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Those already on the Okkervil bandwagon will surely eat this up. But for the uninitiated, be warned: the appendix will only mean something if it has the rest of its body. By Billboard Staff Earlier ...

Back in April, Okkervil River celebrated the 10th anniversary of their third album, Black Sheep Boy. Now, the band has announced a deluxe special-edition reissue of the 2005 full-length. The box set ...

Sometimes you look back on a review and think of how you could have missed how great that album was at the time. Such, for me, was the case of Black Sheep Boy, as the fast analysis belied the fact ...