to:elliott from:portland out now, 2 new elliott shirts and state of the site!
thanks to anthony and alex for reminding me that the new elliott tribute cd, to: elliott from: portland is in stores now! the tribute came out yesterday (2.7.06)! insound.com describes as: ten percent of the net proceeds of this tribute album will be donated to the elliott smith foundation’s charity, “free arts for abused children”. the album features liner notes from those who knew and loved elliott smith. it was mastered by tony lash, elliott’s former heatmiser bandmate. features tracks by the decemberists (”clementine”), helio sequence (”satellite”), the thermals (”ballad of big nothing”), swords (”i didn’t understand”), dolorean (”the biggest lie”), and sean croghan (”high times”) among others.
alex also sent word that the tribute record has had a great start on radio. here is some of what he sent: “to: elliott from: portland”… had a stunning debut at radio last week (lat week on january). the #9 most added title on cmj as well as the #7 most added at commercial alternative specialty radio (ahead of oceansize, she wants revenge, clap your hands say yeah, and robert pollard, to name a few), stations have jumped aboard the tribute record, showing it tremendous support. key stations including kcrw, who played it on their world-famous “morning becomes eclectic” show, indie 103.1 in los angeles, kndd in seattle, kexp in seattle, wfnx in boston, knrk in portland, and others have began playing it regularly.