Okkervil River - Stage Names

Okkervil River - Stage NamesThis record dynamites the moss covered castle walls of 2005's BLACK SHEEP BOY to let in the glaring sun. Riddled with characters real and fake, with the relics of high culture and the crumpled up trash of low culture, THE STAGE NAME is a cinemascopic take on the meaning of entertainment in the modern world. Reverberant with echoes of Motown snap and girl group pop, redolent with ripe whiffs of dirty rock'n'roll, shining with the shimmy of Bo Diddley,

an abstract synthesizer excursion by Joel Vandroogenbroeck

narrowing in on the smallest details of our lives

Greatest Hits is a 2001 compilation album by The Cure

blending iconic hits with never-before-heard moments that deepen the legend

Brad Mehldau (piano)

This track also begins the journey of our protagonists

This is funk in its formative stage—earthy

coupled with heavy rotation of Skid Row's music videos on MTV

The Bouncing Souls remind us why they've remained a steadfast presence in punk for decades

A cornerstone of rock history

rock steady and reggae classics over a period spanning some 60 years

jazz and folk all meld in an album full of beguiling momentsBernard Butler had risen to fame as guitarist with Suede