Steven Paul Smith was born in Omaha in 1969 and raised outside Dallas, moving to Portland, Oregon, as a teenager to live with his father—or perhaps more pointedly, to get away from his abusive ...

Summer has winded down.The leaves are changing. The air feels crisper. The evenings come sooner. And with these things, one album that comes out of the autumnal woodwork is the ...

“Do you miss me, Miss Misery?” Elliott Smith asks, in a song made for the “Good Will Hunting” film soundtrack. I didn’t think he’d ever ask. But yes, I do, because Elliott Smith is gone. The ...

Rare and previously unreleased recordings from Heatmiser — Elliott Smith‘s ’90s band with Neil Gust, Tony Lash, and Brandt Peterson — have been collected for a new compilation, The Music of Heatmiser, ...

Working as a music journalist means that some days you get to tell people, in breathless prose, about an incredible new record you've discovered. On other days, you have to tell people that an artist ...

There is no satisfying way to write about Elliott Smith because everything he did defied resolution. He played in deliberately ambiguous scales. His songs had no prevailing mood. He made music not to ...

Good Will Hunting” is subtly grounded by Elliott Smith. Will Hunting’s persona is enriched by its odd reflection within Smith ...

Last year, Los Angeles musician Andy Schiaffino released their third album as body / negative, everett. They’re about to head out on tour with Midwife (who contributed to some songs on everett) and ...

All Elliott Smith fans have a favorite Elliott Smith clip. Mine is poignant; it somehow seems to capture so many sides of him in one tortured, beautiful instant. Cigarette in hand, Smith gives his ...

Lucy Dacus braves the freezing cold in New York City to share some songs off her playlist and discuss her upcoming solo album, Forever Is a Feeling, on the latest episode of Rolling Stone’s Song ...

Working as a music journalist means that some days you get to tell people, in breathless prose, about an incredible new record you've discovered. On other days, you have to tell people that an artist ...