LargeHeartedBoy — Willamette Week remembered author Katherine Dunn. Stream a new Okkervil River song. NPR Music interviewed Will Sheff about the band's forthcoming album. May is Largehearted Boy's first fundraising month. All donations will go toward creating new feat... more info

Rolling Stone — Okkervil River have announced details for new album, Away. The follow-up to 2013's The Silver Gymnasium, Away marks a transition for Will Sheff, with more backing band lineup shifts and personal loss. "I didn't plan to make it and initially was... more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus, Will Sheff & co. will support the record with a months-long tour through the US and Europe. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Okkervil River have announced that they'll follow 2013's The Silver Gymnasium with a new album, Away, on September 9 via ATO. Main member Will Sheff recorded the album with an almost entirely different lineup, "most of them coming from the ... more info

Stereogum — After teasing a new release yesterday, folk project Okkervil River have officially announced their new album, Away, with a new song called “Okkervil River R.I.P.,” a epitaph that could come to fruition depending on how you read band leader Will S... more info

Stereogum — Okkervil River’s most recent album was 2013’s The Silver Gymnasium (though they put in some legwork last year for Black Sheep Boy’s 10th anniversary), but it looks like they’re gearing up to release another new full-length. The band has just ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bird of Youth, as you may know, is the project of Beth Wawerna who frequently collaborates with Okkervil River (and is Will Sheff's girlfriend). She's releasing her new album Get Off next week (5/20) via Kiam Records (pre-order), and we... more info

Impose Magazine — Brooklyn’s Beth Wawerna is no stranger to bitterness. In her time with Bird Of Youth she’s traversed a folk-country stoicism over into hard rock territory and back with ease, having collaborated with the likes of Will Sheff of Okkervil River and ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Jonathan Dick "When I was making Black Sheep Boy, I felt like it was good, and I was confident that it was gonna be the best record that I'd made. That said, I didn't expect for it to be... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for The Who's rescheduled shows at MSG and Prudential Center are on sale now. Tickets for The Go! Team's first NYC show in 5 years at Brooklyn Bowl go on sale at 10 AM. Tickets for the Erykah... more info