Sufjan Stevens will get his Elliott Smith moment at this year's Oscars. 20 years ago, Smith, of course, had one of '90s indie rock's most transcendent cultural moments, when he performed "Miss Misery," his surprise Best Original Song nominee from the Good Will Hunting soundtrack, at the 1998 Oscars. He wore a white suit, looked…

The film will be shown around the world in May, including a UK screening in Derby

Last November, Ben Gibbard and Mark Kozelek shared a chain of email exchanges about alienating their fans, living in California, and the gentrification of San Francisco. In the latest installment of The Thread, Ben Gibbard and Kozelek correspond about their lives on the road and the difficulties of touring (Kozelek claims to be “Europe...

The song was discovered during the making of new documentary 'Heaven Adores You'

Heaven Adores You is a new, Kickstarter-funded Elliott Smith doc from director Nickolas Rossi, promoted as “an intimate, meditative inquiry into the life and music of Elliott Smith” and featuring previously unreleased songs. The film opens with a 1998 interview on Dutch TV in which Smith discusses his newfound fame after perf...