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Andy Shauf: The Party review – an accomplished new voice

3398 days ago

Guardian Music — (Anti-)Comparisons between musicians are blunt instruments. But if a more orchestral take on Elliott Smith appeals, Canadian troubadour Andy Shauf is a find. A singer-songwriter with a Beatles hang-up and a voice like sodden velvet, Shauf is on his s... more info

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Yuck cover Elliott Smith’s “Bled White” — listen

3415 days ago

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

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Yuck – “Bled White” (Elliott Smith Cover)

3415 days ago

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

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Danny Goffey's playlist: Little Simz, Elliott Smith and more

3416 days ago

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

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Thomas Cohen on life after Peaches: ‘I had to face the pain’

3433 days ago

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

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Elliott Smith tribute album coming ft. Waxahatchee, J Mascis, Jesu + Sun Kil Moon, Julien Baker & more

3478 days ago

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

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Looking back: Elliott Smith and Three 6 Mafia were too good for the Oscars

3484 days ago

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

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DIIV cover Elliott Smith in new video, announce spring tour

3488 days ago

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

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Grandaddy recording new LP; frontman Jason Lytle touring France as part of Elliott Smith tribute w/ Ken Stringfellow

3557 days ago

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

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