Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Shearwater - Castaways (MP3) Shearwater @ All Points West '09 (more by Chris La Putt) Matador will be releasing the new album by Shearwater, The Golden Archipelago, on February 23rd. You can preorder that in a variety of packages,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on AmEx presale (@ noon) for the Spoon/Deerhunter show at Radio City Music Hall. Little Dragon is playing Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 25th. Tickets are on sale (@ noon). The Morning Benders are playing Mercury... more info

Chorus.fm — *Shearwater (http://myspace.com/shearwater)* has released a track titled "Castaways" from their upcoming album, The Golden Archipelago. It can be downloaded here (http://www.matardorrecords.com/mpeg/shearwater/shearwater_castaways.mp3). Submitted by... more info

5 Acts — 01. Electric President - Snow On Dead Neighborhoods02. Throw Me The Statue - Showshoes03. Chin Up Chin Up - Water Planes In Snow04. Q And Not U - Snow Patterns05. Thing-One - Through The Winter06. Doves - Winter Hill07. My First Days On Junk - Heavy ... more info

Said the Gramophone — Sorry for all the technical troubles here this past week. It's unfortunate (and unusual). We're still trying to get all our troubles hammered out and apologize for any hiccups. Fingers crossed that everything will be better soon. Moderat - "Rusty ... more info

Quick Before It Melts — Its just shy of a year since I first mentioned Shearwater on these pages, having come to appreciate the joy of last year’s Rook album a little later than most.  At that time, I was lamenting a rainy winter’s day whose mood struck me as the per... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — There is something just magic about Jonathan Meiburg’s band Shearwater. The former Okkervil River member has a really haunting voice that fits all too perfectly with Shearwater’s piano based sound. Their sound is very organic and worldy, sort of ... more info

My Old Kentucky — The Hood Internet absolutely destroyed the crowd at BLU last night. Thanks to DJ STV SLV, Gabby Love, Action Jackson, and Kid Delicious!An extra added thanks to the staff at BLU - fantastic people! Thank you again.MP3 : DJ STV SLV - Like Yea(h)saye... more info

Stereogum — Jonathan Meiburg is an artist ahead of his time, titling Shearwater's most recent release Snow Leopard well before Apple could get their paws on it. That said his band's next release seems to recall the past instead, at least according to Matador, wh... more info

The Music Fix — News: The Golden Archipelago is the third album in a triptych of mind-blowingly beautiful, dense and ambitious excursions about man's impact on the natural world from Austin's Shearwater. The record will be released on February 15th 2010 (9th in Nort... more info