33 1/3 Series: Elliott Smith's XO by Matthew LeMay unofficial MAYHEM continue to embody chaos

MAYHEM continue to embody chaos

" with artwork that is culled from original show flyers

and a new artwork by Randy Ortiz inspired by the original Derek Hess artwork

"The ability to record at home whenever I wanted allowed me to go into a wide variety of different musical directions

Oneohtrix Point Never received the prestigious Cannes Soundtrack Award at this year’s 70th anniversary edition of the festival for his visceral original score for Good Time

33 1/3 Series: Elliott Smith's XO by Matthew LeMay unofficial MAYHEM continue to embody chaosMany albums could be cited to support the claim that great suffering yields great art. Elliott Smith's XO should not be one of them. Smith's 1998 major label debut defies the "tortured singer songwriter" stereotype, and takes up this defiance as a central theme. At a time when Smith was being groomed for a particular (and particularly condescending) brand of stardom, he produced a record that eviscerated one of the central assumptions of