Elliott Smith (Musician)

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How Your Favorite Musicians Will Die

Monte "M-Dog" Talbert-- the "Teach Me How To Dougie" guy-- was recently gunned down in a drive-by in South Central L.A.. The "Teach Me How To Dougie" guy! Shot and killed! That's crazy. How many famous musicians have we lost to unusual deaths? A lot. Biggie and Tupac. John Lennon. Dimebag Darrell. A ... More >>

Sushirrito and Tataki South Remake Japanese Cuisine for American Appetites

Monte "M-Dog" Talbert-- the "Teach Me How To Dougie" guy-- was recently gunned down in a drive-by in South Central L.A.. The "Teach Me How To Dougie" guy! Shot and killed! That's crazy. How many famous musicians have we lost to unusual deaths? A lot. Biggie and Tupac. John Lennon. Dimebag Darrell. A ... More >>

France's Revolver on Learning English From the Beatles, and Why It's Tough to Cover Elliott Smith

Revolver ​Maybe America isn't ready for Revolver. Or maybe Revolver isn't ready for America -- after all, its Myspace page is still partially in French. This Paris trio sounds like what would happen if Franz Ferdinand was on Saddle Creek Records, replacing bass guitar with cello to create a d ... More >>

An Intro to Elliott Smith: Why We're Not Comfortable with a Greatest Hits Collection

Mmm... Garamond Pro.​ On Wednesday Kill Rock Stars and Domino announced the early November release of An Introduction to... Elliott Smith. It's been almost seven years since Smith stabbed himself in the chest, since which time his grave has hardly been quiet, what with a posthumous album, and a co ... More >>

Odessa Chen Talks to the Animals For New Album

Shoka ShafieeOdessa Chen​Odessa Chen decided four years ago that she was done with romance -- at least until her next CD. For her current project, Archives of the Natural World, the singer-songwriter cast aside songs for an ex named Jeff (not to be confused with Mr. Jeff Buckley, to whom she's oft ... More >>

Grass Widow Reflects on Tragedy, New Album, and Practicing in a Meat Locker

​​A silver lining forced its way through a storm of tragedy -- including the death of one band member's parent -- when S.F. female post-punk trio Grass Widow signed to Kill Rock Stars this past winter. (Kill Rock Stars is a premier west coast indie label that's also home to The Decemberists ... More >>

SF IndieFest: Our Picks for the Local Acts You Shouldn't Miss

Judgement Day​We love our music festivals here in the Bay Area, but most seem occur in the spring, summer, or fall, when the weather's nice--or at least decent--and there's plenty of other stuff going on. Well, for 2010, the good folks over at SF IndieFest (known heretofore for indie film) have pu ... More >>

Let's Get Killed's Top Albums of 2009

Judgement Day​We love our music festivals here in the Bay Area, but most seem occur in the spring, summer, or fall, when the weather's nice--or at least decent--and there's plenty of other stuff going on. Well, for 2010, the good folks over at SF IndieFest (known heretofore for indie film) have pu ... More >>

Jamie Stewart's infinite sadness is exhausting

Judgement Day​We love our music festivals here in the Bay Area, but most seem occur in the spring, summer, or fall, when the weather's nice--or at least decent--and there's plenty of other stuff going on. Well, for 2010, the good folks over at SF IndieFest (known heretofore for indie film) have pu ... More >>

SF Weekly Music Awards 2007 Program

Judgement Day​We love our music festivals here in the Bay Area, but most seem occur in the spring, summer, or fall, when the weather's nice--or at least decent--and there's plenty of other stuff going on. Well, for 2010, the good folks over at SF IndieFest (known heretofore for indie film) have pu ... More >>

Doing It Her Way

Judgement Day​We love our music festivals here in the Bay Area, but most seem occur in the spring, summer, or fall, when the weather's nice--or at least decent--and there's plenty of other stuff going on. Well, for 2010, the good folks over at SF IndieFest (known heretofore for indie film) have pu ... More >>

Forgiving the past through Elliott Smith

Judgement Day​We love our music festivals here in the Bay Area, but most seem occur in the spring, summer, or fall, when the weather's nice--or at least decent--and there's plenty of other stuff going on. Well, for 2010, the good folks over at SF IndieFest (known heretofore for indie film) have pu ... More >>

It Was a Year Of ...

Well, lots of things, actually

Sufjan Stevens and the Pacific Mozart Ensemble sing for the states

Well, lots of things, actually

Future Imperfect

Renaissance is black and white and a little dead all over

Birds of a Feather

Meric Long and Logan Kroeber break the singer/songwriter barrier

Various Artists

The Sound the Hare Heard

Solo artists Soltero and ex-Ride frontman Mark Gardener bring their respective low-key rock to town

The Sound the Hare Heard

The Hard Sellout

Bruce Brugmann, Frank Chu, Super Balls, U2, and folk-playing surfers

The Kingsbury Manx

The Fast Rise and Fall of the South

Rogue Wave

A grown-up indie-pop band emerges with a stunning sophomore album

Noh Goes Native

Mixing traditions for a Crazy tale

Pajo

Pajo

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Broom

Marrying the Mainstream

White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records.

CD Gift Box

White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records.

Explosions in the Sky, et al.

Friday Night Lights (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

After Midnight

Friday Night Lights (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Iron and Wine and Diapers

Singer-songwriter Sam Beam is the last person you'd expect to be pulling rock star duty

Shops and Gifts

Singer-songwriter Sam Beam is the last person you'd expect to be pulling rock star duty

Elliott Smith R.I.P.

A downward spiral hits its nadir

Jeff Hanson

Son

Oh, Inverted World

A handful of sleepers to wake up the neighbors

SF Weekly Music Awards 2002

A galaxy-spanning journey through space and sound!

Pipe Dreams

Former Thrasher photographer Nik Freitas trades his skateboard for a keyboard -- and the glories of '70s pop

Various Artists

The Amos House Collection, Volume II (Wishing Tree)

The Silent Type

Mark Lanegan's downbeat folk-rock speaks volumes -- without resorting to a whole lot of noise

Hear This

Chris Lee torches soul and classic pop.

Star Gazing

For Stars ditch the lo-fi ghetto for a big rock opus. But will their fans follow?

Kings of Convenience

Quiet Is the New Loud (Astralwerks)

Behind the Music

Damien Jurado's life is nothing like the bleak, miserable landscape he depicts

SF Weekly Wammies 2000

Your choices of the top local bands

Elliott Smith

Figure 8 (DreamWorks)

Yours for a Song

A Night of Serious Drinking rewrites the rules of the old-fashioned rock combo

1998: The Year in Lists

A Night of Serious Drinking rewrites the rules of the old-fashioned rock combo

Sad

A Night of Serious Drinking rewrites the rules of the old-fashioned rock combo

Busker Do!

Mary Lou Lord comes out of the subway and into a theater near you

Words + Guitar (+ Beats + Skronk)

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

Anti-depressants

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997