Starline Social Club and (((FOLK YEAH))) Present Damien Jurado and Okkervil River Solo
Okkervil River
Over the course of their career, Okkervil River has released nine albums that have given frontman Will Sheff a reputation as one of the greatest working songwriters in the country. As Sheffand his shifting lineup of players have traveled the world many times over, they've made fansranging from Lou Reed to Barack Obama and been praised by outlets from the New YorkTimes to NPR to Pitchfork, who called Sheff "One of indie rock's most ambitious thinkers".
Last year saw Okkervil River's two-decades-plus trek around the globe captured in A Dream inthe Dark, an expansive release anthologizing 20 years of live performance, spanning from pin-drop listening rooms to stadium stages - released on ATO Records.
In addition to his work with Okkervil River, Sheff composes for film and television, has written for the Times, McSweeney's, Gawker and Rolling Stone, worked as a producer on psych-rock legend Roky Erickson's critically-acclaimed comeback album True Love Cast Out All Evil, andreleased his directorial film debut Down Down the Deep River in 2015.
Damien Jurado
On The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania, Damien Jurado gathers up ten stories of people determined not to be broken by their dire circumstances. "The world is a liar, the stars are a must," he sings over brushed drums, a circling bassline, and acoustic guitar on "Helena," which opens his 17th album, the first release from Damien's own Maraqopa Records. Dire circumstances have long been fixtures of Jurado's songs, which are filled with ghosts, killers, cruel lovers, and the occasional UFO cult or false messiah. But here, the scenes are earthy, drawn from ordinary but no less immense calamities: hurricanes moving toward town, strained connections, amnesiacs in the front yard. On The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania, Jurado pulls the curtains shut, blocking out "the light now embarrassed and afraid of the dark," as he sings on "Tom," one of the album's haunting numbers, only to throw them open the exact moment sunshine needs to come flooding in.
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Okkervil River
Over the course of their career, Okkervil River has released nine albums that have given frontman Will Sheff a reputation as one of the greatest working songwriters in the country. As Sheffand his shifting lineup of players have traveled the world many times over, they've made fansranging from Lou Reed to Barack Obama and been praised by outlets from the New YorkTimes to NPR to Pitchfork, who called Sheff "One of indie rock's most ambitious thinkers".
Last year saw Okkervil River's two-decades-plus trek around the globe captured in A Dream inthe Dark, an expansive release anthologizing 20 years of live performance, spanning from pin-drop listening rooms to stadium stages - released on ATO Records.
In addition to his work with Okkervil River, Sheff composes for film and television, has written for the Times, McSweeney's, Gawker and Rolling Stone, worked as a producer on psych-rock legend Roky Erickson's critically-acclaimed comeback album True Love Cast Out All Evil, andreleased his directorial film debut Down Down the Deep River in 2015.
Damien Jurado
On The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania, Damien Jurado gathers up ten stories of people determined not to be broken by their dire circumstances. "The world is a liar, the stars are a must," he sings over brushed drums, a circling bassline, and acoustic guitar on "Helena," which opens his 17th album, the first release from Damien's own Maraqopa Records. Dire circumstances have long been fixtures of Jurado's songs, which are filled with ghosts, killers, cruel lovers, and the occasional UFO cult or false messiah. But here, the scenes are earthy, drawn from ordinary but no less immense calamities: hurricanes moving toward town, strained connections, amnesiacs in the front yard. On The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania, Jurado pulls the curtains shut, blocking out "the light now embarrassed and afraid of the dark," as he sings on "Tom," one of the album's haunting numbers, only to throw them open the exact moment sunshine needs to come flooding in.
Starline Social Club and (((FOLK YEAH))) Present Damien Jurado and Okkervil River Solo
Okkervil River
Over the course of their career, Okkervil River has released nine albums that have given frontman Will Sheff a reputation as one of the greatest working songwriters in the country. As Sheffand his shifting lineup of players have traveled the world many times over, they've made fansranging from Lou Reed to Barack Obama and been praised by outlets from the New YorkTimes to NPR to Pitchfork, who called Sheff "One of indie rock's most ambitious thinkers".
Last year saw Okkervil River's two-decades-plus trek around the globe captured in A Dream inthe Dark, an expansive release anthologizing 20 years of live performance, spanning from pin-drop listening rooms to stadium stages - released on ATO Records.
In addition to his work with Okkervil River, Sheff composes for film and television, has written for the Times, McSweeney's, Gawker and Rolling Stone, worked as a producer on psych-rock legend Roky Erickson's critically-acclaimed comeback album True Love Cast Out All Evil, andreleased his directorial film debut Down Down the Deep River in 2015.
Damien Jurado
On The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania, Damien Jurado gathers up ten stories of people determined not to be broken by their dire circumstances. "The world is a liar, the stars are a must," he sings over brushed drums, a circling bassline, and acoustic guitar on "Helena," which opens his 17th album, the first release from Damien's own Maraqopa Records. Dire circumstances have long been fixtures of Jurado's songs, which are filled with ghosts, killers, cruel lovers, and the occasional UFO cult or false messiah. But here, the scenes are earthy, drawn from ordinary but no less immense calamities: hurricanes moving toward town, strained connections, amnesiacs in the front yard. On The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania, Jurado pulls the curtains shut, blocking out "the light now embarrassed and afraid of the dark," as he sings on "Tom," one of the album's haunting numbers, only to throw them open the exact moment sunshine needs to come flooding in.
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Okkervil River
Over the course of their career, Okkervil River has released nine albums that have given frontman Will Sheff a reputation as one of the greatest working songwriters in the country. As Sheffand his shifting lineup of players have traveled the world many times over, they've made fansranging from Lou Reed to Barack Obama and been praised by outlets from the New YorkTimes to NPR to Pitchfork, who called Sheff "One of indie rock's most ambitious thinkers".
Last year saw Okkervil River's two-decades-plus trek around the globe captured in A Dream inthe Dark, an expansive release anthologizing 20 years of live performance, spanning from pin-drop listening rooms to stadium stages - released on ATO Records.
In addition to his work with Okkervil River, Sheff composes for film and television, has written for the Times, McSweeney's, Gawker and Rolling Stone, worked as a producer on psych-rock legend Roky Erickson's critically-acclaimed comeback album True Love Cast Out All Evil, andreleased his directorial film debut Down Down the Deep River in 2015.
Damien Jurado
On The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania, Damien Jurado gathers up ten stories of people determined not to be broken by their dire circumstances. "The world is a liar, the stars are a must," he sings over brushed drums, a circling bassline, and acoustic guitar on "Helena," which opens his 17th album, the first release from Damien's own Maraqopa Records. Dire circumstances have long been fixtures of Jurado's songs, which are filled with ghosts, killers, cruel lovers, and the occasional UFO cult or false messiah. But here, the scenes are earthy, drawn from ordinary but no less immense calamities: hurricanes moving toward town, strained connections, amnesiacs in the front yard. On The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania, Jurado pulls the curtains shut, blocking out "the light now embarrassed and afraid of the dark," as he sings on "Tom," one of the album's haunting numbers, only to throw them open the exact moment sunshine needs to come flooding in.
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