DIIV have covered Elliott Smith's "Ballad of Big Nothing," off Smith's 1997 album Either/Or, as part of HERO Magazine's web series HERO Sessions. In HERO's story, Zachary Cole Smith cites Smith as one of his idols, and mentions owning an acoustic guitar Smith once used to play (a gift from girlfriend Sky Ferreira). Watch Cole and Colin Caulfield's acoustic take below. (In 2013, Zachary Cole Smith and Ferreira performed at a tribute to Elliott Smith in Brooklyn.)

Read "All Apologies," our feature on DIIV frontman Zachary Cole Smith.