Okkervil/Jurado show review
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Published first at Harp Online (http://www.harpmagazine.com)Okkervil River and Damien Jurado Live in NorthamptonPearl StreetNorthampton, MA USASeptember 26, 2007by Jennifer Kelly Okkervil River, the Austin-based band fronted by Will Sheff, switched things up dramatically with this year’s The Stage Names, splicing big beats and a pop exuberance into their hyper literate, hyper sensitive sound. Anyone coming to their live show expecting the gentle, emotionally fragile meditations of Golden River will be blown several rows back – but that will just make room for the hordes of college students pushing up through the ranks. This is a very rock, very exuberant show… even older songs like “Stone” take on larger, more emphatic dimensions here… and the best of the new songs, “Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe” is split right in half by an extended bout of feedback. Damien Jurado, looking up from a set too subtle for the space, at one point comments, “You’ll like Okkervil River. They all wear suits and jump around a lot… and they’re handsome guys.” Everything I’m not, he might as well say, and however much I love Jurado, you can’t help noticing the contrast. Okkervil River puts on a party, not a sensitivity-raising session, with homespun leaps off drum stands and acoustic Townsend windmills and handclaps and indiscriminant use of tambourine. More here: http://www.harpmagazine.com/reviews/concert_reviews/detail.cfm?article=10458Okkervil River"Our Life Is Not a Movie Or Maybe"http://www.scjag.com/mp3/jag/ourlifeisnot.mp3Damien Jurado "What Were the Chances"http://www.scjag.com/mp3/sc/whatwerethechances.mp3Shearwater"Red Sea Black Sea"http://www.matadorrecords.com/mpeg/shearwater/shearwater_red_sea_black_sea.mp3
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