LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian reports that Pulp will reunite for live dates in 2011. The Daily Beast lists the politicians who have sold the most books. Shearwater has a new instrumental album, Shearwater Is Enron available at Bandcamp. The band's drummer Thor... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Los Angeles Times profiles Of Montreal. All Hallow's Read is a campaign to give books instead of candy this Halloween. Shelf Awareness interviews author Kate Bernheimer. Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg talks to the Tallahassee Democrat. The shortli... more info

Altsounds — *Blue Water White Death, *the collaboration between *Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart *and *Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg*, has already been named one of the most anticipated albums of the year by Flavorpill... more info

Stereogum — Blue Water White Death is a collaboration between Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg and Xiu Xix’s Jamie Stewart. As might be expected, it’s not the most joyous affair … though it is pretty. Meiburg and Stewart, who trade-off on vocal duties, wrot... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Thor of Shearwater/Swans (more by Chris Graham) Behind those long golden tresses and rugged good looks, Thor is a warrior. Before, in-between and following appearances at 'Matador at 21' and Austin City Limits, the Shearwater percussionist will play ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 10-01-03 Las Vegas, NV - Matador at 21 10-10 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival 11-02 Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree * 11-03 Tallahassee, FL - The Engine Room * 11-04 Orlando, FL - The Social * 11-05 Atlanta, GA - The Earl * 11-06 Chapel Hill,... more info

Silent Uproar — Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater and Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu have teamed up under the new moniker of Blue Water White Death. Their self-titled debut will be released on October 12th through Graveface Records. [tinymixtapes.com] more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jamie Stewart @ Williamsburg Waterfront on July 11th (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart seems to be in an collaborative mood of late. Recently, Stewart and Xiu Xiu member Angela Seo joined Deerhoof for a live tribute... more info

XLR8R — Two masterminds of our era's most eccentric, forward-thinking indie groups, Xiu Xiu and Shearwater, have come together on a new project of unprecedentedly strange pop music. Jamie Stewart (pictured above) and Jonathan Meiburg are Blue Water Whit... more info

Pitchfork — UPDATE: Matador has announced the initial lineup for their 21st birthday party. In addition to the reunited GBV ("the Classic '93 - '96 lineup), it also features Pavement, Sonic Youth, Belle & Sebastian, Spoon, Cat Power, Yo La Tengo, the Jon Spencer... more info