Okkervil River Records Set For KEXP

Check out their recent performance of 'Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe' below.


MP3: Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines

Okkervil River Frontman Guest DJs On NPR

This week's session included:

Carlton & The Shoes - Never Give...
Dion - Your Own Back Yard
Selda - Ince Ince

View all of Will Sheff's picks here.

MP3: Okkervil River - Live On WOXY

Okkervil River Unveils New Video

Enjoy 'Lost Coastlines' below. Download an Okkervil River track at bottom of post.


MP3: Okkervil River - Live On WOXY

Paste Mag Chats With Okkervil River

The Q&A touches upon:

-Violence
-Ballads
-Passion

Enjoy the full article here.

Visit Okkervil River on MySpace.

MP3: Okkervil River - The President's Dead

Okkervil River Reveals Autumn UK Trek

Catch the band this November at:

5th NORWICH: WATERFRONT
6th MANCHESTER: ACADEMY
7th DUBLIN: ACADEMY
9th GLASGOW: ORAN MOR
10th WOLVERHAMPTON: WULFRUN
11th LONDON: SHEPHERD'S BUSH
12th BRIGHTON: CONCORDE 2

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MP3: Okkervil River - It Ends With A Fall

Shearwater Frontman Leaves Okkervil River

Here's the official statement: *Jonathan Meiburg, frontman for Shearwater, has announced that he is leaving Okkervil River to focus exclusively on Shearwater. Meiburg says the split is "completely amicable", and that Shearwater has grown to the point that it excludes his further participation in Okkervil. "This is just a logical extension of the way things have been going since Palo Santo", Meiburg adds. "Shearwater's increasingly demanding schedule has meant that I've performed with Okkervil less and less over the past two years, and with Rook coming out in June, we all felt that it would be best if I completely disengaged from Okkervil rather than stretch myself too thin."* MP3 at bottom.

Visit Shearwater on MySpace.

MP3: Shearwater - Rooks

Okkervil River Records WOXY Lounge Session

Yesterday's appearance included:

Lost Coastlines
A King & A Queen
A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene
It Ends With A Fall

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MP3: Okkervil River - Live On WOXY

The New Pornographers & Okkervil River Team Up For Tour

All North American gigs below:

4-9 Toronto, ON - Phoenix Theatre
4-10 Pontiac, MI - The Crofoot Ballroom
4-11 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
4-12 Munhall, PA - Carnegie Music Hall
4-13 Ithaca, NY - The State Theater
4-14 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
4-16 Richmond, VA - Toad's Place
4-17 Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre
4-18 Nashville, TN - The Cannery
4-19 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
4-20 Chicago, IL - Riviera
4-21 Madison, WI - Orpheum
4-22 Cleveland, OH - Beachland

MP3: Okkervil River - The President's Dead

Okkervil River Records Black Cab Session

Enjoy their stellar performance below. Download an Okkervil River MP3 at bottom.


MP3: Okkervil River - It Ends With A Fall

The World Of B-Sides & Rarities, #384

Okkervil River - No Key, No Plan

A track from their Black Sheep Boy Appendix EP.

AKA The companion to the 2005's Black Sheep Boy.

Visit Okkervil River at the band's MySpace page.

MP3: Okkervil River - No Key, No Plan

Okkervil River Shines At Soundfix

Check out the following clip of Okkervil River performing 'Savannah Smiles' from last month's appearance at Soundfix Records in Brooklyn, NY. OR MP3 at bottom of post.


MP3: Okkervil River - A Favor

Okkervil River Visits Conan

I learn to love Okkervil River more and more with each passing day. Below you can view their performance of 'Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe' from Tuesday night's Conan.

MP3: Okkervil River - For Real

Okkervil River Premieres New Clip

See below for Okkervil River's 'Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe'. Simply amazing. Download an Okkervil River at bottom of post. Learn more about OR via their official site.


MP3: Okkervil River - Black

Okkervil River Announces European Tour

UK-ers: The Music Slut highly recommends checking out Austin's finest, Okkervil River, at one of the following dates this fall. Their forthcoming LP, The Stage Names, is out on August 7th (more info here).

November
6 Colchester Arts Centre
7 Nottingham The Social
8 Newcastle University
9 Glasgow Nice N Sleazy
10 Manchester Roadhouse

December
4 Brighton Pressure Point
5 Liverpool Academy
6 Dublin Whelans
7 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
8 Cardiff Barfly
9 London Luminaire

MP3: Okkervil River - It Ends With A Fall

Okkervil River Announce Fall Tour

Full tour dates below, courtesy of Bitchfork Media. Check out all the info for their upcoming LP, The Stage Names, here.

09-03 San Diego, CA - Casbah
09-04 LA, CA - Troubadour
09-05 San Fran, CA - Independent
09-08 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan
09-09 Vancouver, BC - Richard's
09-10 Seattle, WA - Neumos
09-13 Denver, CO - Marquee Theater
09-14 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
09-15 Iowa City, IA - Picador
09-18 Chicago, IL - Logan Square
09-19 Urbana, IL - The Canopy Club
09-21 Toronto, Ont. - Lee's Palace
09-22 Hamilton, Ont. - Pepper Jack's
09-23 Montreal - La Sala Rossa
09-24 Burlington - Higher Ground
09-25 Boston, MA - Middle East
09-26 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse
09-28 New York, NY - Webster Hall
09-29 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
09-30 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
10-02 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
10-03 Athens, GA - 40 Watt
10-06 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington

MP3s: 'Black' + 'A Favor'

Upcoming Okkervil River LP Due Out In August

We've just received the exciting news that Austin's Okkervil River are set to release their next album, The Stage Names, on August 7th. The full-length was mixed by Jim Eno of Spoon. Tracklisting below, cover art to the right.

1. Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe
2. Unless It’s Kicks
3. Hand to Take Hold of the Scene
4. Savannah Smiles
5. Plus Ones
6. A Girl in Port
7. You Can’t Hold the Hand of a Rock and Roll Man
8. Title Track
9. John Allyn Smith Sails

MP3s: Okkervil River - A Favor + Okkervil River- Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe

Matt & Kim, CSS, Okkervil River Provide 'Noise For The Needy'

Noise For The Needy is a small registered non-profit organization based out of Seattle, Washington. The goal of the group is to raise cash for charitable causes through live music. To date they've raised over $100,000 for local charities in and around The West Coast.

Their next endeavor includes a kick-ass festival that extends from June 6th to June 10th at various venues around Seattle. Bands participating include CSS, Okkervil River, Matt & Kim, The Lights & Wintergreen amongst others. All shows are incredibly cheap ($12 and under) and benefit a Music Slut approved charity.

Learn more about Noise For The Needy here on the organization's MySpace page.

Check out the complete line-up for the June shows here at NoiseForTheNeedy.org.

MP3: Matt & Kim - No More Long Years