Kill Rock Stars has been generous with the Elliott Smith alternate takes this August — Elliott Smith Month, they’re calling it, in honor of his 8/6 birthday. First we got “Alameda,” then “Punch And Judy,” plus an offer of a scrapped trumpet-led version of “Needle In The Hay&am...

All these years later, it’s amazing that there are still unheard Elliott Smith recordings out there, but there totally are. The man would’ve turned 43 this week, and Kill Rock Stars is marking the occasion by posting things like an alternate version of “Alameda” and now this. The unheard version of &#8...

In celebration of what would have been Elliott Smith’s 43rd birthday, Kill Rock Stars is releasing some rare and previously unreleased tracks from their archives. Today, they put forth an alternate version of “Alameda” from the Either/Or sessions that features some different lyrics. Stream it below. Alameda (alterna...

'Heaven Adores You' is the second film to be made about the late singer songwriter's life

In 1997, Elliott Smith arrived at the University of Maryland’s student-run WMUC-FM station to tape a session; at the time, Smith was riding a wave of underground and critical respect for his 1997 LP Either/Or. The session was broadcast live on the station and taped via MiniDisc for posterity. Before the session began, though, Smith [...]