Elliott Smith (Musician)

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Music
March 11, 1999
Quiet Riot
The indie movement that is Sleater-Kinney keeps getting bigger
Music
August 26, 2004
Rock and Roll Dream Team
Forget the office-football draft, dude. Here's a far cooler way to waste your time and your employer's money.
Music
April 2, 1998
Rotation
Forget the office-football draft, dude. Here's a far cooler way to waste your time and your employer's money.
Music
September 10, 1998
Rotation
Forget the office-football draft, dude. Here's a far cooler way to waste your time and your employer's money.
Music
October 4, 2007
The Long, Painful Genesis of Bring Back the Guns' First Album
Breaking a drought with Dry Futures
Music
July 26, 2007
2007 Houston Press Music Awards Showcase
Breaking a drought with Dry Futures
Music
April 6, 2006
Pandora's Boss
Meet the guy behind the Web site that could be the MySpace.com of music
Music
February 16, 2006
Band Suicide
Why so many Houston music groups self-destruct right on the brink of having it made
Music
July 27, 2006
2006 Houston Press Music Awards Supplement
Why so many Houston music groups self-destruct right on the brink of having it made
Music
August 18, 2005
The Kids Are All Right
Classic rock lives on in the hands of youngsters the Redwalls
Music
December 30, 2004
New Angels in Rock Heaven
Scoring the grim reaper's 2004 harvest
Music
December 23, 2004
Marrying the Mainstream
White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records
Year End
December 23, 2004
Marrying the Mainstream
White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records
Music
November 4, 2004
Die, Jeff Buckley, Die!
It's time to put a bullet through the head of this zombie
Music
March 11, 2004
Strings Attached
Operatic popster Rufus Wainwright exits "gay hell" and enters his most fertile period
Music
January 1, 2004
Rock Death in 2003
Exhuming and scoring last year's pop-music demises
Blogs
September 1, 2009
Six More Mysterious Musical Deaths We'd Like to See Reopened
That's Brian Jones, who is still dead, in the lower right corner.Original Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones was found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool 40 years ago. It was declared "death by misadventure," a cause of death that probably didn't come as a shock to those who had been aware ... More >>
Blogs
September 18, 2009
He Said, She Said: Gone Too Soon
A rash of recent musical deaths (Michael Jackson and DJ AM among others) have led us here at Rocks Off to do some speculating of our own: Which musicians do we feel were taken from us too soon? Obvious answers like the Famous Js (John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin) or the dual ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2009
Westheimer Block Party Listology: Bright Men of Learning Remember Their Parents' Favorite Music
All this week, Rocks Off is previewing Saturday and Sunday's Westheimer Block Party by asking WBP performers to fill out a list from Lisa Nola's Music Listography book we're so fond of. It's not too late for your band to be up here, either; just email chris.gray@houstonpress.com by noon Thursday if ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2009
The Great Green Room In the Sky: The Grim Reaper's 2009 Musical Roll Call
Thankfully, 2009 was a sorry year for the Greil Marcus Rock Death Meter. Aside from the not terribly unexpected (but still weird) demise of the King of Pop, few bona fide legends went on to the Great Green Room Beyond the Sky. The Rock Death Meter rates rock deaths on a ten-point scale in three c ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2010
SXSW As It Happens: Riot Grrrl Royalty, Bloody Drums, SXSW Parable, Portajohns And Quasi Kicks Ass
Brandon K. Hernsberger5:10 p.m.: "Quasi. Straight up rock and roll that smells like tacos and brisket and spilled Lone Star on kicked-up indie dirt." Brittanie Shey, 5:03 p.m.: "I'm at Kill Rock Stars, and if she weren't too cool for school my inner 15-year-old would be freaking out. Riot grrrl r ... More >>
News
June 24, 2010
The Case of Blue October
Readers take both sides.
Blogs
January 21, 2011
Some Can Whistle: A Playlist To Don't Worry, Be Happy
It's often the little things that make our favorite songs our favorites - the curious, unforeseen additions of small touches like an understated bit of whistling. For those who like to categorize their playlists into themes, we present you with the Rocks Off approved Whistle Playlist. The S ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2011
Dead People We Wish We'd Seen
Regrets, sang Frank Sinatra, Elvis and Sid Vicious, I've had a few. (Or, for Sid, a feee-yooouuu.) So have we all. But if you review concerts for a living, there's nothing worse than someone you like dying before you get the chance to see them live. So for this week's Round Table, Rocks Off ... More >>
Blogs
May 27, 2011
The 25 Most Influential Bands Of The '90s
Trent Reznor, you know, before the Oscar and all the weightlifting. As a music writer, we are asked constantly to compare the new with the old, to decipher the periphery where modern bands' influences come from to understand where we are going and what we are seeing. We can hear everything Ke ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2011
Out Today: Bon Iver's Bandwagon Bait, Weird Al Goes Gaga
Greetings From Bon Iver Land! Now, grab a rifle. It's almost dinner time.In the next few weeks, you may be reading about the new Robert Ellis album, Photographs, so we are just giving you fair warning. It's a stunner through and through, and goes nicely with early morning traffic. Have you ev ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2011
Ask Me Anything: What Would You Ask Your Favorite Artist?
"What do you love about music?" Part of the job here at Rocks Off - this daily Make-A-Wish kid circus - is talking to musicians and people in the musical know. One of the most fun parts of the job is booking an interview with an artist coming to town and cramming for a few days into the nook ... More >>