A look at Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf, a duo of L.A producers who gave the world Beck and then produced the greatest albums by Elliott Smith.

I received an interesting message yesterday from SAm, responding to my preview of the forthcoming Elliott Smith album. "It bothers me a little bit to read, here and elsewhere, Elliott's 'strummed ...

Garrett Owen's "Memoriam" is an album of dusky country-folk tunes with bright acoustic guitar that recalls Elliott Smith and Nick Drake.(Brendan Blaney) Garrett Owen is hard to pin down — just ...