59758 <u><em><strong>Click &ldquo;I Like It!&rdquo; to win free tickets!!</strong></em></u> http://do512.com/event/2008/05/29/shearwater-w-delta-spirit http://do512.com/event/2008/05/29/shearwater-w-delta-spirit.xml Thursday 05/29/08 20080530T010000Z/20080530T010000Z false 0 79.3763 08:00 PM Thu, 29 May 2008 20:00:00 -0500 Thu, 29 May 2008 20:00:00 -0500 Click “I Like It!” to win free tickets!! 47 THU http://c3presents.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?b=1&lid=21616&eid=26452 http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/43081/shearwater_austin_sq_90.jpg The Parish 176 http://do512.com/venue/the-parish http://do512.com/venue/the-parish.xml

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Austin TX 78701 theparish http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/129129/1_poster.png http://www.theparishroom.com http://c3presents.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?b=1&lid=21616&eid=26452 http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/43081/shearwater_austin.jpg This show should be excellent. <i>Rook</i> is by far one of the best albums I've heard this year. <a href="http://bigdiction.net/2008/05/29/music/dailydic_shearwater/">Show Preview/mp3</a> and <a href="http://www.austinsound.net/?q=ShearwaterInt5-27-08">Austin Sound Interview</a> Winged Life: Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater is a noted expert on the Striated Caracara, a rare bird of prey native to the Falkland Islands (see "Transcendentalism," May 12, 2006). Last year, the local songwriter, who also holds a doctorate in ornithology, joined scientists surveying the bird in its natural habitat, following up a study he helped conduct a decade ago. "It was interesting to see how these places had changed," says Meiburg, who officially parted ways with Okkervil River last week. "It was like getting to go back in time and understand it in a different context. It was magical." Whereas 2006's Palo Santo culled the femme fatale spirit of Nico for inspiration, Shearwater's exquisite Matador Records debut, Rook, explores Meiburg's studies through ornate flights of fancy. "When you're out there, it feels like you're getting this glimpse into the old world that's passing away," Meiburg explains. "There's an aesthetic loss too, an entire realm of beauty and meaning that most people didn't know was there to begin with. The record is partly an attempt to deal with that, to rail against it, and make peace with it." Backed by a string quartet, woodwinds, trumpets, and a harpist, Shearwater unveils Rook – due out June 3 – in its entirety at the Parish on Thursday. <a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid%3A627397"> more at austinchronicle.com </a> http://do512.com/band/shearwater http://do512.com/band/shearwater.xml shearwater http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/218244/m_a49fed1e2a307f04f08e7b53015edf18_poster.jpg 24174841 http://www.myspace.com/shearwater Austin, Texas Cs_rmI1TtQE