Okkervil River

Jeremy from Fingertips joins us each month as he scours the betterPropaganda archives, highlighting gems buried a few years back in our database. Read More

Tickets are now on Live Nation Presale (password = record) and Citi Cardmember presale. Read More

The Levon Helm Band will be departing from their weekly " Midnight Ramble " gig at Helm's Studio in Woodstock for a show at NYC's Terminal 5 on Thursday, January 1st, 2010 . Read More

The " Definitive Edition " version of Okkervil River 's 2005 classic Black Sheep Boy , which joined the album together with the 7-song companion Black Sheep Boy Appendix and the song "The Next Four Months" (from the For Real single), was released as a 2xCD in 2007. Read More

As you'd expect the bulk of the material is drawn from last three albums but it's Stage Names / Stand Ins numbers that get the biggest reaction; a triumphant 'Lost Coastlines' starts with a banjo hoe-down and is followed immediately by 'Our Life Is Not A Movie which sends the audience into somewhat of a frenzy of impromptu karaoke and arrhythmic clapping. Read More

Sometimes a gig just has it; that moment when a band who've been assailed by technical problems turn it round, and the rest of the set soars. Read More

he mainstream anytime soon, they could probably comfortably sustain themselves forever on the tide of goodwill that stems from hard-core fans of the sort that packed this show – a captivating and celebratory affair. Read More

Want to hear arguably the best Vic Galloway session ever? Read More

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Great review of the Okkervil River Galway show over on IndieLimerick . Read More