The Los Angeles indie landmark has been revamped in tribute to the late artist

As we mentioned in our list of Elliott Smith’s 10 best songs, Kill Rock Stars has deemed August to be Elliott Smith month, in honor of his 8/6 birthday, and they’ve been kindly flooding the market with alternate versions of some old tracks, mostly from Elliott’s third and final KRS LP, Either/Or. “Ballad O...

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...