Articles tagged "okkervil river"

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Okkervil River: Pop Lie EP

by Christel Loar

[11.May.09] :. Okkervil River's Pop Lie explores our roles in creating celebrity and deconstructing dreams, with the swirling sugar-rush of synthesizers and irresistible high-energy hook of the single.

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Okkervil River: The Stand Ins

by Joseph Carver

[8.Sep.08] :. Okkervil River is poised for greatness and The Stand Ins may very well be the record to take them there.

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Okkervil River

by Dan Raper

[13.Mar.08] :. Okkervil River has become part of the growing body of hyper-referential, linked-in art that represents the fractured yet joyous way we accumulate knowledge on and off the information superhighway.

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Okkervil River: The Stage Names

by Dan Raper

[8.Aug.07] :. Okkervil River's new album is filled with moments that remind us again why this band is considered one of the finest indie rock groups in the US.

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Mixed Media

Socalled, Okkervil River, John Mayall

by PopMatters Staff

[12.Jun.07] :. Socalled (These Are The) Good Old Days [MP3] from Ghettoblaster on Jdub       You Are Never Alone [MP3]       Hip-hop/klezmer/pop, a...

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Capsule Reviews

Okkervil River: The Presidents Dead

by Justin Cober-Lake

[1.May.07] :. Okkervil River provides a focused and complex pair of songs using unexpected colors and surprising tones.

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Okkervil River: Black Sheep Boy Appendix

by Zack Adcock

[28.Nov.05] :. Austin folkies spin their dark pop web further into the depths with a mini-album, using recent B-sides as a jumping-off point, that rivals this band-on-the-rise's most solid efforts to date.

 
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Okkervil River: Black Sheep Boy

by Jill LaBrack

[8.Apr.05] :. This reviewer's early, although confident, pick for Album of the Year.

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Okkervil River: Sleep and Wake-Up Songs

by Jill LaBrack

[20.Jan.05] :. Okkervil River, in 5 gorgeous songs, lay to waste many critics' 'best-of' picks.