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Prefixmag
Shearwater Animal Joy
Prefixmag
Let's just admit that Okkervil River misses Jonathan Meiburg. Or that it should. Since Meiburg left -- after the recording of The Stand-Ins -- both Okkervil River and Meiburg's band, Shearwater, have continued to expand their sound.

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DCist.com
DCist Interview: Shearwater
DCist.com
Austin-based alt-rock band Shearwater started 12 years ago as a side project of Jonathan Meiburg and fellow Okkervil River member Will Sheff. After wrapping up a conceptual album trilogy with 2010's Golden Archipelago, Shearwater is touring in support ...


 
Profound tomfoolery found in the random magic of FronteraFest's Short Fringe
CultureMap Austin
Sherburn, of Okkervil River fame, has also made a name for himself around town composing and playing for local theater companies Trouble Puppet and Tongue and Groove. He looks happy to be onstage, tearing through dramatic riffs on the piano and ...


 
MPFree: Joy Askew 'Drunk On You' MP3 download
New York Post (blog)
For those who aren't familiar with Joy Askew, she recently sang on Okkervil River's latest album, "I Am Very Far," and was part of the choir on Sufjan Stevens' "All Delighted People." In the past, she was a touring band member for Peter Gabriel, ...
Joy Askew: Raise Your GlassesAquarian Weekly

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musicOMH.com
Shearwater - Animal Joy
musicOMH.com
by Chris White Originally a side project led by Jonathan Meiburg and Will Sheff, both founder members of the critically acclaimed Okkervil River, Shearwater share their parent act's gift for writing sensitive, literate yet epic songs that are ...
“A Body, Not Just a Brain”: An Interview with Shearwater's Jonathan MeiburgWesleyan Argus

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Album Stream: Shearwater - Animal Joy
Paste Magazine (blog)
Over that time, his group has continued to musically evolve since Meiburg's departure from Okkervil River. Their new record Animal Joy is no exception. The band's 2001 debut album The Dissolving Room first introduced Kim Burke on upright bass and Thor ...

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Contactmusic.com
Shearwater, Animal Joy Album Review
Contactmusic.com
When Shearwater was formed a decade ago by Jonathan Meiburg and Will Sheff it was done so as a retreat from the more hard-edged sound of their day job Okkervil River, and although Shearwater's debút album was actually released prior to the first ...

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