Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Okkervil River's "Golden Opportunities Mixtape"

This morning, I discovered (via You Ain't No Picasso) that one of my favorite bands, Okkervil River, has released a new EP that is available in full to download from their website,completely free. The EP is a collection of covers (plus one Okkervil River original) that were recorded live during their current tour (for their new album, "Stage Names." The tracklisting is as follows:

1. April Anne (John Phillips)
2. Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear (Randy Newman)
3. I Want To Know (Charles F. Olson/Ed Sanders)
4. Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb)
5. I Came Here To Say I'm Going Away (Serge Gainsbourg/Trans. by Will Sheff)
6. The Blonde In The Bleachers (Joni Mitchell)
7. Antarctica Starts Here (John Cale)
8. Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas (Will Sheff)
9. Solo (Sandy Denny)

The download comes complete with printable artwork and liner notes (you can pick between a Christmas design, a Hanukkah design, and standard black and white).

Go HERE to download. Enjoy.

2 comments:

Ive said...

Way to maintain a blog, dingleberries.

Grimalkin Press said...

This died rather fast. Too bad, I was likin' it.