Lo-fi cult artist Linda Smith getting new reissues, touring in April
Singer-songwriter, home-taping pioneer and cult artist Linda Smith has made spare, twee, DIY folk pop since the mid-’80s, and has had records out over the years on labels including Slumberland, Shrimper, and Harriet. Two of her best-loved releases — 1995’s Nothing Else Matters and 1996’s I So Liked Spring — are getting reissued this week by Captured Tracks, including their first-ever vinyl pressings and first time on streaming services. You can check out “Fin De Fete” from I So Liked Spring and her cover of Young Marble Giants’ “Salad Days” from Nothing Else Matters below.
Linda will also doing a little East Coast touring in April with Baltimore’s The Smashing Times. Stop include Baltimore, DC, Philly and her first-ever Brooklyn show, which happens at Union Pool on April 14. All dates are listed below.
Tickets for Union Pool go on sale Friday, March 1 at 11 AM.
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Linda Smith / The Smashing Times tour dates
Weds April 10 – Baltimore – Normal’s
Thurs April 11 – DC – Rhizome
Sat April 13 – Philadelphia – Pageant Soloveev
Sun – April 14 – NYC – Union Pool
