For months I've been teased with little snippets of information regarding Shearwater's upcoming album, Animal Joy . For months I've been thinking about this new sound, which Jonathan Meiburg (vox, frontman) has classified as straying from what every Shearwater fan expects from them: lush compositions enveloped in histrionic-layered lyrics evoking emotions only music can represent. Yesterday, I received an e-mail from the band's newsletter telling me the release date of the album and what to expect if I pre-order it. I was also given two links, each directing me [...]
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My favorite part of Blue Water White Death's self-titled debut album is definitely – without a doubt – exactly three minutes and fourteen seconds into "Song For The Greater Jihad". At that moment, in a song that features some gentle acoustic guitar work, some slightly off kilter crooning, and a few well placed bombs of noise, there is such a weird howl that I rewound (or the equivalent in this digital era) back fourteen times just to hear it again and again – before I then finished listening to the song. It's like if those creatures in The Descent [...]
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Wye Oak [feat. Jonathan Meiburg] covering "Strangers" (cover of The Kinks) I just got the chills watching this brand-new video of Wye Oak, featuring Jonathan Meiburg - of "should be HUGE according to every music journalist save possible Gumshoe" band Shearwater - cover The Kinks' "Strangers" so I figured I'd share. And I've [...]
Shearwater closes out a musical trilogy with grace and import. Golden Archipelago - Music - Shearwater - Arts - Jonathan Meiburg
Jonathan Meiburg co-founded Shearwater more than 10 years ago to make music that was quieter and more introspective than what he was doing with his other band, Okkervil River . He's devoted the past three albums (including recent release Golden Archipelago ) to the subject of humans' relationship with nature. No longer a member of Okkervil River, Meiburg brings Shearwater to Lincoln Hall on Sunday. Black Eyes - Shearwater [...]
Jonathan Meiburg has returned with his first post-Okkervil River Shearwater album. Here's the official video for "Hidden Lakes", the first track off of the new album The Golden Archipelago , out NOW! The first video from Shearwater's new album "The Golden Archipelago", available for purchase here: http://tinyurl.com/yghb7a7 Directed and Edited by Alma Har'el - http://www.almaharel.com Purchase "The Golden Archipelago" from iTunes: www.itunes.com/shearwater/theg oldenarchipelago Purchase "The Golden Archipelago" from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Gold en-Archipelago/dp/B0033SR888/r ef=dm_cd_album_lnk Production [...]
Greenshoelace has the new Shearwater album "The Golden Archcipelago" where songwriter Johnathan Meiburg describes how humans have impacted the earth and wreaked havoc on mother nature.
Jonathan Meiburg and company return on their sixth album for more of what we love from Shearwater.
I'm excited that our Fun Fest interviews kick off this week with the great Austin band Shearwater. We had the opportunity to send some questions via email to leading man and long time Austin resident Jonathan Meiburg. We discuss the band's move to a big label, how the new album is going, and a few other hot topics. Follow the jump for full interview. ATH : So when and why did the decision come about to leave Okkervil and go out on your own with Shearwater? [...]
>> Primavera Sound Festival @ Barcelona, 30 mai 2009 >> Neil Young, Sonic Youth, Herman Düne, The Jayhawks, Deerhunter, Liars, Shearwater, Alela Diane... Que s'est-il passé au niveau "musique live" durant mes longs mois d'absence sur la blogosphère ? Beh pas grand chose en fait. Il faut bien l'admettre, la culture Espagnole ne laisse que peu de place à la musique indie et même une ville comme Barcelone n'offre qu'assez peu de bons concerts. En fait, quand on voit la musique Espagnole, on se dit qu'on [...]
A l'image de Black Sheep Boy Appendix pour Black Sheep Boy ou de The Stand Ins pour The Stage Names , je vous offre également du rab qui fait suite à mon article sur le dernier album d' Okkervil River . Juste histoire de vous faire connaître quelques faits et anecdotes intéressantes (ou pas) à propos du groupe... Okkervil River tient son nom d'une nouvelle de l'auteur Russe Tatyana Tolstaya toutes les pochettes des albums ont été conçues par William Schaff [...]
Il y a 3 ans, je découvrais Okkervil River avec l'album Black Sheep Boy . C'était une grande découverte mais je ne le savais pas encore. L'an dernier, le groupe sortait The Stage Names qui confirmait tout le bien que je pensais d'eux. Du coup, je me suis plongé dans toute leur discographie passée et j'ai été émerveillé par un groupe qui fait aujourd'hui parti de mes favoris. Car, si c'est avec Black Sheep Boy qu'ils se sont fait connaître, on ne peut cependant pas dire que c'est parce qu'ils avaient franchi un [...]
today, okkervil river 's the stand-ins - the anticipated sequel to last year's the stage names - will be released. after a short prelude, the album launches straight into "lost coastlines" a stirring duet between will sheff and jonathan meiburg who had recently left the band to focus on his work with shearwater . both bands had grown to the point where it was just impossible for meiburg to have his feet in both, and the tensions and dilemmas of this situation play out in the song itself, as both actors tug at opposing [...]
Like the old saying goes, the show must go on, and on it does go for Okkervil River on The Stand Ins, the quickly crafted (barely a year after their last effort) but skillfully executed sequel to 2007's The Stage Names. Following in the footsteps of its predecessor thematically as well as literally, it's another [...]
Aquarium Drunkard: Rook is far more thematic than its predecessor Palo Santo. While those songs felt like they could be cohesive, Rook's ongoing chromatic descents seem to hint at a central theme? Is that the case? Jonathan Meiburg: There's no hidden 'plot' to Rook (as there was, in a way, for Palo Santo), but there's [...]
Lo siento!! Obviously, an entire week has passed without last weekÂÂ's weekend update, which is still due being that we went to three shows in three days, on top of our regular Wednesday night DJ set at Chain Drive, which features 3 more bands. What is this, motherfucking Rocktober?! This is unprecedented for summer, seriously. And on the delay: kids, this is what happens when you grow up and have a real job with a title like "Executive Director," or "Editor" after your name; some days you just donÂÂ't have time, and when you do [...]
Watch this space for more details. Our news about Shearwater and the situation with their label yesterday sure shook things up in our insular little universe (the inbox has kind of exploded at this point), and we're working on a post that should clear things up, or something. In the meantime... Jonathan Meiburg -- All The Pretty Horses Shearwater -- Mountain Laurel Shearwater -- Mistakes Shearwater -- My Good Deed Please [...]
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