October 30, 2008

~ The FACTS page has expanded! It now proudly lists and links to OR's music videos.

October 26, 2008

~ More MP3s and more FLACs. This time from Les Saints in Montreal (10.11.08).

~ Just MP3s this time around. The venue: Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles (09.23.08).

~ A few new articles and posters also went up this autumn evening.

October 19, 2008

~ MP3s and FLACs for New York City night #1 (10.06.08), New York City night #2 (10.07.08) and Northampton (10.08.08) have been released.

~A third video has been added to the page for the first Webster Hall show.

~Five videos are up for the second Webster Hall show, including the increasingly rare live performances of "Maine Island Lovers" and "Another Radio Song" and the new "The President's Alive."

~Don't miss watching What Cheer? Brigade join OR for Westfall at the Pearl Street Nightclub.

~The last videos of the day are from Les Saints in Montreal.

October 18, 2008

~ Audio of the show at The National in Richmond is now posted in MP3 and FLAC format. OR performed "The President's Alive" this evening.

October 16, 2008

~ Two videos from the October 6th Webster Hall show, a song from The Stage Names and its counterpart from The Stand Ins, are now available for viewing and downloading.

October 10, 2008

~ The president has been resurrected. Watch the video of the "The President's Alive" from the second Webster Hall show.

October 2, 2008

~ Live in Madison: Full audio recording from night three of the current tour. More on its way...

September 21, 2008

~ The first audio recording from the current tour is now available. Download MP3s and FLACs from last Wednesday's Seattle show at The Showbox.

~ Watch OR perform "Pop Lie" and "On Tour With Zykos" live at the Barrymore Theater in Madison.

~ We are slowly adding The Stand Ins album reviews and interviews to the site. Keep checking the Articles for new additions.

September 12, 2008

~ The band's tour starts tonight, which brings us to a reminder/request to please send us setlists, audio, video, reviews, or anything else of interest. The more we get, the more we can share. For each submission you will be entered in our next drawing -- issues of Found and Magnet magazines, which contain contributions from Will Sheff.

September 9, 2008

~ With the release of The Stand Ins, the almost universally glowing reviews have started pouring out. We've linked to some of them on the Articles page and will be adding more as they continue to be published.

September 6, 2008

~ Last Saturday, DTO turned one year old! This Saturday to celebrate, we leapt into the vault and dug out Seas Too Far To Reach from the strings and horns show at Hogg Auditorium in Austin last year.

~ In case you missed it...a little over a month ago TaCoWiki, the home for Okkervil River tabs and chords, unrolled a fabulously revamped site.

August 11, 2008

~ Four new posters have been added. Bring your money to the shows because three of them will be available at the shows for which they were created.

August 8, 2008

~ Lots of Lolla!
Many Lollapalooza items now reside on DTO, including the Official Poster, the Dayshow and Aftershow setlists, video and print interviews with Will live at the scene, and PlayStation 3 Stage and Schubas videos. The Schubas videos include "Blue Tulip" and "Lost Coastlines."

~ Lots of other bits and pieces!
Over the course of the last week new setlists, posters, cover songs, compilations, and other random stuff have crept into their relevant sections. We are reveling in specifity today!

August 7, 2008

~ Watch Singer Songwriter performed live for the first time on April 24, 2008 at Mad Hatter in Covington, KY.

July 15, 2008

~ List of tour dates updated on the CONCERTS page.

June 24, 2008

~ DTO isn't in hibernation, but the band is (getting some well-deserved rest we hope!).

June 12, 2008

~ A.V. Club interview added.

May 18, 2008

~ DTO is back and picking up where we left off by now wishing another band member adieu. We send our very best wishes to Jonathan, and for the future of Shearwater. May Rook explode on the charts and stages across the world.

~ In celebrating Jonathan's legacy with Okkervil River, we are posting some previously unreleased audio and video from Jonathan's solo opening sets during the Fall 2007 OR tour.
Audio: Monkey Town in Brooklyn (9.27.07)
Video: Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia (9.29.07)
Video: 40 Watt in Athens (10.03.07)

~ New Okkervil River audio and video posted:
Audio: Barfly in Cardiff (12.08.07)
Video: Mad Hatter in Covington (4.24.08)
Video: Yard Dog in Austin at Schubas SXSW party (3.13.08)
Video: La Cigalle in Paris (11.13.07)

~ Several new (and old) POSTERS added.

~ Congratulations to Vikram, the winner of the second DTO prize drawing.

April 6, 2008

~ DTO would like to send belated congratulations to Brian Cassidy and his family. We wish you much prosperity and happiness in the years to come. Thank you Brian for the enjoyment you gave us while performing with Okkervil River.

April 5, 2008

~Apologies for our absence the last few weeks. After an unnecessary delay, the setlists for all four of the SXSW shows have been added. Click the setlist links on the 2008 Concerts page to view them. More to come.

March 18, 2008

~ The second official DTO prize drawing is coming! One fabulous contributor will win a Deluxe Edition (2 disc) of The Stage Names SIGNED by each member of Okkervil River! If you'd like to enter this contest, you can do so by donating to the site or by sending in your Okkervil-related content. Stay tuned and good luck!

~ The setlist from the Edinburgh show at Cabaret Voltaire comes to us thanks to Sharon. If anyone can verify the encore of that show, or has another setlist to fill in any gap (Mind The Gap), please submit it.

March 14, 2008

~ A public radio piece about Okkervil River to coincide with SXSW. Note: You must register for the site to listen to its content.

~A review with video clips of Okkervil River's Austin Music Awards performance with Roky Erickson is posted at the Spin site. DTO can't stop watching!

March 13, 2008

~A feature on Okkervil River's Sydney show, delving into the band's cultural significance on the internet, is posted at PopMatters.com. DTO had nothing to do with it, by the way (not even the typos, we swear!).

~ WNYC's Soundcheck On Site talked to several SXSW attendees, including Will Sheff, Wednesday. Listen to the podcast on WNYC or iTunes.

March 4, 2008

~ An interview from smh.com about jumpsuits, platform boots and baloney. A review of the show at The Corner Hotel, and two on the Melbourne Laneway set at thedwarf.com and FasterLouder.com.

~ The Jound Message Board went back up yesterday afternoon. It is working again as of today.

March 1, 2008

~ Our only, to date, setlist submissions from the current Australia/New Zealand tour are up. Lucky folks in Melbourne and Sydney were treated to a double encore at The Corner Hotel and Manning Bar.

~ Don't miss this Australian interview with Will in Beat.

~ The list of covers has increased by one! Thanks MB for revealing that during Okkervil River's first ever tour in Australia, they played a slow, sultry and sinister rendition of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm On Fire." Please let us know if there are any other cover songs we are missing.

February 28, 2008

~ Jound is down. We don't know why...

February 26, 2008

~ The fab people at Fabchannel have graciously allowed us to post the full concert video from Paradiso. in Amsterdam. A big thank you to them!

February 24, 2008

~ The Okkervil Article of the Month from Tiny Mix Tapes on the tour with The New Pornographers. Newly posted articles on the St. Jerome's Laneway Festival and the Melbourne gig.

~ Three more articles about The New Pornographers' tour dates from liveDaily.com, Pitchfork and Spacelab, some older press on Golden Opportunities and an interview about The Stage Names.

February 20, 2008

~ We've added an interview with Jonathan from his current tour with Bill Callahan. If anyone finds other information from this tour, please let us know.

February 16, 2008

~ Videos from London, Leuven, and Paris are now up.

~ Visit the re-vamped FACTS page; it now includes a list of cover songs Okkervil River has played over the years.

February 14, 2008

~ Full audio recordings (in MP3 and FLAC) are available from the Leuven show at Stuk and the Paris show at La Maroquinerie.

~ Happy Valentine's Day! DTO has a announcement to warm your hearts: The entry period for the next DTO drawing is extended until April! Not only will it give fans in Australia and New Zealand a chance to participate, but it will give all of the UK and European fans more time to send in contributions from the recent shows. Remember, the prize this time is a 2-disc, Deluxe Edition of The Stage Names, signed by every current member of Okkervil River (some of the autographs are even legible!). So if you've got a setlist, video, audio or anything else for our collection, send it in and we'll love you `til Tuesday!

February 13, 2008

~ The Stuk setlist is up. We'll have audio and video from several of the recent European shows available this weekend.

February 9, 2008

~ The setlist from the Paris show at La Maroquinerie is posted. Thanks Thierry!

February 7, 2008

~ The setlist from London's show at Scala is up.

~DTO hasn't received many direct content contributions lately, so you may have noticed some items being lifted directly from the Jound Message Board. If, by chance, you've stumbled upon this site independently of that one, check it out. Be sure to thank its members for all of their information, as we so often do!

February 4, 2008

~ To balance this side of the page: we've been adding the Concert dates as we get them, stay tuned for more. We also added an Article entry (featuring a sincere suggestion for a song to perform with Roky!).

January 20, 2008

~ Thanks to Rose for providing a Buffalo setlist from 2006.

January 13, 2008

~ We've added another date to the US Concerts with The New Pornographers. Stay tuned for more as they come!

January 8, 2008

~ We've added FLAC audio files from the November 19th show in Vienna.

December 21, 2007

~ MP3s & FLACs from Frankfurt now up. They are zipped too!

December 19, 2007

~ MP3 and FLAC files from the Iowa City show in September now available. More audio is on its way...

December 15, 2007

~ More video! Check out OR covering ABBA in Cardiff & playing a perennial favorite in Liverpool.

December 14, 2007

~ New video! Three songs from the December 7th show in Leeds are now up. Thanks Heather.

December 11, 2007

~ Sorry for the delays and lack of timeliness around here. The holidays and hospitals are time thieves. Check out Okkervil River's surprise gift for fans, if you haven't already, while we attempt to make ankle casts from spare bits of gingerbread houses and a spackle of icing.

December 4, 2007

~ There has been little to update on the site lately. Finding and confirming upcoming tour dates is like panning for gold in a parched and gutted gulch (perhaps there really is a Super Secret Secret Show Schedule!). We're out there with our headlamps and sluice boxes anyway (no mere recreational prospectors here!).

~ If you have anything from the recent European shows, or if you happen to have clues relating to the upcoming winter and spring tour schedule, please send them in!

November 25, 2007

~ More setlists: Fribourg, Vienna and Munich.

~ Videos and a review of the show in Vienna are up on Die Klangschau.

~ M94.5 recorded the show in Munich. We'll post a link when it's broadcast. Thanks to ddundy for the information!

November 14, 2007

~ We've added setlists for Nottingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Manchester and Paris. There were some interesting Concert Notables from the performance at La Cigale. Thanks to the people who sent them in!

~ Once again, if you have setlists, notables or any other contributions to share, please send them in now!


November 12, 2007

~ We've recovered the lost videos from Will's solo show at Soundfix in August. You can now view the entire show HERE.

November 11, 2007

~ Running a bit behind on this section, sorry. Congratulations to our first DTO contest winner!

~ The next prize will be awarded in the new year, so keep those contributions coming!


November 5, 2007

~ DTO's inaugural prize drawing will occur tomorrow, as Okkervil River begins the European leg of The Stage Names tour. If anyone has last minute contributions to share (such as reports from Fun Fun Fun Fest), please send them in now!


November 1, 2007

~ Austin 360 provides a precede to this weekend's FunFunFun Fest.


October 27, 2007

~ A Strange Glue Music article suggests Okkervil River has a second London date for 2008. Tickets aren't on sale, but, as always, check back soon and we'll let you know if it's true.

~ For your convenience, the links to the left (under Okkervil River News for October 24) will take you directly to the ticketing sites for the February shows. Just click on each city!

~ Iowa State Daily's 2005 interview from the Winter of Tour Discontent.


October 25, 2007

~ Fragments from The Austin Chronicle's Austin Music Database.


October 24, 2007

~ A new article, and a slightly older concert review from HARP magazine.


October 21, 2007

~ A lost (perhaps with good reason, we aren't sure.) introduction , from SFBG, and its companion interview .

~ More articles - an interview and a 2003 cemetery chat - we previously missed!


October 20, 2007

~ We've been catching up on our Articles! We have new additions to Interviews, Album Reviews, Concert Reviews and Other Articles.

October 18, 2007

~ Down The Oubliette welcomes your contributions. Please see our Donations page for details.

~ For the years 2003 to 2007, we've posted either a scan of an actual setlist, or a photo from the corresponding year, at the bottom of each setlist page. We are seeking pre-2003 photos and setlists. If you have any, contact us.


October 17, 2007

~ TEN videos, all filmed from the balcony at Johnny Brenda's in Philly, are now up.


October 15, 2007

~ Eight videos posted from the Chicago show at Logan Square Auditorium..


October 14, 2007

~ Two weekends ago, Okkervil River rocked under the spotlights of NYC's Webster Hall . Check out the video.


October 13, 2007

~ See if you can find the newly posted Posters !


October 12, 2007

~ Today's video addition: Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe at The Rock And Roll Hotel.

~ We've also got links to an audio interview with Will Sheff at Face Culture, a video performance for (Behind) Closed Doors, another audio chat with Will from NPR's All Things Considered and an episode of WNYC's Soundcheck.


October 11, 2007

~ We've added video from the shows at 40 Watt in Athens, The Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, and Picador in Iowa City. Much more video is to come!
~ More audio is up. Visit the pages for Neumo's in Seattle, The Pabst Theater, La Sala Rossa in Quebec, and Club Downunder in Tallahassee.

October 8, 2007

~ Audio from Pearl Street Ballroom in Northampton, Webster Hall in New York City, and Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia is now up in FLAC, mp3and zip file format.

~ We're still looking for setlists for Omaha, Burlington, New Orleans and Houston (and audio, video, or concert reports from any other show!), so please send them in!


October 7, 2007

~ We're back! Sorry for the delay. Hosting issues, rock and roll road trips and fact-finding missions momentarily took our attention. But we've returned with a trove of treats as an apology for our absence:

~ Setlists for Iowa City, Chicago, Toronto, Hamilton, Montreal, Northampton, New York City and Athens are up.

~We have audio from Webster Hall in New York, and from Johnny Brenda's in Philly (Thanks again for your help, Gary!).

~More audio, new video, clips from Jonathan's solo sets, article and concert report updates and so much more is on the way as we catch up. Thanks for your patience!


September 19, 2007

~ Video from Will Sheff's solo performance at The Brattle Theater posted. (Thanks Sadistikal!)


September 17, 2007

~ Video from the encore in Seattle has been uploaded. Thanks again to cut_here!


September 15, 2007

~ Mark regales us with a Fan Report from Vancouver, BC! Thanks!

~ New Interviews and Other Articles have been posted.


September 14, 2007

~ More live recordings! Thanks to Jay for October 10, 2003 at Buffalo Bar in London! Thanks also to loveishell7 for the Salt Lake City setlist.

September 13, 2007

~ Check out some live recordings from September 4th at the Troubadour in L.A., and September 5th at The Independent in San Francisco. Thanks to the gracious people who recorded these!

~ It's not an interview or an album review, it's not a concert precede really, nor a postscript review, so what is it? Decide in our Other Articles section.

September 12, 2007

~ We've received our first official Fan Report! Thanks to Kaycee for her impressions of the Eugene and Portland, Oregon shows. We've also added several new "notables" to the CONCERTS section.

September 11, 2007

~ Audio from Portland ("the best audience of the tour so far") and a setlist. from Vancouver, ("for all the sensitive people!").(Thanks to cut here and Mark!)

September 10, 2007

~ More videos posted! Rice University, KEXP in Austin and from 2005 at Walter's in Houston. (Thanks James!)

September 9, 2007

~ Newly posted 2006 setlist, and two more recent setlists (Thanks Hannah, Kaycee and Al!), in addition to video from Schuba's and audio from 2003 radio broadcast in The Netherlands, a 2004 Cleveland show and 2005 at The Knitting Factory, NY.

~ New format for the Articles Section, and some new reviews of The Stage Names and concert reviews .

September 7, 2007

~ Other than this new Straight.com interview, DTO News will be away today, but tomorrow we might have double the news to make up for it (because we are going to tonight's Okkervil show!).

September 6, 2007

~ Take a look at our POSTERS page! (Thanks again Heather!).

September 5, 2007

~ Today we bring you pictures from Pitchfork, some more The Stage Names reviews and some stellar setlists from the latest California shows (Thanks Kristen and int decor!).

~ The official site has amusingly captioned pictures in its Media Gallery... We sadly have no gallery. Perhaps if you send us photos ...

September 4, 2007

~ A new German review of The Stage Names posted. Thanks to Arathas for the translation!

September 3, 2007

~ Newly posted video from the KEXP SXSW show, video from Amsterdam in 2006, and the setlists from Will's solo performances at Sound Fix in Brooklyn and The Soapbox Laundro Lounge in Wilmington, NC.

~ Posted a Crawdaddy review of The Stage Names that somehow slipped by before. We don't have any excuse for such an error...

~ You may notice articles in the Interviews section that aren't. It's getting crowded down in the dungeon, you see. We've got to clean out the broom closet before we can open the door that leads back to the beginning of The Labyrinth ...er, I mean, before we can open "various articles" and "concert reviews" sections. Meanwhile, we'll give you this shiny plastic bracelet from the San Diego Reader.

September 2, 2007

~ We've posted audio, videos and the setlist from Will's solo performance at The Brattle Theatre.

~ We've also posted new Okkervil River video from SXSW, (March of 2007). Check out video from Whelan's in Dublin, and from Schuba's in Chicago (2006).

September 1, 2007

~ New articles in the Interviews section: Albuquerque, Arizona, San Diego and San Francisco welcome Okkervil River (some cities more articulately than others).

~ More Reviews of The Stage Names posted (Austinist and Stylus).

~ A few recent setlists have been added to the Concerts section (Thank you to Matt, Kristen and Heather!).

~ Video of "Unless It's Kicks," from the Waterloo Records in-store performance posted (Thank you Lixxie and James!).

August 31, 2007

~ The ftp vexes us. We hope to have it up (and uploading) soon.

~ We're experiencing a bit of a drought in the photo department. More pictures coming soon!

August 30, 2007

~ Down the Oubliette website launches!

~ As we update the site, all new additions will be noted here.