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 ...

Elliott Smith left us way too soon, but he also left behind a treasure trove of music. No one could sink his teeth into a sad song in quite the same way, thanks to his way with a melody and his unique ...

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 ...

The late Elliott Smith’s songs moved a whole lot of people, and they continue to pop up in unexpected places. This summer, we’ll get an album of Smith covers from the Florida-born pianist and composer ...

Third Man Records is reissuing the final album from the Elliott Smith band Heatmiser ahead of its 30th anniversary. The new edition of 1996’s Mic City Sons is out July 25. It includes a remastered ...