Ins" primarily because "I don't like double albums and I really wanted to make a short record. Everybody in the band felt the same way. It was just th...
Since "Pop Lie" is the catchiest, most rocking number from last year's The Stand Ins, it makes sense that Okkervil River would tap the track to be rel...
Austin's Okkervil River are to mark the release of their forthcoming album The Stand Ins with an eight video Youtube series. The series, available on ...
Do you know how hard it was to avoid making a CCR pun in that headline? Almost as difficult as drinking, driving and smoking simultaneously. But not n...
The guys in Wilco are probably still feeling pretty terrible about the death of former member Jay Bennett this past weekend. But they've still got a n...
Our mighty forces of snark are powerless against real, in-the-flesh altruism. Especially when said altruism involves teaching impressionable kids abou...
M. Ward photo by Annie Musselman If you're going out trick-or-treating tomorrow night, you might want to DVR the PBS live music show "Austin City Limi...
business setbacks including the Elevators' painful breakup, songs written by Roky while he was incarcerated at Rusk, and a great deal of songs that re...
Anti-. Sheff reportedly had sixty unreleased Erickson songs to work with, going back to Erickson's days with the 13th Floor Elevators. ... Okkervil Ri...
in the U.S. on April 20, and the UK release will come on June 7 via Chemikal Underground. Up above, you can stream and download "Goodbye Sweet Dreams"...
Roky Erickson since his 13th Floor Elevators emerged with "You're Gonna Miss Me" in 1966. Just three years later, Erickson was imprisoned in Rusk Stat...
Our sister site Relix.com has just uploaded a slew of new audio content. As previously reported, Relix.com is currently hosting the world premiere of ...
we can report that they've added another literate, rootsy up-and-comer to some of their shows ... - Vicar Street # with A Hawk and a Hacksaw ! with Ak...
On August 10, Okkervil River leader Will Sheff played a solo acoustic gig at New York City's Living Room. And he debuted a couple new songs that may o...
the full-length True Love Cast Out All Evil, but it's been a minute since we heard any new new material from Will Sheff and his gang. On February 8, J...
, and will be released May 10. Fallon also held up what appeared to be the cover art, which is that image you see above. Kind of looks like devil dogs...
Okkervil River's seventh studio album,I Am Very Far, is to be released via their long-time labelJagjaguwaron May 10. Instead of their usual mode of op...
The Will Sheff-led indie-rock troupe Okkervil River have confirmed the UK release date of their new record as May 9, through Jagjaguwar. The record is...
himself appeared on the prestigious Grammy red carpet. No, Scheff didn't win a Grammy for penning the liner notes of Roky Erickson's 2010 albumTrue Lo...
into the widget below to download the track. Also below, check out the I Am Very Far tracklist, as well as the band ... 's extensive list of upcoming ...
Last month, Okkervil River dropped by "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" to debut the new song "Wake and Be Fine". That song will be on their new album I ...
-07 Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live ! 03-08-09 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club ! 03-11-12 Boston, MA - House of Blues ! 03-15 New York, NY - Terminal 5 ! 03...
Photo by Alexandra Valenti NPR's All Songs Considered blog has the video for Okkervil River's "Wake and Be Fine", a single from the band's forthcoming...
Out on a Line", plodded along through a sea of increasingly loud crowd noise. However, one moment in the middle of the set turned everything upside do...
that this is the Okkervil River record that different people are going to take different things from," Van Arman says. "Consistent with this approach,...
Roky Erickson, an iconic member of psychedelic forefathers The 13th Floor Elevators, will release a new record True Love Cast Out All Evil on April 20...
Photo by Alexandra Valenti Austin indie rockers Okkervil River will release their new album I Am Very Far May 10 on Jagjaguwar. And tomorrow night at ...
Austinites Okkervil River are preparing to release the follow up to 2008's The Stand Ins. But before I Am Very Far hits shelves on May 10, the band wi...
Okkervil River, Austin's most respected indie band, return next week with their sixth LP, I Am Very Far, another assured album from one of indie's mos...
and angry, so it's almost disconcerting to encounter the forgiveness on these songs. "White Shadow Waltz" is packed with crashing strings and clanking...
gun for them," Brackett said in a statement. "And we really hit it off; it would have been a shame to leave it at that. So when they offered me a spot...
Back in 2007, Austin literate-rock crew Okkervil River released a free-for-download covers EP called Golden Opportunities. Today, we get the sequel. O...
Tweet Without much warning, Will Sheff and the guys of Okkervil River have released their second Golden Opportunities EP/mixtape project. It serves as...
Today Okkervil River has released a free covers EP, Golden Opportunities 2. It follows their latest album, I Am Very Far, and is the sequel to their 2...
Back in 2007 Okkervil River released a free mixtape called Golden Opportunities, made up of songs recorded on the road when touring their album The St...
Tweet Though there's no news of a new album in the works, Austin's Okkervil River just announced a short tour. Spanning the last week of August, the i...
Texas indie rock band Okkervil River have just announced a new set of U.S. tour dates taking place in August. The tour kicks off on August 24 in Baton...
$23 million on Friday, many smaller events and initiatives have been launched to raise money. Here's a list of several in the New York area: The Knitt...
Wayne Coyne's leg. It will be broadcast at 5 p.m. Pacific time on November 24 and 25 on 89.9 KCRW in Los Angeles and on KCRW.com everywhere. That stor...
check out the full list of voice actors below, via the Future Heart. It was co-written by Richard Parks and Andrew Leland Foley, and it was produced b...
Lovestreams: "Shock Corridor" (via SoundCloud) Okkervil River frontman Will Sheff is shifting gears for a new solo project: Lovestreams. Based on the ...
According to his website, Okkervil River vocalist Will Sheff spent most of his time last year experimenting with an exceptionally different sound on h...
the darkest and most profoundly sad (no small accomplishment, considering the field). He's probably best known for writing "If I Were A Carpenter" -- ...
Will Sheff, frontman for Okkervil River, has kept busy over the past year, launching an electro-pop project and writing arts criticism and fiction. No...
This week, Okkervil River revealed their new album Wheel of Fortune-style for us (letter by letter), with fans tweeting guesses left and right, until ...
On September 3, Austin folk rockers Okkervil River will release their new LP The Silver Gymnasium, the followup to 2011's I Am Very Far and their firs...
Will Sheff, frontman for literate Texan indie band Okkervil River, has lately been busying himself with the DIY synthpop project Lovestreams, but his ...
Okkervil River announced the first song from their forthcoming album, The Silver Gymnasium, via Twitter earlier this morning. Frontman Will Sheff film...
