New Elliott Smith Doc Needs Funding, Has Trailer
As RawkBlog reports, there’s another Elliott Smith documentary in the works. The documentary is titled Heaven Adores You and it takes a look at Smith’s influence on Portland, Ore., a town he lived and released records in for many years. This isn’t to be confused with another Smith doc, titled Searching for Elliott Smith, which had a very limited release in 2009. read more
Found in: Music, NewsOur Favorite Posters from the Indie Rock Poster Book
“I see where the inspiration came from,” someone might say squinting at a smudge of brown paint on a canvas in a brightly-lit gallery. But it’s often difficult to see where an artist is coming from when the only explanation is a neatly printed card with a singular word or phrase accompanied by a high-price tag.... read more
Found in: Books, FeaturesThe 50 Best Beatles Covers of All Time
Few songwriters have been so thoroughly covered as Lennon/McCartney, and the diversity of Beatles covers is a tribute to the Fab Four's unmatched mark on pop music. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe 8 Best Songs in a Waltz Time Signature
I was listening to Beirut’s “A Sunday Smile” last night, and it hit me: This song is in a waltz time signature! No one knows precisely when this famous dance and music style got started, but historians have guesstimated the mid-to-late 16th century. This, in turn, got me thinking: How many other great songs out there was I unwittingly tapping my foot to in 3:4 time? Just how popular and enduring is this musical style? As it turns out, very—here’s eight of the best.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayAn Introduction To... Elliott Smith Album Details Announced
Since his untimely death in 2003, record label Kill Rock Stars has released two Elliott Smith albums.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsShop Talk: Sleigh Bells' Good Bad Music
Last year, Wired editor Robert Capps wrote an article called The Good Enough Revolution in which he argued that your average tech consumer now prefers cheap, simple, sharable products over "quality" gadgets—Google Docs to feature-laden software, easy-to-use video cameras to hi-def camcorders, MP3s to CDs. He cited a study in which Stanford professor Jonathan Berger asked his students each year over six years to rate the musical medium they preferred; as the aughts progressed, an increasing number of them preferred MP3s. Capps suggested that, with music in particular, we not only prefer the ease of the digital format, but we... read more
Found in: Industry, ColumnsIn Memoriam: A Video Sampler of Academy Awards Best Song Performances
The perfect song can vault a good scene in a great movie to iconic status. Just imagine Rose and Jack on the bow of the Titanic, arms spread wide, without Céline Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” playing over the scene. You’ve probably heard that this year, for the first time, the Oscars won’t feature live performances by Best Song nominees. The songs will still make an appearance, but this time via movie clips, “which is how most nominated achievements are featured within the show,” Leslie Unger, a spokeswoman for the Academy, said in a statement. But really, can videos... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayDownload Elliott Smith's "Cecilia/Amanda"
Download Elliott Smith's "Cecilia/Amanda" here.Smith's Roman Candle and From a Basement on the Hill will be reissued in April on Kill Rock Stars.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Free MP3Elliott Smith, TV On The Radio, Band of Horses Added to Guitar Hero 5
In May, we told you of the extensive and eclectic Guitar Hero 5 tracklist, which was to feature 83 bands from The White Stripes and Vampire Weekend to Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones. Now that the list of artists has been confirmed, it's gotten even weirder: GH5 boasts Elliott Smith's "LA," TV On the Radio's "Wolf Like Me," My Morning Jacket's "One Big Holiday," and Band of Horses' "Cigarettes, Wedding Bands," among other alternately rocking and puzzling jewels. ... read more
Found in: Games, NewsElliott Smith's Car Finds New Home
Last week Elliott Smith's sister Ashley (who asked not to have her last name published) decided, after a longstanding relationship with her brother's Volkswagen Passat, to sell the car for charity. She published an ad on Austin Texas' CraigsList, omitting her late brother's name to avoid making a public spectacle of the sale, and chose to inform only Smith's "uber-fans" via SweetAdeline.net. ... read more
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