Music :: Live Review 18 Nov 2008
Ally Brown: Okkervil River's greatest moment yet is the seventh song of their fourth album, Black Sheep Boy. Halfway through tonight’s show, Will Sheff ushers his bandmates off-stage so he can perform A Stone almost-solo, so he can cultivate lumps in all our...
Music :: Preview 22 Oct 2008
Lauren Mayberry: Texan sextet Okkervil River get ready to fill up Glasgow’s Òran Mór in support of latest release The Stand Ins, the follow up to 2007‘s critically acclaimed The Stage Names. Frontman Will Sheff possesses a passion and percepti...
Records :: Album Review 03 Oct 2008
Ally Brown: What now comprises The Stand Ins was originally intended to be the second disc of a double album with The Stage Names, which was instead released last year on its own. Possessing neither the brash melodic agility of that record, nor the dizzying lyrica...
