L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Back in 2000, the L.A. producer/musical gadfly Jon Brion pitched a TV pilot to VH1. "The Jon Brion Show" was pegged as a kind of neo-variety show with guest musicians (a familiar format to anyone who knows his Largo roundtables). Director Paul Thomas... more info
Guardian Music — Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Catherine Shoard review Confession of a Child of the CenturyXan BrooksPeter BradshawCatherine ShoardElliot SmithPhil MaynardHenry Barnes more info
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Guardian Music — (Intelligent Noise)Willamette Mountain is the name US singer-songwriter Joshua James gives to his home in Utah, where he keeps goats and chickens and grows his own vegetables, a close-to-the-land existence that affords him ample opportunity to contem... more info
Guardian Music — Jesse Vile, director of a documentary about musician Jason Becker, describes the inspirational experience of working with the motor neurone disease survivorElliot Smith
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Said the Gramophone — Andy Shauf - "You're Out Wasting". At first listen it's just Elliott Smith pastiche, but there's something grimly determined in Shauf's impersonation, something direct in the tribute: this is the song he wants to make, the way he wants... more info
Prefix — Today (October 21) marks the ninth anniversary of Elliott Smith's tragic death, and as a tribute to the late singer-songwriter, ...
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Guardian Music — Xan Brooks and Peter Bradshaw review Alan G Parker's documentary about Status Quo, Hello QuoXan BrooksPeter BradshawCatherine ShoardRichard SprengerPhil MaynardElliot Smith
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