S3 Ep7: Sammy Brue (plus Max Bloom)
In this episode, we’re taking a bit of a two pronged approach to the song we’re looking at.  First up, we have our main interview, which is with the musician Sammy Brue. Sammy is a musician based in Ogden, Utah, in the United States. Sammy released his first album at the age of just 16, and now at only 18 he’s just put out his second record, Crash Test Kid. He’s also quite new as an Elliott Sm...
24m Jul 09, 2020
24m
S3 Ep8: JJ Gonson
Here's a bonus episode with the photographer and music manager, JJ Gonson.
30m Jul 23, 2020
30m
S3 Ep9: Steve Holmes (American Football)
Released on what would have been Elliott Smith's 51st birthday, our guest today is musician, Steve Holmes.
25m Aug 06, 2020
25m
S3 Ep10: Bunny Rogers
Our guest is visual artist, Bunny Rogers.
25m Sep 03, 2020
25m
S3 Ep11: Jessica Dobson (Deep Sea Diver)
Joining us today is musician, Jessica Dobson.
19m Sep 17, 2020
19m
S3 Ep12: Catherynne M. Valente
Our guest today is the writer and poet, Catherynne M. Valente.
26m Oct 01, 2020
26m
S3 Ep13: Charlene Kaye
Our guest today is the musician, Charlene Kaye.
17m Oct 15, 2020
17m
S3 Ep14: Aaron Espinoza (Earlimart)
Musician Aaron Espinoza joins us for the final episode of season three.
37m Oct 29, 2020
37m
S4 Ep1: Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing)
Our guest for the opening episode of Season 4 is Mike Doughty.
23m Jun 17, 2021
23m
S4 Ep2: Rebecca Gates
Our guest today is the musician Rebecca Gates. Rebecca is based in Portland, Oregon and was one half of The Spinanes before she left to release music as a solo artist. The Spinanes were a firm fixture on the Portland music scene and it was there that she met Elliott Smith for the first time and established a friendship that would lead to her recording backing vocals on the song St Ides Heaven,...
23m Jul 01, 2021
23m
S4 Ep3: Ed Harcourt
Our guest today is the musician Ed Harcourt.  Ed has released six studio albums - one of which was nominated for the mercury music prize - and has written songs for lots of other artists too, including the likes of Marianne Faithful, Paloma Faith and Sophie Ellis Bextor.  Ed also counts himself as a big Elliott Smith fan. And in this episode, he talks to Elizabeth Withstandley about his favou...
24m Jul 15, 2021
24m
S4 Ep4: Maggie Smith
Our guest today is the writer, Maggie Smith. Maggie is a poet and author based in Columbus, Ohio. She has published several collections of her poetry, including most recently Goldenrod, which came out in July 2021. After seeing her tweeting about Elliott Smith, I got in touch with Maggie to invite her on the podcast. We had a lovely chat about Elliott's music, her favourite song pick and why ...
21m Jul 29, 2021
21m
S4 Ep5: Phil Elverum
Today, we're welcoming Phil Elverum onto the podcast. Phil has been releasing music for over 20 years now. First, through his band The Microphones and then under the name Mount Eerie - a project he started in 2003 and is still running today. Over the course of his career so far, Phil has put out more than 40 albums.  Phil discovered Elliott Smith’s music in the mid-'90s and even saw him play ...
23m Aug 12, 2021
23m
S4 Ep6: Matthew Caws (Nada Surf)
Our guest today is the musician Matthew Caws.  Matthew is the lead singer and guitarist in the band Nada Surf, a band he formed in New York City in the early ‘90s with his friend, Daniel Lorca. In total, Nada Surf have put out nine studio albums, and their most recent, Never Not Together, came out in 2020. Nada Surf also had the pleasure of touring with Elliott Smith and the band Quasi in 199...
26m Aug 26, 2021
26m
S4 Ep7: Steven Page
Our guest for this one is Steven Page. Steven is a musician, who is perhaps best known as the lead singer and a guitarist in the band Barenaked Ladies. He was one of the founding members of the group and was with them for just over 20 years until 2009, when he left to pursue other projects. Steven is now a solo artist and is soon heading out on a solo tour of North America.  He’s a big Elliot...
24m Sep 09, 2021
24m
S4 Ep8: Johanna Samuels
Joining us today is musician Johanna Samuels. Johanna is a singer/songwriter based in Los Angeles, who put her first full-length album, Excelsior, out earlier this year. She's also a huge Elliott Smith fan and recently appeared singing Elliott Smith's Single File on a Kill Rock Stars cover record. In this interview, she discusses that tribute show, connecting with a good friend of Elliotts an...
24m Sep 23, 2021
24m
S4 Ep9: mehro
Joining us today is the musician, mehro. mehro is based in Los Angeles and has spent the 18 months or so of the pandemic amassing a huge following online. He hadn't released a song before February 2020 and has since put out a handful of singles as well as a debut album, SKY ON FIRE, which came out earlier on this year. He came to Elliott Smith's music relatively recently too, having been intr...
19m Oct 07, 2021
19m
S4 Ep10: Dorien Garry
Today, we're joined by Elliott Smith's close friend and publicist, Dorien Garry. Although they had already known each other for a little while, the two cemented their friendship when Elliott moved to New York City in the late '90s and stayed for a while at Dorien's apartment. At this time, Dorien was also working at Girlie Action, the PR agency that represented Elliott. So, in this interview ...
26m Oct 21, 2021
26m
S4 Ep11: Hrishikesh Hirway
Our guest today is the musician and podcaster, Hrishikesh Hirway. Hrishikesh is the creator of the excellent Song Exploder podcast - where musicians dissect their songs and discuss how they were made - which has recently been made into a TV show by Netflix. He's also involved in other popular podcasts including West Wing Weekly, Home Cooking and Partners. But music is Hrishikesh's first love ...
25m Nov 04, 2021
25m
S4 Ep12: Craig Thomas
We're very happy to welcome Craig Thomas onto the podcast for the final episode of this season. Craig is a writer and producer perhaps best known as the co-creator of the comedy, How I Met Your Mother, but he's written lots of other things as well, including for David Letterman, American Dad and Oliver Beene. It was as a young writer living in New York City that Craig became a big Elliott Smi...
31m Nov 18, 2021
31m
S5 Ep1: Ruth Radelet
Our guest for the opening episode of season 5 of My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is Ruth Radelet. Ruth is a musician based in Portland, Oregon, who has recently started a solo career, after a long and successful stint with the band, Chromatics, a group she joined back in 2006. One of her first releases as a solo artist was, in fact, a cover of Twilight by Elliott Smith, which she recorded for ...
27m Jun 22, 2022
27m
S5 Ep2: Carmen Perry (Remember Sports)
Our second guest of this season is Carmen Perry from the band Remember Sports.  Remember Sports formed back in 2012, when Carmen and her bandmates were studying at college/university. Since then, they've released five albums, most recently Like a Stone, which came out last year.  It was as a teenager that Carmen became an Elliott Smith fan. She discovered his music when she was searching indi...
24m Jul 06, 2022
24m
S5 Ep3: Orono (Superorganism)
Our guest for episode three of season five is Orono from Superorganism. Superoganism are a band now based in London, though they started out more geographically dispersed. When the group formed, Orono would record her vocals separately from Maine, where she attended boarding school. After finding prominence with their debut single Something for Your M.I.N.D in 2017, Superorganism followed it ...
24m Jul 20, 2022
24m
S5 Ep4: Toledo
Our guests today are Dan Alvarez and Jordan Dunn-Pilz, who together make up the band Toledo. The pair have been making music together since they were 11 years old, growing up in Newburyport in Massachusetts After parting ways for college, Dan and Jordan are now reunited and living in Brooklyn, New York, and are steadily building a big following, with their debut coming out in September this ye...
27m Aug 03, 2022
27m
S5 Ep5: Lola Kirke
Our guest today is the multi-talented, Lola Kirke. As an actor, Lola has starred in the TV show Mozart in the Jungle and the film Mistress America, as well as many others. And, as a musician she has released two studio albums - most recently Lady for Sale which came out on Third Man Records earlier on this year. Her favourite song pick is a great selection from Figure 8 and, in this interview...
16m Aug 17, 2022
16m
S5 Ep6: Momma
Joining us for episode six of this season are Etta Friedman and Allegra Weingarten from the band Momma. Etta and Allegra have been playing music together since they became close friends while at high school in Los Angeles, California. Since those early days, they've gone on to record three studio albums, including most recently, Household Name which came out earlier this year. 2022 has been a...
24m Aug 31, 2022
24m
S5 Ep7: Joshua Burnside
Joining us today is the musician Joshua Burnside. Joshua is a singer-songwriter based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He’s released five albums across his career, with his first record, Ephrata, winning the Northern Ireland music prize in 2017. Joshua is known for incorporating a wide range of influences into his work, from Colombian and Indonesian music, right the way through to one Elliott Sm...
29m Sep 14, 2022
29m
S5 Ep8: Nilüfer Yanya
Our guest for episode eight of season five is Nilüfer Yanya. Nilüfer is a musician from London. Nilüfer's first ever release came back in 2016 when she put out her debut EP Small Crimes/Keep on Calling and, since then, she's released two full-length albums: 2019's Miss Universe, which was then followed up by Painless earlier on this year - a record that's well worth checking out if you haven't...
24m Sep 28, 2022
24m
S5 Ep9: Aaron Powell (Fog Lake)
Joining us for episode nine is musician Aaron Powell. Aaron is based in Newfoundland, Canada and plays under the name Fog Lake. He’s been recording music for the last 10 years or so and his work has been referred to - quite interestingly - as ‘harrowing nostalgia’. Aaron’s released several albums to date, including 2021's Tragedy Reel, which reflects on his upbringing in rural Canada. Aaron i...
30m Oct 12, 2022
30m
S5 Ep10: Elise Okusami (Oceanator)
Our guest today is Elise Okusami. Elise is a New York City based guitarist and vocalists who performs under the name Oceanator. As Oceanator, Elise has released three albums so far, including, most recently Nothing’s Ever Fine, which came out earlier on this year. Elise has covered a couple of Elliott Smith songs during her career, including and the Biggest Lie, which we’re discussing today i...
22m Oct 26, 2022
22m
S5 Ep11: Julia Shapiro
Our guest today is Julia Shapiro. Julia is a musician who is perhaps best known as the lead singer and guitarist in the band Chastity Belt, which formed in Washington state in 2010. Chastity Belt have released four studio albums, including, most recently, 2019's self-titled record. Julia's work isn't just limited to that band, though, she's also part of the group Childbirth and has released so...
17m Nov 30, 2022
17m
S5 Ep12: Lauren McCarthy
Our guest for our final episode of this season is Lauren McCarthy. Lauren is the Executive Editor of Nylon, a publication that covers fashion, entertainment and music. Through her work, Lauren has the enviable opportunity of interviewing some of the most exciting artists working today - people like Phoebe Bridgers, Beabadoobee and Snail Mail. One interesting thing Lauren has noticed through h...
25m Dec 14, 2022
25m
S6 Ep1: Paul Rees
Our first guest of the new season is author, Paul Rees (https://twitter.com/paulreesq?lang=en) . Paul has had a great career as a music writer. He's held senior positions at magazines such as Q and Kerrang, he's written several books including a best-seller on the life of Robert Plant, and most recently, penned a biography of Elliott Smith titled, Shooting Star. In this interview we discuss t...
32m Nov 01, 2023
32m
S6 Ep2: Kimbra
Our guest today is Kimbra. Kimbra is a musician originally from New Zealand but is now based in New York City. You may have first heard of her when she sang on the track Somebody That I Used To Know in 2011 alongside Gotye, who wrote the single. The pair went on to win two Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. These two Grammy wins are part of a huge career, which...
30m Nov 15, 2023
30m
S6 Ep3: John Vanderslice
Our guest today is John Vanderslice. John is a musician, producer and the owner of the legendary Tiny Telephone studio, which initially began in the Mission district of San Francisco. Bands who've recorded at Tiny Telephone with John include the likes of Death Cab for Cutie, Okkervil River, the Mountain Goats, St. Vincent and many, many more. Embarking on his musical odyssey as a singer/songw...
32m Dec 13, 2023
32m
S6 Ep4: Margaret Glaspy
Joining us for our last episode of the year is musician, Margaret Glaspy. Margaret, who is based in New York City, released her latest album - Echo the Diamond - in August this year. The record is Margaret's third full-length album, and follows on from 2020's Devotion and 2016's Emotions and Math. Margaret says Elliott Smith has been a big influence across her career, so in this episode we di...
29m Dec 20, 2023
29m
S6 Ep5: Shannon Lay
Welcome to our first episode of 2024 with Shannon Lay! Shannon is a solo musician based in Los Angeles, who's released four solo albums, as well as a collection of covers that came out last year. And on that covers album is a version of Angeles (by Elliott Smith), which you can hear at the very end of this episode. Before that though, we have the full interview with Shannon, where she discuss...
40m Jan 10, 2024
40m
S6 Ep6: Lily O'Farrell (@vulgadrawings)
Our guest today is Lily O'Farrell, who you may know by her online name @vulgadrawings. Lily is a cartoonist and writer based in London. She began publishing feminist cartoons on Instagram in 2018 and has since reached more than 300,000 followers. She's also published a book, released a podcast (her recent series No Worries If Not is well worth listening to) and, yes, even created a number of E...
37m Jan 24, 2024
37m
S6 Ep7: Violet Mayugba (Destroy Boys)
Our guest today is Violet Mayugba. Violet is the guitarist and a founding member of the band, Destroy Boys. The group formed back in 2015 in Sacramento, California and have gone on to release three studio albums, with one more on the way - in fact, they had just finished recording it the day before this interview was recorded. Violet is a huge Elliott Smith fan. She talks about her favourite ...
43m Feb 07, 2024
43m
S6 Ep8: Spencer Fox
Today we're joined by musician, Spencer Fox. Spencer is the guitarist in the New York-based band Charly Bliss. The band have released two albums to date with Guppy coming in 2017 and Young Enough in 2019, and they've recently been in the studio recording their third record too. We had a great time chatting to Spencer. He's a self-confessed major Elliott Smith fan and had a lot to say on his p...
30m Feb 21, 2024
30m
S6 Ep9: Rey Villalobos (The Coral Sea)
Our guest for today's episode is Rey Villalobos, who releases music under the name The Coral Sea. Rey started out as The Coral Sea back in 2004 and has released several albums since then - including Golden Planet Sky which came out last year. Before he went solo, Rey began his music career as a drummer. Playing in bands in Los Angeles and Portland - where we moved in similar ciricles to Ellli...
25m Mar 06, 2024
25m
S6 Ep10: Mikaela Davis
Joining us for episode 10 of the season is musician, Mikaela Davis. Mikaela is a harpist and songwriter based in Catskill, New York. Mikaela credits Elliott Smith with helping 'spark' her professional music career, as it was her cover of Twilight that helped bring her to the attention of a booking agent while she was still a college student. She's now a firmly established artist with her 2023...
32m Mar 20, 2024
32m
S6 Ep11: Claire Rousay
Joining us today is Claire Rousay. Claire is a musician and composer based in Los Angeles. She describes her work as 'emo ambient' and is just preparing to release a new album, Sentiment, which is out later in April 2024. The record is a follow-up to Claire's last studio album Everything Perfect Is Already Here, which came out in 2022. Claire says she listens to Elliott Smith at least four da...
36m Apr 03, 2024
36m
S6 Ep12: Flyte
Joining us for the final episode of the season are Will Taylor and Nick Hill of Flyte. Will and Nick are very talented songwriters based in London. As Flyte, they have released three studio albums so far - with their most recent record, called Flyte, coming out towards the end of last year. They've also worked with some well-known names too, including the likes of Madison Cunningham, Laura Mar...
25m Apr 17, 2024
25m
S7 Ep1: Elliott Fullam - Alameda
We're back! And joining us for a brand new season is musician and actor, Elliott Fullam. Elliott is known for his acting work in the films Terrifier 2 and Terrifier 3, as well as the Apple TV show Get Rolling with Otis. He's also a solo artist and releases music under his own name. Elliott is our first guest to be named after Elliott Smith, so we couldn't think of anyone better to kick off ou...
32m Nov 19, 2025
32m
S7 Ep2: Madison Cunningham - Sweet Adeline
Joining us today is musician, Madison Cunningham. Madison is a grammy award winning singer-songwriter who recently released her third studio album, which is titled Ace. This podcast's co-host, Elizabeth Withstandley, recorded the interview with Madison backstage at last year's All My Rowdy Friends tribute show in LA hosted by the good people at New Monkey Studio - the studio that Elliott Smith...
23m Dec 03, 2025
23m
S7 Ep3: Greg Mendez - St. Ides Heaven
Joining us for episode three of the season is Greg Mendez. Greg is a musician based in Philadelphia, who began making music in 2006. Although he had been playing for some time already, it was the success of Greg's 2023 self-titled album that brought him greater recognition. After releasing that album he also joined the Dead Oceans label, which he then released his EP First Time/Alone under. L...
24m Dec 17, 2025
24m
S7 Ep4: Circuit des Yeux - Everything Means Nothing to Me
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 ...
17m Jan 07
17m
S7 Ep5: Charlie Barnes - Bottle Up and Explode!
Our guest today is musician, Charlie Barnes. 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 b...
32m Jan 21
32m
S7 Ep6: Anthony Vaccaro and Tess Parks - Rose Parade
Hello! We're doing something slightly different in this episode. As we had two guests who both selected the same song, we’ve combined both their interviews together. In this episode, you'll hear from Anthony Vaccaro, who is the guitarist in the band Beach Bunny and also a solo artist (he plays under the name Helicopter Leaves), and we also have Tess Parks a musician and photographer. They're ...
33m Feb 04
33m