Okkervil River

Your Guide to the Bands of RFT's Music Showcase

Country: Meet the 2013 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2013 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is this weekend! Think of it as St. Louis music's own official holiday and consider this the season. Throughout May we at RFT Music have been working hard to make our cases for all 130 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year in 26 categor ... More >>

Eagles of Death Metal to Play at the Arch on May 18

Tongue-in-cheek boogie rockers Eagles of Death Metal announced that the band will be playing a concert in the shadow of the arch on May 18. The show is part of sponsor Jack Daniel's new Live at the Landmark show series, where as you might guess, bands play famous landmarks across the United States. ... More >>

Santah

9 p.m. Thursday, August 23. Plush, 3224 Locust Street.

Murder by Death

9 p.m. Monday, August 20. Plush, 3224 Locust Street.

Girl Scouts Introduce New "Savannah Smiles" Cookie, Gut Check's Thoughts Turn to Porn

​Gut Check is going to go out on a precarious limb here and assume that if you were to make a Venn diagram of a) Girl Scouts of America executives, b) aficionados of early 1990's porn and c) fans of the band Okkervil River, it would feature very little overlap.So we're not sure what it says about ... More >>

Okkervil River And Wye Oak At The Pageant, 9/20/11: Review, Photos, Setlist

Photo by Jon Gitchoff​Okkervil River | Wye Oak The Pageant September 20, 2011 Will Sheff is making a mess. He's lost his glasses and his brown sports jacket and knocked over both of his mic stands and even very possibly yanked his guitar straight out of its amplifier -- it's a little hard to ... More >>

Okkveril River's Top Five Creative Writing Tips

Alexandra Valenti​Perhaps thanks to singer Will Sheff's creative writing background or its Russian literature-derived band name, Okkervil River wears the tag of "literate rock & roll" more than any other band not named the Decemberists. (Which is silly, since all songwriters are by definition ... More >>

Okkervil River

8 p.m. Tuesday, September 20. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

The Joy Formidable, Skrillex, Bad Brains Lead This Week's Show Announcements

The Joy Formidable, at The Firebird September 21. ​The broken glowsticks and prepubescent sweat have barely dried on the Pageant floor from last week's epic Skrillex show, but the man, the myth, the haircut is returning for an encore performance on November 3. H.R. (Human Rights), the lead sin ... More >>

Okkervil River And Wye Oak Are Coming To The Pageant

​Okkervil River is coming to the Pageant! And Wye Oak is opening! The show's on September 20th -- tickets are $16 ($19 day of show) and go on sale July 22nd at 5 p.m. Okkervil River, touring in support of the recently released I Am Very Far, went to the head of the mid-to-late-Aughts indie ... More >>

Shearwater/Damien Jurado

9 p.m. Thursday, November 18. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of May 31-June 6

* = coming to town, = local ​Euclid Records 1. Black Keys - Brothers* 2. Jack Johnson - To The Sea 3. National - High Violet* 4. Jayhawks - Bunkhouse Album 5. Band Of Horses - Infinite Arms 6. Bettye LaVette - Interpretations:British Rock Songbook 7. Roky Erick ... More >>

Country sweetheart Leslie Stevens brings her band to St. Louis for a homecoming

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of April 26

* means coming to town, means a local release ​Euclid Records 1. Roky Erickson/Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil 2. MGMT - Congratulations 3. Jeff Beck - Emotion Commotion 4. Shelby Lynne - Tears, Lies, & Alibis 5. Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of April 19-April 25

As always: The denotes a local release, * means the band is coming to town. ​Euclid Records 1. Caribou, Swim* 2. MGMT, Congratulations 3. Roky Erickson and Okkervil River, True Love Cast Out All Evil 4. Rufus Wainwright, All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu 5. Jonsi, Go 6. Jeff Beck, Emotions ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 17-23

A special Record Store Day edition of top sellers! equates local, * is a band coming to town. Euclid separated its RSD exclusives for its top ten; Vintage did not. ​Vintage Vinyl 1. VARIOUS ARTISTS---Don't Quit Your Day Job 2. FLAMING LIPS, STAR DEATH & WHITE DWARF WITH HENRY ROLLINS & PEA ... More >>

SXSW Day Two: KDHX/Twangfest Day Party, Ray Davies, John Hiatt, Morning Benders, Roky Erickson/Okkervil River -- and More

Hating on South By Southwest is too easy. Just look around: Shit-faced lawyers waxing bizness gobbledygook to shit-faced salesmen of exercise bikes, members of psych-metal bands (probably called Red Octopus or Purple Cobra) barely remaining vertical for all their unbathed rock studiousness, the endl ... More >>

Show Review Photos: Flogging Molly and Frank Turner at the Pageant, Wednesday, March 10

The St. Patrick's Day season is officially upon us: Beloved Irish punks Flogging Molly performed at the Pageant last night. And even vocalist Dave King's sore throat (which rendered him rather hoarse) and problems with Matt Hensley's accordion couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of the band or the sold-o ... More >>

Local Band to Know: Old Lights, Opening for Constantines/Crystal Antlers

In recent months, the band Old Lights has cropped up everywhere around town (and beyond): opening for Magnolia Electric Co. in Columbia, playing after the Decemberists in the Halo Bar and tomorrow, opening the Constantines/Crystal Antlers show at the Duck Room. (For good measure, the band is also pl ... More >>

2009 Bonnaroo Lineup Announced: Phish, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, David Byrne, Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, more!

Bonnaroo just announced its 2009 lineup -- and like Coachella, it looks pretty strong. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are headlining, while Phish is doing two(!) shows. Other notables include Elvis Costello (solo), Wilco, Nine Inch Nails, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, Mars Volta and a bunch more. S ... More >>

Austin City Limits Day Three Review: Foo Fighters, AA Bondy, Silversun Pickups, Gnarls Barkley, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Stars

Video Preview: Lollapalooza

Photos: DeVotchKa at the Pageant, Friday, May 23, 2008

Foam: A Little Update and a Muxtape

Over the Weekend: The Roots, New Pornographers, Vicars & Tarts, St. Louis Punks, Breakdancing

Show Review: New Pornographers/Okkervil River at the Pageant, Saturday, April 19

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: April 18 through 20

Neko Case Breaks Ankle, Will Not Be at New Pornographers Show Tomorrow Night

St. Louis Gigantic Concert Calendar, April 7 through August

Lollapalooza 2008 Lineup Leaked: Radiohead, NIN, Wilco, Kanye West, Explosions in the Sky, Love and Rockets, The National, Lupe Fiasco, more!

St. Louis Concert Calendar, March 11 through June

Bill Callahan/Jonathan Meiburg

9:30 p.m. Friday, February 29. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City

St. Louis Concert Calendar February 26 through June

St. Louis Concert Calendar, February 5 through June

St. Louis Concert Calendar, January 29 through May

New Pornographers with Okkervil River at the Pageant, Saturday, April 19

St. Louis Concert Calendar January 11, 2008 through May

Okkervil River

The Stage Names (Jagjaguwar)

Mystery Mix Monday over at Dividing By Zero

Michael Penn

Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947 (SpinArt)

Shearwater with Magnolia Summer

Saturday, May 14; Red Sea (6511 Delmar Boulevard, University City)

River's Edge

Will Sheff's literate gothic folk comes into focus on Okkervil River's latest

Sounds Around Town

Week of March 10, 2004

Take Me to the River

Wash yourself in the music of Okkervil River and be cleansed

Various Artists

Almost You: The Songs of Elvis Costello (Glurp)