Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Blues on the Green, Texas punk tales, and more recommended local shows

"...the otherwise free concert.  – Doug Freeman Okkervil River’s Will Sheff, BooherHaute Spot, Friday 14..."

July 14, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

True Love Cast Out All Evil

New oral history explores the head and mysteries of Austin's psych pioneer

"...and finally a new millennial transcendence as captured by Will Sheff and Okkervil River via the collaborative LP that..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Songwriting Genius Daniel Johnston Dead at 58

Eccentric singer-songwriter reportedly died of heart attack

"...More will be added to this story as it develops...."

Sept. 11, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Last Week in Live Music: A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Blood Orange, Moving Panoramas, and More

"...Will Sheff during Sunset Sessions at Eberly on February 24,..."

Feb. 26, 2019 Photo Gallery

Beautiful Boy

Steve Carell soars above this overly-earnest addiction biography

"...Beautiful Boy is. Adapted from Rolling Stone writer David Sheff's autobiography of the same name, and his son Nic's..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Okkervil River

"...seconds into Okkervil River's ninth full-length, we learn that Will Sheff, the creative leader and frontman for the Austin-birthed..."

May 25, 2018 Music Review by Abby Johnston

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...compilation of ATX luminaries. – Kahron Spearman ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

7 Roky Erickson Moments at the Austin Music Awards

"...of "Don't Slander Me." An all-star band led by Will Sexton is sizzling with Mike Buck on drums, Speedy..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Music Covers

"...on the cover, starting with the Red-Headed Stranger himself, Willie Nelson, shot by photographer Gary Miller for our April..."

March 1, 2017 Photo Gallery

Okkervil River Regroups

Brooklynite stretches revamped band at the Parish

"...Last December, Will Sheff returned to Austin for a solo tour celebrating..."

Sept. 29, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Okkervil River

"...On 2013's The Silver Gymnasium, Will Sheff waxed nostalgic about his 10-year-old self in New..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Adult Audio Coloring Book Sampler

A look back at illustrated album covers old and new

"...for Sonic Youth's major label debut, Goo. – Kevin Curtin William Schaff..."

July 29, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Black Sheep Boy Will Sheff

Okkervil River folksinger reflects on the past decade

"...On Wednesday, we rang up Will Sheff at home in Brooklyn, the Okkervil River frontman..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Gay Place: TDOR

Come together to support the T in LGBT

"...GULP Gear. Uniform. Leather. Pup. These geared queers will make you gulp. This month's bar social and puppy..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Austin’s Record Store Day Picks

Local releases and where to get 'em

"...Will Sheff and company’s third album, from 2004, debuts on..."

April 15, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest's New Look

New location and grass, same Fun Fun Fun

"...Boasting a couple of FFF all-stars in Okkervil River's Will Sheff (2007, 2011) and Bill Callahan (2013), Glass Eye..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: OBN III's Tuned Up

"...I've bruised the fuck out of my knees, and will probably have really bad knees in 20 years...."

June 13, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Brian Beattie

Audio File

"...From snap-crackle singsong ditties ("Caliche Road") to throaty, Lucinda Williams-style scorchers ("Iron Skillet"), local teen dynamo Grace London vocalizes..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Music Review by Greg Beets

Playback: Brian Beattie's Wizard of Oz

A peak inside indie Austin's new illustrated CD musical

"...an illustrated book. The cast's singers include Johnston, Okkervil's Will Sheff, Glass Eye's Kathy McCarty, Bill Callahan, James Hand,..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Five From Here: An Eclectic Selection of Local Gift Ideas

Your Austin friends and neighbors have been mighty busy this year.

"...talented friends – Grace London, Daniel Johnston, Bill Callahan, Will Sheff, Kathy McCarty, and James Hand among them. (Did..."

Dec. 11, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

ACL Live Shot: Okkervil River

Will Sheff’s local crew gets bloody

"...live with their previous material. How the worlds that Will Sheff spins so completely with each LP collide and..."

Oct. 5, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Friday Local Limits

Austin bands at ACL Fest, Friday, Oct. 4

"...indie rock with heavy personal depth from sentimental frontman Will Sheff...."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Friday Local Limits

Austin bands at ACL Fest, Friday, Oct. 11

"...indie rock with heavy personal depth from sentimental frontman Will Sheff...."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Okkervil River Announces ACL Aftershow at Club de Ville

NBA ties, online gaming promotion, and a pixelated Will Sheff

"...Okkervil River frontman Will Sheff’s a New Hampshire native himself. Last month’s The..."

Oct. 3, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Darkness in the Heart of Town

Will Sheff, one step forward, two steps back

"...His grandfather, 90, was running out of time, so Will Sheff made the five-and-a-half-hour drive from Brooklyn to his..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Okkervil River Record Review

"...Will Sheff strikes hardest when he's strafing the cultural subconscious,..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Playback

R&B, race relations, and rap: Black Joe Lewis and the League of Extraordinary G'z, plus Ginny's Little Longhorn

"...the Drag bears Daniel Johnston's iconic alien frog mural, will soon be renamed "Thai, How Are You?" – a..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Okkervil River Goes 8-Bit

An adventure game to promote 'The Silver Gymnasium'

"...The game features a preteen, pixilated, and vaguely Will Sheff-y looking character who goes to find his older..."

Aug. 22, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Playback

Fun Fun Fun Fest reels off some greatest hits and more

"...Lupe Fiasco, Action Bronson, and femme C Dessa. Punks will be pleased to see NYC hardcores the Cro-Mags, metal..."

July 12, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

New Albums for Octopus Project and Okkervil River

Popular indie hypnotists tease upcoming LPs

"...its seventh, arriving Sept. 3 on ATO Records. Frontman Will Sheff and his crew got as alternative as Octopus..."

June 10, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

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