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"Hypnotic & Lulling" - Alyssa Meza / UR Chicago

"Chicago psych-fuzz act Stephen Paul Smoker has put its forthcoming Neon Green / No You No Me 7″ up for pre-order" - Chicago Verse United [Read [ read more ]

Making music, fixing bicycles, chilling with bums, moving forward and living life with Stephen Paul Smoker. - UR Chicago Interview [Read More]

"Dark and groovy"- Loud Loop Press

"Smoker paints a colorful picture" - ChicagoVerseUniteD

"This is dirty music for dirty times." RCRD LBL

"a blend of somber psychedelia and dreamy pop" - Chicagoist

Can you feel the anticipation? Chicago’s very own proggy psych-rockers Stephen Paul Smoker are set to release its debut LP, Ripe Fruit, in mid-March. We previewed [ read more ]

"experimental musician Stephen Paul Smoker has cast an eerie glow upon Chicago music" - Allison Taich / PopMatters

"Pulsating psych-rock groove and foot stomping rhythm, marvellous." - Mad Mackerel's Best of the Month, Jan 2012

Album of the Month, April 2012 – “meditative and psychedelic” [Read More] Tweet

"Their live show at the hideout last fall blew the glitter off my toes" - dialecstatic

"a hypnotic little state carries you til the end" - Austin Town Hall

"Smoker’s music is a blend of raucous indie pop infused with 60’s psychedelia" - Rrandom.com

"It was the one thing I didn’t anticipate." – Audrey Leon for LoudLoop Press

PopMatters | Interview

“experimental musician Stephen Paul Smoker has cast an eerie glow upon Chicago music” – Allison Taich / PopMatters

Dispatches from the North Coast Music Festival: 3 September 2010 – Chicago
by PopMatters Allison Taich – 14 September 2010

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