Paste Magazine — Greetings from Berlin! Jonny here again. We just got off stage in support of Okkervil River. more info

Stereogum — Interviews can get boring for a band on the promotional trail. Okkervil River, telling people why they should buy The Stand-Ins , came up with a good solution to keep it interesting: Sing your responses. Will Sheff didn't make Rolling Stone's singe... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: The Chum BucketSpinner.com: Andrew W.K. and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists are hosting a karaoke party in Brooklyn. Here's hoping Andrew sings 'Summer of '69.' [NME]Famous musicians wax poetic about the 100 best singers of all time. [Rolli... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: AC Newman - There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Wrens - Surprise, Honeycomb (MP3) Okkervil River (Will Sheff) @ Lollapalooza 2008 (more by Bao Nguyen) Okkervil River's Will Shef... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: AC Newman - There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Wrens - Surprise, Honeycomb (MP3) Okkervil River (Will Sheff) @ Lollapalooza 2008 (more by Bao Nguyen) Okkervil River's Will... more info

Pitchfork — If sharing is, in fact, caring, Will Sheff and Charles Bissell care an awful lot about each other. Bissell, recent touring guitarist for Sheff's Okkervil River and founding member of Jersey giants the Wrens, will share a 7" that sees them taking on t... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — This weekend was too crazy for recollection, but I do have some funny/bizarre adventures to share with you. While I collect my thoughts and attempt to shake that annoying late-Autumn head cold, I can sit here wishing that I was in a warm environment... more info

Pitchfork — SCORE!? You can say that again. The brass at Merge Records have revealed quite a few more of the folks laying covers and remixes of their favorite Merge catalog classics on subscribers of the label's 20th anniversary SCORE! box set series-- which, to... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — First off is Marvelous Toy, a band with an indie sound if you know what I mean, which I don't.  Kind of the Okkervil River hop, step, and a strum kinda deal.  Nothing groundbreaking, but"The City is a Washing Machine" is swell enough to keep... more info

Guardian Music — This album depicts pop music as a creatively and morally bankrupt abyss of egocentricism and empty fads more info