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Vinyl Fetishnew
Lizzie Huffman resurrects the arcane art of country storytelling and 10-inch EPs.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Sarah White |
11-18-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
My Fondness for Dead Guy Rocknew
As a few close friends of mine have pointed out over the last several years, I seem to have a particular affinity for singer/songwriters who are no longer with us.
Jackson Free Press |
Andi Agnew |
11-25-2008 |
Music
A Successful Posthumous Collectionnew
New Moon is not as much a collection of outtakes from Either/Or as it is a mature body of work that captured the artist at his peak.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Gabe Gomez |
05-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Elliott Smith, New Moon
Sound and Spirit: Elliott Smith's Archivistnew
Larry Crane talks about standing in on New Moon.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
05-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Elliott Smith, New Moon
Everybody Understandsnew
Since workaday citizens need the ideal of the angst-ridden and suicidal artist, the scramble for a useable Smith is on.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
02-24-2006 |
Music
Tags: Elliott Smith
Big Nothingsnew
If bleakness blankets singer-songwriter Elliott Smith's posthumously released CD, that doesn't mark a major change in tone from his previous albums.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
11-22-2004 |
Music
Trying to Make Sense of Elliott Smith's Final Albumnew
Songs From a Basement on the Hill feels like the natural progression of a gifted and obsessed musical mind with more and more resources at its disposal—and more and more time to fiddle with them, and more and more drugs to fuel the fiddling.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
10-20-2004 |
Reviews
Sleepwalker: Elliott Smith's Unhappy Dream Lifenew
Elliott Smith died on Oct. 21, 2003, of what most think was a self-inflicted stab wound to the heart. Now the entertainment industry has set a new world record: shortest period between an artist’s passing and the cottage industry created to exploit him.
L.A. Weekly |
Alec Hanley Bemis |
10-18-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
No Easy Way Outnew
Amid the lingering doubts about Elliott Smith's cause of death and the release of new merchandise, the question remains: would he have signed off on his long-awaited album?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
10-13-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
