There’s no such thing as a bad Elliott Smith album. They’re all somewhere between “really good” and “era defining.” Figure 8 holds special significance, however, as it was the final ...

Shortly after the release of his fifth studio album, Figure 8 — the last record he'd finish in his lifetime — Elliott Smith told a Boston Herald writer why he was so drawn to that titular ...

Really, though, there’s no wrong way to hear an Elliott Smith song, so it’s thrilling to get a taste of the Figure 8 and XO material in its most elemental state, as in the clip above. It’s a ...

Elliott Smith passed away in 2003, but if the legendary indie musician was still alive, he would have turned 50 years old today. ... 1998’s XO and 2000’s Figure 8, ...

For the first time ever, Elliott Smith’s Figure 8 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition has been pressed on 3LP LIMITED EDITION COLORWAY Tri-Color Opaque White, Black, and Red “Figure 8 Mural Vinyl”.

Elliott Smith decided he wanted to make a career out of music when he first heard The Beatles’ White Album. In April 2000, he released an album called Figure 8 that seemed like his attempt to ...

The wall reached some kind of cult architectural status after the cover photo for Elliott Smith 2000 album ‘Figure 8’ was shot there and since Smith’s death in 2003, the old shop front has ...

Elliott Smith died nine years ago, on October 21, 2003. To mark the anniversary, a group called the Punk Rock Marthas restored the mural that appears on th Elliott Smith's 'Figure 8' Mural ...

To mark of the ninth anniversary of Elliott Smith’s death yesterday, a group called Punk Rock Marthas revamped the mural that was featured on the cover of Figure 8, the last album Smith released ...

“Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” out Sept. 12, will reunite all the principals of the original cast, including Christopher ...

New Monkey Studio, originally founded by Elliott Smith, has announced a special benefit concert titled “All My Rowdy Friends,” set to take place on what would have been Smith’s 55th birthday ...

Shortly after the release of his fifth studio album, Figure 8 — the last record he'd finish in his lifetime — Elliott Smith told a Boston Herald writer why he was so drawn to that titular ...