Weekend on the Radio Recap

All Weekend Long:

• Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus, Baltimore Arena, check website for details
• Smith College Book Sale, Timonium Fairgrounds, check website for details

Thursday, 3/27:

• Okkerville River, The Ottobar, 8 p.m.

Friday, 3/28:

• Live Lunch: St. Paul and the Broken Bones, WTMD Studios, noon
• Everything on It, WTMD Studios, 7 p.m.

Saturday, 3/29: 

• John K Band, Ram's Head Live, 8 p.m.

Sunday, 3/30:

• Modi, JCC Gordon Center for the Arts, 7 p.m.

Monday, 3/31:

• Opening Day: Orioles vs. Red Sox, Camden Yards, 3:05 p.m.

Covering the New River

Okkervil River, that is. As they get ready to release their new album The Stand Ins the band got all creative. Or rather they made their friends get creative and cover all the tracks from the album that will be out on September 9th.
Rather than making a whole new album of the covers these songs are available on Okkervil Rivers YouTube Channel.
Lead singer Will Sheff pairs up with A.C. Newman of the New Pornographers for this version of "Lost Coastlines."



So tell me what you think, I mean, is this a cool way for the band to share their upcoming songs or do you think they should be sharing the original versions first?

Okkervil River- A Compelling Mystery

What do you get when you combine the anthemic grandeur of the Arcade Fire, with vivid, mysterious songwriting that brings to mind John Roderick (of the Long Winters) and a voice that recalls the attitude of Rhett Miller? It might sound something like Will Sheff and OKKERVIL RIVER- a band from New Hampshire that now calls Austin, TX home.

Lou Reed is a big fan of this clever band- you've gotta check out their tune "Plus One," which makes reference to numerical songs like "99 Luftbaloons" and "Eight Miles High" from their new one, THE STAGE NAMES.


It's high-end indie rock; a garage band with strings- and possibly, one of the most interesting listens of the year.