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

Stereogum — The 2000 chamber-pop opus Figure 8 is the last studio album Elliott Smith completed before his death in 2003; it’s the one with the album cover that was turned into a mural in Los Angeles in tribute to Smith. And although I’m partial to Smith’s... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Two covers albums are the highlights of this week's new music releases, Glen Hansard's It Was Triumph We Once Proposed…Songs of Jason Molina and Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith. Ólafur Arnalds and Alice Sara Ott's... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Deerhoof, "What Have You Done for Me Lately" (Polyvinyl). The oblong guitar pop of the San Francisco quartet moves in wildly divergent directions depending on variables known only to members Greg Saunier, John Dieterich, Satomi Matsuzaki and Ed Rodri... more info

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Stereogum — Last November, Ben Gibbard and Mark Kozelek shared a chain of email exchanges about alienating their fans, living in California, and the gentrification of San Francisco. In the latest installment of The Thread, Ben Gibbard and Kozelek correspond abou... more info

Stereogum — The latest installment of PBS Digital Studios’ Blank On Blank animated series features a previously unheard interview with Elliott Smith, which was recorded shortly after his famed performance at the 1998 Oscars. In the fragmented interview, Smith ... more info