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Okkervil River: I Am Very Far -
Few bands are more acclaimed than Austin, Texas’ Okkervil River. Rock critic clichés like “hyper-literate lyrics” and “atmospheric indie-rock” abound"but that never seemed to matter on the 2005 breakthrough Black Sheep Boy and its follow-ups The Stage Names and The Stand Ins as Okkervil scrawled out gothic folk rock tales...
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins (2008) -
There are few things worse than most “price of fame” albums. Though there are doubtlessly many drawbacks to spending months on the road, being recognized at a fast food joint and having loyal fans endlessly scream their approval. While everyone complains about their jobs, just because your job includes a...
Okkervil River - The Stage Names (2007) -
"What gives this mess some grace unless it's fiction?" This question is posed early on on Okkervil River's fifth LP, The Stage Names. Truly the words of a band in love with their own ability to weave dramatic stories into their songs - and rightfully so.
Frontman Will Sheff...
Okkervil River - I Am Very Far (2011) -
In 2002 Okkervil River front man and (brilliant) songwriter, Will Sheff said; “I believe you have to open yourself up to the possibility of making something that’s laughable. I don’t want to make safe art, conservative art, or tidy art " I want to make a mess.” With the release...
Chad VanGaalen -
"Sara"from the album Diaper Island2011iTunesChad VanGaalen stays busy. Since 2005, he's released four albums under his own name, as well as the offbeat instrumental Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz as Black Mold " opiated pop that falls on the more hallucinatory side...
Shearwater - Hidden Lakes Video -
The Golden Archipelago, which has already birthed two downloadable previews in the soaring "Castaways" and its wind-blown counterpart "Black Eyes," sees its first official video treatment today at the hands of director Alma Har'el. Jonathan Meiburg is in full costumer for "Hidden Lakes"' 3/4 piano reverie...
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