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Stars Too Small To Use
''Stars Too Small to Use'' is Okkervil River's second EP, released in mid-1999. It was recorded live over a span of three days in 1998 when the band was still forming. Three of the tracks appeared revised on later recordings: "He Passes Number Thirty-Three" on the 2003 split EP ''Julie Doiron / Okkervil River'', "The Velocity of Saul at the Time of His Conversion" on the 2003 album ''Down the River of Golden Dreams'', and "For the Captain" on the 2005 EP ''Black Sheep Boy Appendix ''Black Sheep Boy Appendix'' is the fourth Extended play, EP by Indie (music), indie band Okkervil River (band), Okkervil River, released on November 22, 2005. This mini-album is a continuation of their 2005 release, ''Black Sheep Boy'' and is a ...'' (as "Another Radio Song"). Track listing # "Kathy Keller" - 3:30 # "The Velocity of Saul at the Time of His Conversion" - 4:27 # "Oh, Precious" - 5:03 # "For the Captain" - 5:34 # "Auntie Alice" - 2:57 # "Whole Wide World" - 4:07 # "He Passes Number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okkervil River (band)
Okkervil River is an American rock band led by singer-songwriter Will Sheff. Formed in Austin, Texas, in 1998, the band takes its name from a short story by Russian author Tatyana Tolstaya set on the river Okkervil in Saint Petersburg. They began as a trio made up of Sheff and friends he had met in his native state of New Hampshire but, over time, have gone through many lineups. Okkervil River self-released their first album, ''Stars Too Small to Use,'' which led them to the South by Southwest music festival. After recording their first album in a garage, they signed with Jagjaguwar. They continued by releasing four more albums, including the critically lauded concept album '' Black Sheep Boy''. After a period of touring for ''Black Sheep Boy'', Okkervil River followed up with '' The Stage Names''. The album sold 10,000 in its opening week in the United States. The group released a free covers album, '' Golden Opportunities Mixtape'' from their live performances. The band has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedroom EP
A bedroom or bedchamber is a room situated within a residential or accommodation unit characterised by its usage for sleeping and sexual activity. A typical western bedroom contains as bedroom furniture one or two beds (ranging from a crib for an infant, a single or twin bed for a toddler, child, teenager, or single adult to bigger sizes like a full, double, queen, king or California king astern or waterbed size for a couple, a clothes closet, and bedside table and dressing table, both of which usually contain drawers. Except in bungalows, ranch style homes, ground floor apartments, or one-storey motels, bedrooms are usually on one of the floors of a dwelling that is above ground level. History In larger Victorian houses it was common to have accessible from the bedroom a boudoir for the lady of the house and a dressing room for the gentleman. Attic bedrooms exist in some houses; since they are only separated from the outside air by the roof they are typically cold in w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Fall In Love With Everyone You See
''Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See'' is the first full-length studio album from alternative folk-rock group, Okkervil River. Released on January 22, 2002 on the label Jagjaguwar, it contains the single, "Kansas City". Artist William Schaff, not to be confused with lead singer Will Sheff, designed the cover art. The album features an array of instruments including violin, pedal steel, mellotron, banjo, string and horn sections. The mandolin murder ballad "Westfall" stems from Sheff's recollections of the Yogurt Shop Murders, four grotesque murders of teenage girls in Austin, Texas by college students, and the subsequent trials. The song was written around the lines "They're looking for evil / Thinking they can trace it / But evil don't look like anything." Track listing Personnel ;Okkervil River * Jonathan Meiburg – Bass, accordion, tambourine, wurlitzer * Will Sheff – Vocals, guitar, mellotron, harmonica, organ ("Dead Dog Song") * Zachary Thomas – Mandoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Chronicle
''The Austin Chronicle'' is an alternative weekly newspaper published every Thursday in Austin, Texas, United States. The paper is distributed through free news-stands, often at local eateries or coffee houses frequented by its targeted demographic. The newspaper reported a weekly readership of 545,500. It is part of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia and it emulates the typical publications of the 1960s counterculture movement. History The ''Chronicle'' was co-founded in 1981 by Nick Barbaro and Louis Black, with assistance from others who largely met through the graduate film studies program at the University of Texas at Austin. Barbaro and Black are also co-founders of the South by Southwest Festival, although the festival operates as a separate company. The paper initially was published bi-weekly, and later weekly. Its precursor in style and format was the ''Austin Sun'', a bi-weekly that had ceased operations in 1978, after four years of publication. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extended Play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.Official Charts Company , access-date=March 21, 2017 Contemporary EPs generally contain four or five tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of other than 78 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Doiron / Okkervil River
''Julie Doiron / Okkervil River'' is an album release, a CD split between Julie Doiron and alternative country band Okkervil River Okkervil River is an American rock band led by singer-songwriter Will Sheff. Formed in Austin, Texas, in 1998, the band takes its name from a short story by Russian author Tatyana Tolstaya set on the river Okkervil in Saint Petersburg. They beg ..., was released on July 23, 2003. Track listing #"The Sweetest Eyes (When You Laugh)" – Julie Doiron #"Snow Falls in November" – Julie Doiron #"The Songwriter" – Julie Doiron #"The Wrong Guy" – Julie Doiron #"Cancel the Party" – Julie Doiron #"He Passes Number Thirty-Three" – Okkervil River #"Omie Wise" – Okkervil River #"A Leaf" – Okkervil River #"Blackest Coat" – Okkervil River #"The Sweetest Eyes (When You Laugh)" – Julie Doiron and her children (uncredited hidden track) 2003 albums Julie Doiron albums Okkervil River albums Split albums {{2000s-indie-pop-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down The River Of Golden Dreams
''Down the River of Golden Dreams'' is the second full-length studio album by Okkervil River, released on September 2, 2003. William Schaff continued to create artwork for Okkervil River with this release. The record label Jagjaguwar released the album on CD and vinyl under the catalog number JAG54. Track listing Personnel ;Okkervil River * Will Sheff - Vocals, Guitar, Whirlies *Jonathan Meiburg - Vocals, Piano, Hammond organ, Wurlizter, Rhodes, Mellotron, Banjo, Tambourine *Zachary Thomas - Vocals, Electric Bass, Mandolin *Seth Warren - Vocals, Drums, Whirlies *Michi Aceret - Viola *Geoffrey Hershberger - Cello *Thomas Heyman - Pedal steel guitar *Alan Molina - Violin *John Vanderslice - Bells ;The First National Brass *Katie Curran - Trombone *Dan Eastwood - Trumpet *Graham Taylor - Trumpet ;Technical personnel *Okkervil River - Producer * Scott Solter - Recording *Billy Stull - Mastering *Cover Art - William Schaff William J. Schaff Jr. is an artist and musician bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Sheep Boy Appendix
''Black Sheep Boy Appendix'' is the fourth Extended play, EP by Indie (music), indie band Okkervil River (band), Okkervil River, released on November 22, 2005. This mini-album is a continuation of their 2005 release, ''Black Sheep Boy'' and is a compilation of unfinished and reworked songs from that album. The disc also includes "Another Radio Song," a re-recorded and lyrically altered version of "For the Captain," a song featured on the band's 1999 debut release, ''Stars Too Small to Use''. "Black Sheep Boy #4" is a re-recorded and lyrically altered version of "Disfigured Cowboy," originally released on thComes With a Smile issue #11CD sampler, and was played on an episode ("One Night") of ''Cold Case (TV series), Cold Case''. The definitive double-disc CD version contains a video for "No Key No Plan," directed by Will Sheff. Track listing Personnel * Will Sheff - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harmonica, Toy Piano, Toy Guitar, Pump Organ, Wurlitzer, Hammond M1 * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 EPs
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