But it was Portland, according to author William Todd Schultz, where Smith's lo-fi, melancholic vision took root. Schultz, whose book, "Torment Saint: The Life of Elliott Smith" was recently ...

And up until last week, Portland had Elliott Smith. For some Portlanders, Smith's name might recall a simple, beautiful song from a sentimental film some years back. To others, Smith's tales about ...

Elliott Smith opened a door into a hypnotic new world. The album “Either/Or,” released on Kill Rock Stars, marks a turning point in Smith’s transition from Portland rock journeyman to ...

The well-trodden narrative about Elliott Smith is this: he was an icon of Portland’s late ‘90’s-post-grunge scene. After his music appeared in “Good Will Hunting,” he secured an Oscar ...

Steven Paul Smith was born in Omaha in 1969 and raised outside Dallas, moving to Portland, Oregon, as a teenager ... name that he felt suited him more, Elliott, and recorded songs on a 4-track ...

Portland Oregon comes well up on the list. The ‘Rose City’ has yielded a whole host of inspirational names, from Decemberists, Modest Mouse and Blind Pilot to The Shins, Sleater Kinney and Esperanza ...

Elliott Smith died 20 years ago today ... After moving from New York to Portland, Oregon, in the 1990s, became heroin user and developed alcoholism as well. Amid worsening depression and suicidal ...

US singer-songwriter Elliott Smith has died, it has emerged ... He became a cornerstone of the indie-rock scene in Portland, Oregon, released three albums with his band Heatmiser before going it alone ...

Few artists have been able to fully embody the nature of Portland in its heyday as influential cult singer/songwriter Elliott Smith did on his classic third album. Recorded in Heatmiser’s twilight and ...

Back in 1985, Elliott Smith was just Steven Paul Smith, a shy new kid entering his sophomore year at Portland’s Lincoln High School. He soon befriended a small group of fellow music obsessives ...