Neko Case at Southpaw (06/16/04) I guess I've only mentioned it a round about way up until now, but Neko Case is playing two shows at the Nokia Theatre (probably the best booking they've had in ages) on Monday, April 13 and Tuesday, April 14 ( Buy Tickets ). In case you can't make either of those shows (or if you'd just like a primer), NPR Music is streaming Neko's recent performance at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC [...]
As we are well into the year 2009, it's time we take a good look at what makes the Austin music scene work so well. We'd like to say that it's us, but we know that a whole lot more goes into the scene than the many writers and fans in the city limits. Instead, we turn your eyes to those Icons, those heralded heroes of our town; the ones that make it all run so smoothly. Be it a musician or producer, these are our favorite Austin Icons. We also excluded those who made Austin music famous, and then left [...]
Pitchfork Directed by Kevin Drew and filmed over two days in Toronto this past January, The Water had its genesis as a music video for Feist's song of the same name but eventually grew into a mostly silent and very wintry 15-minute short film starring some bona fide Hollywood talent in Cillian Murphy . The film will be available to watch online for one week starting today at PitchforkTV , and for some background on the piece, check out the video interview with Feist [...]
anyone else have a sort of wanna love, but kinda get annoyed relationship with okkervil rive r? i love sheff's grandiose lyrical outpourings, but damn if his voice doesn't send me running for them hills. taking everything about the band that i dig into account it, one would think i wouldnt let something like a mildly irritating voice stand in my way of total and utter fandom? wrong! i just cant operate as such. still, i like em quite a bit, just in small doses. they got a new 3 song cd ep out on the [...]
A.C. Newman is going to be at Neumo's on Saturday, February 21 with Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele starting the night off and we've got a pair of tickets to giveaway to one lucky imaginary reader. read more
It's a cliché, but sometimes an album just speaks to you. Or, in the case of Neon Creeps , yells at you a lot. But that's the brilliance of O Pioneers! : these guys sing (er, yell) about real life; about meeting real life head on and how absolutely and insanely overwhelming it is. Over a charging hardcore backdrop, front man " Eric " (assuming he's the front man, as he's the one making the posts on their MySpace page) shouts out his frustrations with money, old friends, the city and the various problems that everyone deals with [...]
We've teamed up with Hypeful again to bring you the new releases that we think are worth hearing, and as far as new releases go it doesn't get much better than this week. If we've missed anything feel free to let us know, but then again this is the internet and you were going to do that anyway. New Releases, Album Art, MP3's and Streams After the Jump... A.C. Newman - Get Guilty [...]
Jagjaguwar releases a gorgeous little 7" for our listening pleasure! read more
The new year is underway, and while I'm still burning the midnight oil on the Best Of 2008, I thought I'd remind everybody of the 2009 Celebrity Death Pool. The prize is the same again this time around: One free year of Immortality, from the diety of your choice. Get your picks in here. Deadline is January 7. Last year saw some fierce competition, and you don't want to be left out. We're
[Will Sheff] It was a pretty nasty night outside, but whoever fought the rain to get to the Music Hall of Williamsburg would agree that last nights show was worth the trek. Will Sheff and his friends put on a show filled with good vibes and quality music. It was a night of both newly discovered talent and classic sing a longs. [Beth Wawerna of Bird Of Youth] Bird of Youth [...]
Updated US dates for Swedish artist The Tallest Man on Earth : 12/09 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY 12/10 - Town Hall, New York, NY w/ Bon Iver 12/11 - Town Hall, New York, NY w/ Bon Iver 12/12 - Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 12/14 - The Wilbur Theatre, Boston, MA w/ Bon Iver 12/15 - Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA w/ Bon Iver 12/17 - Headliners, Louisville, KY w/ Bon Iver [...]
Conor Oberst, beware! Jack White, you're next! It seems like there's a new songwriter in town, and he's on the prowl for hungry, angsty souls... and he's gon' get 'em. Okay, let's cut the bullshit, huh? Okkervil River's brainchild, Will Sheff , is up to his neck in projects. You know, as if touring Europe isn't enough for one person, right? The first of two projects, Sheff will collaborate with Charles Bissell of The Wrens on a rare 73. For the uninformed, we're referring to vinyl here. [...]
Picture from the HAD Archive Okkervil River 's European tour will be wrapping up at the end of this month. Once they get a chance to settle down to life back in the states, frontman Will Sheff will be embarking on a brief solo tour. The tour will hit only three cities at this point (New York, LA, and San Francisco), and San Francisco has the esteemed privilege of actually garnering two stops. The first will be at The Herbst Theater as [...]
A l'image de Black Sheep Boy Appendix pour Black Sheep Boy ou de The Stand Ins pour The Stage Names , je vous offre également du rab qui fait suite à mon article sur le dernier album d' Okkervil River . Juste histoire de vous faire connaître quelques faits et anecdotes intéressantes (ou pas) à propos du groupe... Okkervil River tient son nom d'une nouvelle de l'auteur Russe Tatyana Tolstaya toutes les pochettes des albums ont été conçues par William Schaff [...]
Il y a 3 ans, je découvrais Okkervil River avec l'album Black Sheep Boy . C'était une grande découverte mais je ne le savais pas encore. L'an dernier, le groupe sortait The Stage Names qui confirmait tout le bien que je pensais d'eux. Du coup, je me suis plongé dans toute leur discographie passée et j'ai été émerveillé par un groupe qui fait aujourd'hui parti de mes favoris. Car, si c'est avec Black Sheep Boy qu'ils se sont fait connaître, on ne peut cependant pas dire que c'est parce qu'ils avaient franchi un [...]
Ahhhh, I get it, now this is meta: head over to Okkervil River's YouTube Channel and you'll find a series of videos of some seriously well-respected musicians play stand-in for Will Sheff as they cover songs from Okkervil River's latest album, The Stand Ins . Pretty clever, and a pretty decent roundup of talent too, as everyone from A.C. Newman to Bon Iver gets in the act here. Let's have a look.... Ola Podrida - "Calling and Not Calling My Ex" (above) [...]
Okkervil River, The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar, 2008) MP3 : "Lost Coastlines" Offered as a sequel to 2007's The Stage Names , Okkervil River 's fifth full length album The Stand Ins further mines the subject matter of its predecessor: the trials and tribulations of life on the stage. Although thematically meshed with The Stage Names , The Stand Ins works on its own to further showcase one of indie rock's top lyricists. [...]
today, okkervil river 's the stand-ins - the anticipated sequel to last year's the stage names - will be released. after a short prelude, the album launches straight into "lost coastlines" a stirring duet between will sheff and jonathan meiburg who had recently left the band to focus on his work with shearwater . both bands had grown to the point where it was just impossible for meiburg to have his feet in both, and the tensions and dilemmas of this situation play out in the song itself, as both actors tug at opposing [...]
Like the old saying goes, the show must go on, and on it does go for Okkervil River on The Stand Ins, the quickly crafted (barely a year after their last effort) but skillfully executed sequel to 2007's The Stage Names. Following in the footsteps of its predecessor thematically as well as literally, it's another [...]
Over the next few days, the lads from Okkervil River will be releasing a series of videos via their brand new youtube channel , featuring special guests (who you may have heard of) 'standing in' for members of the band. This first episode sees Carl Newman, of New Pornographers fame, filling in for the Shearwater -bound Jonathan Meiburg on 'Lost Coastlines', except Carl sings Will's original part, and Will does Jonathan's. Confused? Well, just watch the above clip and prepare to be spellbound by all its splendour, as it is [...]
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