Photo: Steve Gullick

The Internet is like the floor of a stock exchange, and sometimes it’s difficult to tell what’s a good buy and what’s a total bear. Luckily, the Breaking blog’s weekly column Hype Monitor brings together the week’s top blue chippers. Click below for this week’s column, which features Austin post-folkies Okkervil River, who are picking up a lot of buzz for their fifth album The Stand Ins.

• Hype Monitor: Okkervil River, Horse Feathers and Alias