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BIZARRE: Elliott smith - What They Never Told You

Late, great singer-songwriter Elliott Smith finds immortality as an asteroid

An asteroid has been named after Smith, who died in 2003 at the age of 34.

Space

A cosmic tribute: Asteroid named after beloved singer Elliott Smith

More than two decades after his death, Elliott Smith has been immortalized with an asteroid named after him. The celestial honour came from a fan listening to his song ‘Shooting Star’...

Euronews

Meze Audio's new closed-back headphones are gloriously green and expansive, but the soundstage isn't the only thing about them that's wide

In which Meze Audio takes elements of one of its more expensive models, adds elements from one of its similarly priced models, but manages to comfortably avoid a Frankenstein’s monster -style outcome…

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"I trust my own tastes more than AI" – Spotify's new playlist creation tool is fun, but it can't quite beat the human connection

Seven days with the new Prompted Playlist feature gave surprising results

What Hi-Fi?

“I cut my finger and got blood on the fretboard. It felt like the guitar had chosen me”: Deftones are fans. Wet Leg invited them on tour. Meet Mary in the Junkyard, the classically rooted alt-rockers making mind-bending indie with Elliott Smith’s tunings

London songwriter Clari Freeman-Taylor explains the eureka moment of moving to electric from classical guitar, her blood-sealed bond with a new Epiphone, and why she keeps leaving pedalboards on Lime bikes

Guitar World

Neat Mystique Classic

Neat’s compact floorstanders prove just as entertaining and likeable as their five-star Petite Classic standmount siblings.

What Hi-Fi?

12 albums from 2000 that are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year

From Eminem to Linkin Park, PJ Harvey to A Perfect Circle, these are the best albums from 2000 that are turning 25 this year.

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Perfume Genius: Glory review – full of energy and biting nuance

Consummate chronicler of 21st-century sensuality Mike Hadreas returns to his indie roots on a convivial seventh album stalked by death and desire

The Guardian - UK

“I’m a Nirvana fan, but it was just a regular guitar to me”: Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt left unimpressed by Kurt Cobain’s “haunted” Martin acoustic

Åkerfeldt got a chance to play the late Nirvana frontman’s 1953 D-18, aka Grandpa, in a recent visit to the Martin Museum

MusicRadar

“I was a Brian May obsessive. I had the Star Licks video and had learned it all by the time I was 14”: Hooked on “bombastic lead rock guitar” before catching the songwriting bug, Seb Wesson is on a search for songs with meaning

Wesson's full-length solo debut was made in collaboration with his Martin D-28 and a ’68 Fender Pro Reverb amprescued from the trash outside a London guitar shop, and features 10 tracks with a story to tell

Guitar World

Beabadoobee: This Is How Tomorrow Moves review – a nostalgic gen Z gem

The British indie star and Taylor Swift support act’s hotly anticipated third album is a nuanced 21st-century take on 90s guitar, super-produced by Rick Rubin

The Guardian - UK

Beabadoobee review, This Is How Tomorrow Moves: Gen Z star steps out from behind the rag rug of scuzzy guitar

Beatrice Laus plays with breezy-trippy Bossa Nova and glossy, Swiftian country-plucked-pop

The Independent UK

“Across the course of his troubled and tragically short life, he left behind a back catalogue that is as insightful as it is utterly captivating”: The 5 essential Elliott Smith songs to start with

A musical legacy that continues to inspire

MusicRadar

Sonus Faber Lumina II Amator

The Lumina II Amator are a charming pair of standmounters, blending sumptuous looks with a fluid, full-bodied sound.

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29 “Lesser Known” Celebrity Deaths That People Felt Deeply Affected By

Someone asked “Which lesser-known celebrity death really affected you/do you think about often?” and people shared their examples. The post 29 “Lesser Known” Celebrity Deaths That People Felt Deeply Affected By first appeared on Bored Panda.

What Hi-Fi?

10 of the best love songs to test your hi-fi system

We all like Valentine’s Day, but if hi-fi is your one and only, then this list is for you.

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Boygenius pays tribute to Elliott Smith at Grammy Awards red carpet

Discover boygenius' Grammy Awards red carpet looks and their touching tribute to Elliott Smith with pink carnation boutonnieres. Get the details here.

Guitar World

“Django Reinhardt was our god – I played a Selmer Maccaferri-style guitar, grew a mustache, wore a suit... the whole thing”: Big Thief’s Buck Meek names 10 guitarists who shaped his sound

The understated indie guitar hero is well-versed in blues and jazz tradition, but also takes inspiration from Marc Ribot, Connie Converse... and The Shaggs’ Dorothy “Dot” Wiggin

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The Guardian - UK

‘It was so fast, furious and fun’: Elliott Smith’s noisy early band Heatmiser

Before the indie-folk that made his name, Smith was in a gritty, abrasive (and largely forgotten) post-hardcore band. As unreleased recordings emerge, surviving members recall their brotherly bond

Louder

"The songs have a vibe of, Get the f**k off me, and quit telling me what I should be doing": Why XO is the most perfect representation of Elliott Smith's brooding, beautiful genius

Released on August 25, 1998, Elliott Smith's XO is a treasure-trove of brilliance from a true cult artist

The Guardian - UK

Stan and deliver: art, books, film and more about super-fandom

From an intimate take on Harry Potter to a moving monument to Marilyn, our writers celebrate culture that plays the fame game

The Guardian - UK

Indie supergroup Boygenius: ‘Anything that starts a fire in you is the stuff of life’

Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker are three of the best – and most obsessed-over – songwriters today. Ahead of a debut album together, they explain why they go to group therapy

WEKU

This race is a nonstop sail around the world. Cassette tapes are allowed, but no GPS

To win the Golden Globe Race, sailors compete solo using celestial navigation to find their way, and they are forced to battle high winds and rough seas without the use of any electronic equipment.

Los Angeles Times

From club fame to major-label outcast: Inside the 20-year saga of Jon Brion’s lost album

LOS ANGELES — Jon Brion used to look through liner notes with a fear of seeing his name. Actually, the name was OK — it was the list of a dozen or more instruments that inevitably appeared next to his name that he began to dread.

The Guardian - UK

Phoebe Bridgers review – a truth-telling phenomenon

The adored LA singer-songwriter pairs references to the male rock pantheon with Roe v Wade in a magnetic set that cries out for festival headline billing

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