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Album Stream: Shearwater - Animal Joy

The Shearwater's newest direction is more atmospheric and leaves a lasting impression. Animal Joy won't be out until Feb. 14, but you can hear it streaming all this week here.  read more

Lou Barlow, Black Prairie, Shearwater Play Paste's SXSW 2010 Thursday Party

Today, at the Galaxy Room in Austin, Texas, Paste is bringing you another day’s worth of music. Lou Barlow will be there, as will The Middle East, along with Decemberists’ side project Black Prairie and a whole host of acts, from Fanfarlo to Shearwater to The Living Sisters, all brought to you by Bay Area Tone, To Write Love On Her Arms, Izze, Sierra Nevada, Busted Tees, 5-Hour Energy, UV Vodka and Limelight. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., which is when the free beer and Izze start flowing. We’ll have the latter all day, but the beer is first come,...  read more

Shearwater: The Golden Archipelago

The soundtrack to your next chill-sesh As if scoring a devastating movie scene in which the main character drives alone through the rain, pondering his weighty problems, Shearwater frontman Jonathan Meiburg emotes in a velvety bellow while pianos clatter and echo, and guitars peek through the shadows, making for gorgeous, endlessly serious music. The Golden Archipelago, Shearwater’s sixth release, sticks with the plot....  read more

Paste Reveals SXSW 2010 Party Lineups

More than 1,800 bands are now on the schedule for next month’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, and Paste is happy to announce our affiliated shows. You can find us at the Galaxy Room (formerly Bourbon Rocks) March 17 and 18....  read more

Ten February 2010 Albums Worth Checking Out

Welcome to February, everyone...  read more

Shearwater Preps New Album for February Release

Shearwater, once best known for its association with Okkervil River—Okkervil frontman Will Sheff and former member Jonathan Meiburg began the band as an outlet for songs that didn’t quite float in the River—truly stepped out with last year’s stunning Rook, an album of understated (and underrated) beauty. In three short months, Shearwater’s follow-up, and fifth full album, The Golden Archipelago, will be released via Matador....  read more

Pemberton 2008 - Day 1

Photos taken at Pemberton Festival 2008 by Mark C. Austin...  read more

For the Birds: Shearwater Frontman Drops Some Science

On a warm February day in South Carolina, Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg embarks on a bird-spotting stroll through the Audubon Swamp Garden at Magnolia Plantation—the same swamp John James Audubon visited 150 years ago...  read more

Band of the Week: Shearwater

When Shearwater completed its fourth full-length album  read more