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

Brooklyn Vegan — Shapeshifting alt-country singer Jessica Lea Mayfield got heavy on last year's Make My Head Sing, and now she's got another new project on the way. This one's a collaborative project with Seth Avett (as in one of the brothers),... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Pulp documentary is far from the only music film showing in NYC this month. Film festival DOC NYC runs November 13 - 20 with a wide variety of non-fiction films. Like last year, this also includes the "Sonic... more info

Stereogum — Soft Fangs is John Lutkevich, a Massachusetts native recording tremendous music in Brooklyn. “Dog Park,” from a five-song cassette EP coming soon on Seagreen, is almost certainly the most beautiful song you’ll hear today. It’s got the feel of... more info