Will Sheff — known for leading the critically acclaimed indie-rock stalwarts Okkervil River across nine beloved albums — announces Nothing Special, his debut solo album set for release on October
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Will Sheff is a densely literate songwriter of the highest degree. Like a good novelist, his songs reveal layers as they progress, adding intrigue and possibility to the plot and subtle nuance to the characterization, while weighty symbolism abounds throughout. The man also likes his hand-claps, as Sheff raucously urged and prodded the crowd to “throw their hands up” and clap along to the beats of some of the band’s best-known numbers
Soundtown Music Festival held in Somerset, WI August 19th and 20th, 2011.
We keep our eyes peeled for new tour dates announcements each week and compile them on Tuesdays for this handy column… For the second year in a row, England’s long
With their new release, I Am Very Far, Okkervil River has made a musical slow-burner. Unlike some of their previous work, there is no immediate song that blasts out and catches the ear
Last year the brewers Dogfish Head collaborated with the Sony Legacy label to honor the 40th anniversary of Miles Davis’ landmark jazz-fusion album with their own drinkable version of Bitches
Following back-to-back critically acclaimed and HT-approved releases in 2007 and 2008, Okkervil River returns on May 10 with I Am Very Far, an album of all-new material. Earlier this year
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While last year Okkervil River served as the backing band on psych-rock legend Roky Erickson’s first solo album in 14 years, we haven’t heard anything in the way of new
