Loma’s Live Performance Transfixes Hometown Crowd on Two Occasions
Loma just happened. As contrary to manufactured as imaginable, the band came to exist after Cross Record and Shearwater toured together and discovered they loved making music together as well. Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg…
Live Review: Shearwater’s World Tour Kickoff Show at ND in Austin
Long-time Shearwater fans rejoice: a new album recently arrived via Sub Pop, and the group’s hometown show at the ND last Wednesday, kicked off a tour that will make stops in the U.S., Europe,…
Shearwater Launches World Tour at North Door Wednesday February 3rd
For more than a decade now, Shearwater has been a band dear to my heart. I moved to Austin near their origin and had the privilege of watching them evolve into one of the…
Shearwater Shares Video for “I Luv the Valley OH!” (Xiu Xiu Cover)
I love Shearwater, and Shearwater loves Xiu Xiu. A bizarre love triangle only made more confusing by the fact that that I love Xiu Xiu. The love affair between the bands began with a…
New Track: Hospital Ships – “Come Back to Life”
Jordan Geiger has been an integral and stalwart member of the music community for years, fronting the band Minus Story and playing in Shearwater. His newest project Hospital Ships has announced a new…
Shearwater Live at the Parish with Marmalakes and Brass Bed
I am so sorry that some of you missed Saturday night at the Parish, because the bill featured a solid trio of artists who are particularly enjoyable in a live setting. Shearwater was…
Show Preview: Shearwater, Marmalakes, & Brass Bed at the Parish
You’ll definitely find us at the Parish tomorrow night for three outstanding live acts. Pop Press International has been singing the praises of Shearwater since before it was born. Structured around the operatic…
Dinosaur Jr. and Shearwater at Mohawk
This is legendary. I mean, this trio of indie-rock royalty has defied all the odds and are out touring behind an outstanding record that marks a period more productive than the time that…
Video: Shearwater – “Immaculate”
The video for Shearwater’s “Immaculate” was directed by Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu and features a slideshow of quick-moving images: Victorian photographs, people bound and tortured, Jonathan Meiburg having a Photobooth-documented freakout (or…
Shearwater – “You As You Were”
Shearwater’s first video from their new album, Animal Joy, represents everything you would expect from such a focused, unique, and beautiful band. “You As You Were” was directed by Alix Lambert and features…
Album Review: Shearwater – Animal Joy
Austin based, genre-fusing indie outfit Shearwater has again produced one of the finest albums of the year, or the past few for that matter. Claiming that Shearwater is inaccessible (as some might) is…
