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

In what has become a tradition in recent years, Anderson Speedway will celebrate the Fourth of July with Best Way Disposal Figure-8 Madness. The night of mayhem in the cross-over will be presented by ...

From Eminem to Linkin Park, PJ Harvey to A Perfect Circle, these are the best albums from 2000 that are turning 25 this year.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Pocono on Saturday as part of a big tripleheader weekend for NASCAR. On Friday, Layne Riggs picked up the win in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race to open the ...

Trackhouse Racing put the three-time Supercars champion into this full-time role to take advantage of his road course prowess ...

What does Elliott Smith have to do with it? 25 years on, Figure 8 is Elliott Smith’s Abbey Road. It is both a culmination of his artistic ambitions and skills, and also an album which straddles the ...

More About Figure 8 Released on April 18, 2000, Figure 8 was Smith’s fifth studio album. It also was the final album he released before his untimely death in October 2003 at age 34.

This week 25 years ago (April 18, 2000), Elliott Smith unveiled his fifth studio album – and the last released during his lifetime – Figure 8. To mark the occasion, we’re revisiting a classic Hot ...

Before making Figure 8, Elliott Smith switched coasts and settled in Southern California. To find the sounds he wanted, Smith bounced around to a few different studios and, to make The Beatles ...

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 ...

25 years ago today (4/18/00), Elliott Smith released his fifth studio album Figure 8. As Smith’s last studio release before he died in 2003, the album expands into full-band arrangements, pianos, ...

The final album released during Smith’s lifetime, it debuted at No. 99 in the Billboard 200 and remained in the chart for five weeks. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Figure 8 at No. 86 in its 100 Best ...