Consequence of Sound — Off the forthcoming Say Yes! tribute album, due out this fall. more info

Stereogum — An Elliott Smith tribute album featuring contributions from Waxahatchee, Jesu/Sun Kil Moon, J. Mascis, Lou Barlow, Julien Baker, Amanda Palmer, Belly/The Breeder’s Tanya Donelly, and Swervedriver’s Adam Franklin is due out this fall, and today Yu... more info

Guardian Music — As the Supergrass founder launches his latest project under new moniker Vangoffey, he selects five of his most played tracksI love Elliott Smith. His voice is so real and fragile. There is a great live clip of this song, in which he forgets the lyric... more info

Guardian Music — The musician was only 23 when his wife, Peaches Geldof, died of a heroin overdose. Two years on, he talks about grief, fatherhood and the catharsis of musicThomas Cohen is considering what Peaches Geldof, his wife of 18 months when she died of a hero... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tanya Donelly, Lou Barlow, Juliana Hatfield & more also contribute. Continue reading… more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Oscars found a wholly different minority to exclude when they declined to ask the transgender experimental musician Anohni to perform her Best Original Song-nominated "Manta Ray" during the Academy Awards on Sunday. It's perhaps not entirely surp... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: DIIV at Irving Plaza in 2015 (more by Greg Cristman) DIIV, who just released a new album, have just shared an acoustic cover of Elliott Smith's "Ballad of Big Nothing" which they recorded for HERO magazine's HERO sessions series. Zachary... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Grandaddy made four albums between 1997 and 2006, two of which (2000's The Software Slump and 2003's Sumday) are early-'00s indie rock classics. In 2012, Gradaddy reformed for a few festivals and the band are currently working on their... more info

Rawkblog — Paul Verhoeven's misunderstood sci-fi film, Elliott Smith's former band, the best Michigan movies and more. more info

Stereogum — The new Elliott Smith documentary Heaven Adores You opened in select theaters this weekend, and a short clip from the film has made its way online via Billboard that breaks down the process behind recording and putting together the XO track “Tomorr... more info