Amoeba Music

American singer and songwriter Elliott Smith strummed and harmonized his way into popular culture in the late 1990s and early 2000s, becoming well-known in 1997 when his Good Will Hunting contribution, “Miss Misery,” was nominated for an Academy Award for “Best Original Song.” The troubled singer died at age 34 in 2003 from two stab wounds to the chest, leaving behind a decade’s worth of material; beginning with his solo debut, Roman Candle (1994 Cavity Search), followed by a work commonly referred to as Elliott Smith (1995 Kill Rock Stars), Either/Or (1997 Kill Rock Stars), major label debut XO (1998 DreamWorks), Figure 8 (2000 DreamWorks), the posthumous release From a Basement on the... Read More