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Okkervil River To Tape First Austin City Limits Performance -
Okkervil River will head home (in the midst of the summer festival season) on June 18th to tape the band’s first Austin City Limits performance. If that wasn’t big enough news, the band will perform at this year’s Bonnaroo Festival, the Ottawa Bluesfest, Winnepeg Folk Festival, and then...
Okkervil River: Live Dates -
Cult Texan indie-folk band Okkervil River are set to return to the UK later in the year, with three shows so far announced for September.
Having released a string of critically acclaimed albums throughout the last decade, the five-piece are set to return for three UK dates, following the release...
Okkervil River to Release Pop Lie Single -
Photo by Eirik Lande
Okkervil River will release their deconstructive car-radio jam "Pop Lie" as a single on Jagjaguwar on April 21.
On its two B-side tracks (one "Pop Life" revamp and one orphaned song from the...
Okkervil River Tell Letterman A Pop Lie -
Okkervil River's performance of "Pop Lie" on David Letterman last night wasn't sweetly sung or especially succinctly stated. The The Stand Ins track sounded pretty shaggy dog (like hirsute Will Sheff, trying out for Mastodon in the accompanying screengrab), especially in comparison to that more staid singing interview...
Chad VanGaalen -
Chad VanGaalen's album artwork for his latest record, Soft Airplane, is colorful and childlike, depicting a series of figures that seem to transform horizontally from human to bird. The final figure, the bird, releases a musical notation from its open mouth into a dialogue bubble. VanGaalen's music suggests the relationship...
Shearwater The Snow Leopard EP -
One we missed from the tail end of the year but too interesting a record to overlook. It promotes the Rook album, collecting up various b-sides and radio sessions from last year to accompany ‘The Snow Leopard’, which is a masterclass in progressive folk. This song highlights Meiberg’s remarkable voice,...
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