My Favourite Elliott Smith Song

Our guest for this bonus episode is the author Jamie Fisher.

Jamie recently published an excellent new biography of Elliott Smith, Nobody Broke Your Heart. It is a comprehensive look at Elliott's life, his music and the legacy he leaves behind. It's currently out in the US, with publication in the UK set for September (and stay tuned for further updates for other markets).

This interview is accompanied by some recent Elliott Smith covers we love. We play two from our recent Elliott Smith tribute show in London, as well as a cover from our friends Seadog and Bellza.

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My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

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Naima describes Elliott Smith's Either/Or album as foundational for her, so it was great to have the chance to chat.

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My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

photo credit : El Hardwick

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This is Kevin in conversation with Elizabeth Withstandley. And do stick around right to the end, as we play a clip from Kevin's cover of Kings Crossing.

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My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

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We have a special episode for you today. We're bringing you two interviews recorded at New Monkey Studio's All My Rowdy Friends tribute show, which was held in Los Angeles in 2024.

First up is Sara Lov, a musician who met Elliott and played in a band with his Figure 8 drummer, Scott McPherson. Then, returning to the show, is our season 4 guest, mehro. Both interviews were recorded before our guests took to the stage at the fantastic event.

Hope you enjoy this one!

Extra links:

My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

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Despite still being only 22 years old, Sofia already has two acclaimed albums to their name: Practice, which came out in 2022, and Lost and Found, which was released last year.  They are now writing new material for the next Free Range record. 

Sofia is also a huge Elliott Smith fan. In this episode, we discuss their favourite song selection - The Biggest Lie from the self-titled album - the ES subreddit and the joys of playing the full Elliott discography in chronological order.  

Extra links: 

My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

myfavouriteelliottsmithsong.com 

Our guest today is Aaron Lee Tasjan. Aaron is a musician, songwriter and producer from Tennessee. We first connected with Aaron when he played at the All My Rowdy Friends Elliott Smith tribute show in Los Angeles hosted by New Monkey Studio in 2024, and we've been keen to get him on ever since. 

At that event, he played Independence Day - the song he's discussing here. Hope you enjoy it!

Extra links:

My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

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Our guest today is Chan Kinchla, a musician and the guitarist in the band Blues Traveler.

Blues Traveler are a long-running band combining blues, rock, and soul. In addition to performing with them, Chan leads his own band, W4rhors3.

Chan chose “Clementine” from Elliott Smith’s self-titled album — a track we had never previously discussed on the podcast. He talks about only fairly recently becoming a devoted Elliott fan and goes deep into what draws him to the song.

Because Chan was excited to see New Monkey Studio, we recorded the episode there last spring. During the conversation, he also shares an unexpected coincidence that connects him and the show’s co-host, Elizabeth Withstandley, back to New York in the mid-1990s.

Extra links:

My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

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They're both talking about the song Rose Parade from Either/Or. Anthony is speaking to Elizabeth Withstandley and Tess is speaking to Rob Comba.

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My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

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Photo of Tess Parks is by Ki Price

Charlie is a singer-songrwriter and producer based here in the UK, who also plays with the band Bastille. Charlie's a big Elliott Smith fan and was kind enough to share his thoughts on track Bottle Up and Explode! from the album XO, as well as his interesting route to discovering the song, how Elliott has shaped his approach to music and much more besides.

This is Charlie speaking to podcast co-host, Elizabeth Withstandley.

Extra links:

My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

myfavouriteelliottsmithsong.com 

Our guest today is Haley Fohr aka Circuit des Yeux. 

Haley is a Chicago based experimental musician who has been releasing music under the Circuit des Yeux name since 2007. And she released her seventh studio album, Halo on the Inside, in March of last year. 

Haley's been a big Elliott Smith fan since discovering his music while she was in high school. In this interview, she talks about taking long drives as a teenager with only Elliott for company, how she saw herself in his music and we go deep into her pick: Everything means nothing to me from Figure 8.

Photo by Dana Trippe.

Extra links:

My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

myfavouriteelliottsmithsong.com