Arts & Culture
20 Years of “From a Basement on the Hill”
By Oscar De Swaan Arons | November 14, 2024In some ways, it’s hard not to treat “From a Basement on the Hill” as Elliott Smith’s suicide note. When Smith stabbed himself in the heart in his Los Angeles apartment on Oct. 21, 2003, his sixth studio album was largely completed, save some mixing and tracklist decisions. Smith’s death, ...
