Marnie Stern Offers Date with Fan as Part of Album Release
Musicians have done some truly strange things over the years to promote their work. Even then, offering a romantic date is still about as unorthodox as you can get.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsListen to an Alternate Version of Elliott Smith's "Angeles"
This month, we've seen a number of previously unreleased versions of Elliott Smith songs, and today we have an intimate, acoustic take on Either/Or's "Angeles." read more
Found in: Music, NewsListen to an Alternate Version of Elliott Smith’s “Punch and Judy”
Close on the heels of “Alameda,” Kill Rock Stars has released another previously unreleased Elliott Smith track. read more
Found in: Music, NewsListen to an Unreleased Version of Elliott Smith's "Alameda"
While it is easy to focus on Elliott Smith’s death when recalling the beloved artist, Kill Rock Stars is taking the month of August to celebrate his life, noting that the songwriter would be 43 had he not taken his own life in 2003.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThao and Mirah Ready Collaborative Album for April
Last summer, Thao Nyugen and Mirah announced plans to collaborate on an upcoming record after spending some time together on the road. That project has finally come to fruition and will go by the straightforward name of Thao and Mirah.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Thermals: Personal Life
Love conquers all “I’m gonna change your life / I’m gonna steal your soul,” avows Thermals frontman Hutch Harris over plodding, gut-wrenching riffs on the opening track of Personal Life, the group’s fifth studio LP. Threadbare Garden State jokes be damned: The Portland trio is grappling with heady and life-altering stuff here—namely, falling in love. It’s a sea change, in terms of the band’s sound; their previous albums’ hyper-political, sturm und drang punk fury is almost entirely gone, replaced by easygoing power-pop more akin to fellow Pacific Northwesterners Built to Spill. And this pump-the-brakes approach to songwriting yields some of... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsMarnie Stern Announces Tour Dates
In support of her Oct. 5 self-titled release, face-melting guitarist Stern will set sail across the States, Canada and Europe this fall.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDownload Marnie Stern's "Transparency is the New Mystery"
Guitar-tappin’ bad-ass Marnie Stern offers the second single, “Transparency is the New Mystery,” from her self-titled release.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Free MP3Elliott Smith: Roman Candle, From a Basement on the Hill
Roman Candle: 8.5 From a Basement on the Hill: 6.8 Elliott Smith’s 1994 debut and his 2004 swan song aren’t his best or most popular albums, but both are crucial to understanding the shape of his sadly truncated career. Showcasing Smith’s formative sound and quietly devastating songwriting, Roman Candle may be his most underrated work, and the austere “No Name #3” and “Condor Ave” hint at the greater triumphs of his next two albums, Elliott Smith and Either/Or. By contrast, From a Basement on the Hill (incomplete at the time of his death but finished by producer Rob Schnapf... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsAn 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
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