So what are you giving your friends this Christmas? Likely trumping that pair of socks, Will Sheff & Co. are passing along the Golden Opportunities Mixtape, a nine-song collection of eight covers and…   Read Story »

It's not even December yet, but the list-giving season's in full swing. Stylus's last bequest was naming LCD Soundsystem's Sounds Of Silver as '07s LP champion, Paste gave that honor to the…   Read Story »

At some point last year, Will Sheff and director Mike Angelo Torres hooked up in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy to capture this solo acoustic take on The Stage Names' "A Girl In Port." In other words, we…   Read Story »

That headline's almost entirely true, too! Will and Erik really did play solo, at Music Hall Of Williamsburg and upstairs at Pianos, respectively; Craig was listed by his lonesome, but turned up with…   Read Story »

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Click play on the new Okkervil River vid below and you'll probably think exactly what we did: Hello advertising! Huh? Somehow "Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe" got a big ol' corporate intro, but…   Read Story »

The Stage Names is Okkervil River's fourth full-length. More importantly, though, it's the follow-up to Will Sheff and company's most acclaimed album, 2005's Black Sheep Boy and subsequent spin-off,…   Read Story »

UPDATE: As xtro noted, turns out Will originally posted this a year ago! We had no idea; reader Eric clued us in to a MSN blog that posted it yesterday, which explains our tardiness. But hey, a year…   Read Story »

If you have less than three minutes to explain why Lou Reed identified Okkervil River as a standout indie band while doing post-VMA press, save your breath and let Will Sheff make his case with this…   Read Story »

After some time in show hiatus, Okkervil River brought their alt-country, emo-fied indie-folk to Castle Clinton (which is literally the gutted edifice of a castle) in Battery Park last night. The…   Read Story »