Elliott Smith decided he wanted to make a career out of music when he first heard The Beatles’ White Album. In April 2000, he released an album called Figure 8 that seemed like his attempt to recreate ...

The expanded collection previously was released via digital formats in 2019 in honor of what would’ve been Smith’s 50th birthday. It features Figure 8’s original 16 songs, plus seven bonus tracks. The ...

“Do you miss me, Miss Misery?” Elliott Smith asks, in a song made for the “Good Will Hunting” film soundtrack. I didn’t think he’d ever ask. But yes, I do, because Elliott Smith is gone. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steven Paul Smith was born in Omaha in 1969 and raised outside Dallas, moving to Portland, Oregon, as a teenager to live with his ...

Today, we are pleased to debut the new song by The Silver Snails! It's an Elliott smith cover! The Silver Snails are the husband and wife duo Lucas Ward and Elisa Fantini and they make music that ...

There’s no such thing as a bad Elliott Smith album. They’re all somewhere between “really good” and “era defining.” Figure 8 holds special significance, however, as it was the final album Smith ...

Elliott Smith wasn’t from Austin, but that hasn’t stopped Austinites from celebrating him. Bruisingly tender, strangely catchy, and, as many guitar players will attest, shockingly difficult to play – ...

"Angel In The Snow" has always been one of my favorite songs by Elliott, one I’d always listen to around the holidays, so it was a huge joy to make this for such a sweet film. It wasn’t even my idea!

No bad dream fucker's gonna boss Momma around. The beloved alt-rock hook-slingers are riding high off the release of their recent Welcome To My Blue Sky, one of 2025's very best albums so far. As the ...