Shearwater

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Jonathan Meiburg Howard Draper Lucas Oswald Josh Halpern

ex Thor Harris, Kim Burke, Will Sheff, Scott Brackett, Kevin Schneider, Danny Reisch, Mitch Billeaud

Indie rock band formed in Austin (TX, USA) in 2001 by Jonathan Meiburg and Will Sheff which knew each other already from the band Okkervil River. Soon Kim Burke joined as bassist and then drummer and vibraphonist Thor Harris joined. After their debut cd Howard Draper joined and the band turned into a tightly focused rock band.

ALBUMS

The Great Awakening

Indie Rock/Baroque Pop

2016, CDr, Single, Promo, Sub Pop,

Jet Plane And Oxbow

Shearwater Plays Lodger

Quiet Americans

Missing Islands: Demos & Outtakes 2007-2012

Folk Rock/Indie Rock

This Year / Black River Song

2013, 7", Single, Sub Pop,

2013, CDr, Single, Promo, Sub Pop

Low / Shearwater

Stay / Novacane

Fellow Travelers

Shearwater And Sharon Van Etten

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

You As You Were

2012, CD, Single, Promo, Sub Pop

2012, CDr, Single, Promo, Sub Pop

Breaking The Yearlings

2010, CDr, Single, Matador

The Golden Archipelago

Shearwater Is Enron

Experimental/Ambient

The Snow Leopard

Rooks / The Rainbow

Palo Santo (Album Sampler)

2007, CD, Promo, Smplr, Matador,

Folk Rock/Country Rock/Indie Rock

Bursera Graveolens

2006, CD, Ltd, Not On Label (Shearwater Self-Released)

Alternative Rock/Country Rock/Experimental/Neofolk

Okkervil River / Shearwater

Sham Wedding / Hoax Funeral

2004, CD, Album, Ltd, Jound Records,

Shearwater 5.8.04 Live @ Schuba's Tavern

2004, CDr, Ltd, eMusic

Everybody Makes Mistakes

Folk Rock/Soft Rock/Indie Rock

The Dissolving Room

Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Indie Rock/Rock & Roll/Country/Avantgarde/Neofolk/Acoustic

Terminal Sales Vol. 5: Mixed Nuts

2012, CD, RSD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Sub Pop,

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Experimental

Watch That Band! (New Music For A New Year)

2012, CD Jewel Case,

Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Indie Rock/Experimental

APPEARANCES +

Shearwater Plays Bowie's Berlin Trilogy

2019, 31xFile, WAV, Not On Label (Shearwater Self-Released),

Shearwater Plays Bowie's Berlin Trilogy, Part 1: Low

2019, Album, Ltd + File, MP3, 267 + File, MP3, 265 + Fil, Not On Label (Shearwater Self-Released),

Shearwater Plays Bowie's Berlin Trilogy, Part 2: "Heroes"

2019, Album, Ltd + File, MP3, 283 + File, MP3, 274 + 2xF, Not On Label (Shearwater Self-Released)

Shearwater Plays Bowie's Berlin Trilogy, Part 3: Lodger

2019, Album, Ltd + File, MP3, 268 + File, MP3, 259 + Fil, Not On Label (Shearwater Self-Released)

Rook (Mostly) Solo In London (2018)

2018, 10xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label (Shearwater Self-Released)

The Sky Is A Blank Screen

2017, 13xFile, MP3, 320, Not On Label (Shearwater Self-released)

Live In St. Malo 2010

2016, 17xFile, WAV, Not On Label (Shearwater Self-Released)

Rook: Live at Florence Gould Hall

2016, 10xFile, WAV, Not On Label (Shearwater Self-released)

Radiolab "Colors"

2013, File, MP3, 320, Not On Label (Shearwater Self-released)

Daytrotter Session - May 15, 2012

2012, 5xFile, MP3, 320, Daytrotter

The Island Arc Live (Excerpts)

2011, 10xFile, FLAC, MP3, WAV, Not On Label (Shearwater Self-Released)

Daytrotter Session - Dec 20, 2006

2006, 6xFile, MP3, 320, Daytrotter

The Future Bites (Digital Deluxe Edition)

Alternative Rock/Prog Rock

Killer Cuts (15 Tracks Of The Month's Best Music)

2022, CD, Comp, Uncut (2), NME Networks,

For The Birds: The Birdsong Project

2022, 20x Vinyl, Box Set,

Ambient/Avant-garde Jazz/Poetry/Bluegrass/Folk/Classical/Abstract/Neo-Classical/Spoken Word/Sound Collage

Alternative Rock/Lo-Fi/Indie Rock/Post Rock

Musik Zur Zeit (N° 366 CD 129)

2016, CD, Comp, Spex (2)

Mehmet Scholl - Miss Milla 2

2016, CD, Comp, Ltd, Millaphon Records,

Indie Rock/Folk

KUTX Live! Volume 7

2016, CD, KUTX 98.9 FM,

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Folk Rock/Country Rock

Make Sub Pop Great Again

The Current Sampler Of Music From Sub Pop Records (December 2015)

2015, 20xFile, MP3, Comp, Smplr, 320, Sub Pop

Misra Records 15 Years: Adventures In Obstinacy

2014, LP, Comp, Ltd, Misra Records

Terminal Sales Vol. VI: The Silver Ticket

2013, CD, RSD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Sub Pop

2013, 2xCD, Comp, [PIAS] Recordings Belgium, [PIAS], [PIAS] Recordings Belgium

We Deliver The Goods - Sampler #142 / 2012

2012, CDr, Promo, Smplr, Cargo Records,

Hardcore/Folk Rock/Rock & Roll/Punk/Garage Rock/Psychobilly/Soul/Hard Rock/Rockabilly/Blues Rock/Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Emo/Reggae/Dancehall/Experimental/Country/Vocal/Acoustic/Thrash/Speed Metal/Heavy Metal

FM4 Soundselection 26

2012, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Music, Columbia, Radio FM4,

Sonik & Myspace Present: 39 Best Indie & Electro Tracks Of 2010

2011, CD, Comp, Promo + CD-ROM, Sonik Magazine

Objectif 2010 Vol. 2

2010, CD, Comp, Les Inrockuptibles,

Folk Rock/Chanson/Indie Rock/Neo Soul

Intended Play 2010

2010, 9xFile, MP3, Smplr, 256, Matador

2010, CD, Comp, Promo, Fargo Records

2010, 2xLP, Comp, Matador

Matador At 21 - Matador Today (2008-2010)

2010, CD, Comp, Promo, Matador,

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock

2010, Box + 6xCD, Comp, Ltd, Matador,

Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Spoken Word/Indie Rock/Lo-Fi/Experimental

2010, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Fargo Records

Dimitris Papaspyropoulos

2009, 2xCD, Comp, The Sound Of Everything,

Leftfield/Alternative Rock/Trip Hop/Psychedelic Rock/Electro/Downtempo

KVRX Local Live, Vol. 13 Stimulus Package

2009, CD, Comp, KVRX

Matador Music - Volume Two

2009, 3xCD, Comp, Promo, Matador,

Persécution (Bande Originale Du Film)

2009, CD, Promo, Dig, UNKLE Productions

Independent Innovative Creative

2008, CD, Comp, Promo, Vital Sales & Marketing

Tingling Cheeks Are Love

2008, 2xCD, Comp, Sensory Projects

Esopus #11: Advice

2008, CD, Comp, Esopus,

Experimental/Alternative Rock/Synth-pop/Abstract

In Search Of A Midnight Kiss (Original Soundtrack)

2008, CD, Album, Comp, 1610 Recordings,

Shred Yr Face Tour

2008, CD, Album, Promo, Wichita,

Post-Punk/Lo-Fi

KUT Live Vol. 5

2008, CD, Album, KUT,

Intended Play Spring 2008

New Colors (A Misra Records Sampler)

2007, CDr, Promo, Smplr, Misra

Waterloo Records 25th Anniversary

2007, CD, Comp, Promo, Fontana Distribution,

Now Hear This! (15 Great Tunes Hand-Picked By The Word)

2007, CD Card Sleeve,

Discos Matador Intended Play 2007

Independent Innovative Creative

2006, CD, Comp, Promo, Vital Sales & Marketing,

Alternative Rock/Leftfield/Indie Rock/Vocal/Folk Rock/Post Rock/Breakbeat/Acoustic/Electro/Downtempo/Experimental

L.S.D. (Le Sampler Démoniaque)

2006, CD, Comp, Smplr, Cyber Press Publishing,

Τραγούδια Που Ξέρασαν Στις Σελίδες Του Braz-ill (2000-2006)

2006, CDr, Comp, Braz-ill,

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock

Peaceful Warrior (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2006, CD, Comp, Lakeshore Records,

Soundtrack/Audiobook

Stay Tuned - ADA Sampler Fall 2006

2006, 2xCD, Promo, Smplr, ADA (6)

Fargo Collection Eté 2006

Fargo - Una Americana En Paris

2005, CD, Comp, Promo, Sinedín Music, Fargo Records

Appetizers & Leftovers

2005, CD, Comp, I Eat Records

2005, CD, Comp, Ποπ + Ροκ,

2005, CD, Comp, Promo, Fargo Records,

Alternative Rock

InRadio 3.1: Old Friends — New Tunes From Some Of Our Favorite Musicians

2005, CD, Comp, Smplr, InRadio,

Comes With A Smile Vol.10 (Wide-Awake, Crescent-Shaped)

2004, CD, Comp, Comes With A Smile,

Folk Rock/Country Rock/Abstract/Post Rock/Indie Rock

Greetings From Fargo

2004, CD, Smplr, Fargo Records,

Country Rock/Neofolk

InRadio 7: Olympic Hopefuls July-August 2004

2004, CD, Comp, Promo, Car, InRadio

Folk Rock/Indie Rock/Blues Rock/RnB/Swing/Electro/Downtempo

Preserve Volume One

2003, CDr, Comp, Fractured Discs, Fractured Discs,

Alternative Rock

KVRX Local Live V.6 (Unlimited Bandwidth)

2001, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, KVRX,

Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Surf/Fusion/Free Jazz

We Have The Technology (A Misra Sampler)

CD, Comp, Smplr, Misra

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