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Okkervil River Updates Tour, Releases Music Video

According to a report from Pitchfork, Okkervil River's oft-forgotten about album from this year, I Am Very Far, is finally getting its first music video and its for the song "Your Life Past as a Blast". The video was together by frontman and producer Will Sheff and actually features vintage footage from Sheff's father's home movie collection.   read more

Okkervil River Announces Additional Tour Dates

The guys in Okkervil River are tour-happy....  read more

Okkervil River, Titus Andronicus Photos - Atlanta, Ga.

Check out photos from Okkervil River's first stop on their ongoing tour at Atlanta's Variety Playhouse.  read more

This Week's New Album Releases (5/10/11)

We picked a baker’s dozen of noteworthy albums out today. Okkervil River gets more ambitious and The Antlers get a little less so (because how else can you follow up an album called Hospice?). Plus 75-year-old Lee “Scratch” Perry keeps working his mojo....  read more

Okkervil River: I Am Very Far

Give Will Sheff credit. Handed a big budget for his latest album, the frontman for Austin indie rockers Okkervil River may have single-handedly propped up the Texas economy. On several songs, he’s deployed a 13-piece musical army consisting of two drummers, two pianists, two bassists, and seven guitarists, all playing live at the same time. Several other songs incorporate a string section, a woodwind section, a ghostly choir, and a tympani. It’s an audacious, ambitious, maximalistic approach, and in the process Sheff has reinvented the sound of his band. He’s figured out how to hold nothing back musically while remaining....  read more

12 May Albums Worth Checking Out

For much of the U.S., this was a rough winter. But spring has more going for it than budding flowers and baseball games. May is packed with some great new music. We’ve highlighted a dozen albums we’re particularly looking forward to....  read more

Okkervil River to Debut Forthcoming Album Live

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 will perform the album live in its entirety....  read more

Okkervil River Offers Single "Wake and Be Fine" As Free Download

Okkervil River have released the single “Wake and Be Fine,” off their upcoming album I Am Very Far, as a free download....  read more

Okkervil River Announce Tour Dates

After playing a handful of dates at this month’s SXSW, Okkervil River will take to the road throughout much of June in support of their upcoming release, I Am Very Far. Titus Andronicus, Future Islands, Julianna Barwick, New Villager will all perform in support of the Austin rockers on the trip. In addition to their monthlong North American headlining tour, Will Sheff and company will also open for the Arcade Fire on April 30....  read more

Arcade Fire Announces Tour With The National, Okkervil River, Local Natives, More

In the wake of their unexpected Album of the Year Grammy win, Arcade Fire has announced a sprawling world tour. Starting in Broomfield, Colo. this April, the band will make its way through the United States before heading over to Europe with a few festival stops along the way. The tour will finish up with two UK performances after a show with U2 in Canada....  read more