I went to a couple of shows in May...here's the first write-up, one more to come some day. Shearwater + Jennifer O'Connor7 May 2008: The Iron Horse — Northampton, MAShearwater, the Texan indie orchestra headed by Jonathan Meiburg (also of Okkervil River), has nailed the big dynamic surge, the transformation in a breath from breathy Talk Talk-ish imagery to strident rock choruses. Their most fr.
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Shearwater's newest album, Rook, is spacious, powerful, almost medieval in presence. Their first album transcended them past mere Okkervil River side-project status - this one makes that association practically irrelevant.
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The onslaught continues -- this week's "2vet" playlist (that's what I name the weekly playlist of submissions each week) was 465 songs long. That's a totally absurd number of songs. Usually it's between 200 and 300, and during the summer months it's always been far less than that. Just what is going on? Will someone please tell me? Several of today's new acts can be shoehorned into the c...
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