainte Wine Bar

Filmed on 1/3/09 by my brother, Sean. Enjoy. -Dylan

At last! Our Full-Length CD has been released!

Picked up the CDs in South Portland today, and boy, do they look beautiful! Thanks to the good people at Nationwide Disc, we now have plenty of CDs waiting to be played on your home stereo system or ripped onto your iTunes. This is very exciting for everyone in the band, and we hope you’re [...]