1 Bob Dylan 3,784
2 Wilco 2,306
3 Neil Young 2,222
4 The Mountain Goats 1,953
5 The Beatles1,942
6 My Morning Jacket 1,901
7 Radiohead 1,719
8 The Hold Steady 1,661
9 The National 1,465
10 Elephant Micah 1,218
11 Okkervil River 1,192
12 Tom Waits 1,026
13 Elvis Costello & The Attractions 900
14 Josh Ritter 891
15 Talking Heads 886
16 The Arcade Fire 878
17 Grateful Dead 853
18 Pearl Jam 834
19 The Clash 799
20 Sufjan Stevens 786
21 Phish 747
22 Gillian Welch 737
23 Pavement717
24 LCD Soundsystem 686
25 Kanye West…

1 Bob Dylan 2,032
2 My Morning Jacket 1,579
3 Wilco 1,469
4 Neil Young 1,413
5 Radiohead 1,087
6 The Hold Steady 1,000
7 Elephant Micah 858
8 Grateful Dead 747
9 Okkervil River 739
10 Phish 725
11 Pearl Jam 683
12 The Beatles 666
13 The Mountain Goats 664
14 The Arcade Fire 535
15 of Montreal 479
16 The National 475
17 Gillian Welch 440
18 The Smashing Pumpkins 419
19 Tom Waits 398
20 R.E.M. 373
21 Van Morrison 367
22 Aesop Rock 366
23 Sufjan Stevens 357
24 Neil Young & Crazy Horse 350…

1 The Mountain Goats – Sept 15th 1983 35
2 My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges 32
3 Okkervil River – Black 28
3 The National – Mr. November 28
5 Blitzen Trapper – Wild Mountain Nation 26
5 The National – Fake Empire 26
7 Black Kids – Hit The Heartbrakes 25
7 My Morning Jacket – I'm Amazed 25
7 My Morning Jacket – Highly Suspicious 25
10 Van Morrison – Cyprus Avenue 23
10 Van Morrison – Madame George full track 23
10 Van Morrison – Ballerina 23
10 Van Morrison – Astral Weeks 23
10 Van…

1 Bob Dylan 763
2 Neil Young 660
3 Okkervil River 573
4 Radiohead 560
5 My Morning Jacket 558
6 Wilco 545
7 Grateful Dead 431
8 The National 395
9 The Mountain Goats 393
10 The Hold Steady 377
11 Tom Waits 309
12 Josh Ritter 263
13 Sufjan Stevens 258
14 Kanye West 236
15 Van Morrison 206
16 Broken Social Scene 192
17 Gillian Welch 187
18 Ryan Adams 184
19 Beck 176
20 Neil Young & Crazy Horse169
21 The Arcade Fire 163
22 Bob Dylan and The Band 152
23 of Montreal 141
24…

1. Bob Dylan
First heard: Blowin' In The Wind
Fell in love with: Masters of War
Current favourite: Visions of Johanna

2. My Morning Jacket
First heard: One Big Holiday
Fell in love with: One Big Holiday
Current favourite: Dondante

3. Wilco
First Heard: One Hundred Years From Now
Fell in love with: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Current favourite: Sunken Treasure

4. Neil Young
First Heard: Old Man
Fell in love with: I'm The Ocean
Current favourite: I'm The Ocean

5. Radiohead
First Heard: Airbag
Fell in love with: Lucky
Current favourite: Lucky

6. The Hold Steady…

Review: Okkervil River

Okkervil River The Stand Ins Rating: 4.5/5
It’s fairly easy to pinpoint the moment where Okkervil River’s Will Sheff became the best songwriter in America, roughly the second verse of the harrowing “Black” off of 2005’s Black Sheep Boy. The song is a tale of lingering pain from childhood sexual abuse—and the violent anger it brings out in the victim’s boyfriend. At that moment, Sheff stopped writing like a songwriter, and started writing like a novelist. His stories have staggering depth and detail that are unmatched in contemporary music. And he uses it to his full advantage…