The Echo & Echoplex (Venue Partner)
Echo - 1822 Sunset Blvd
Echoplex - Enter at 1154 Glendale Blvd
213.413.8200
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Shearwater, Photo: Stephen Dewall
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Wednesday Aug 27, 2008 (8:30pm)
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$12
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After opening for Coldplay on a few gargantuan West Coast dates, Austin's Shearwater settle in for a headlining slot at the more intimate Echo. Originally formed as an Okkervil River offshoot featuring both Jonathan Meiburg and Will Sheff, the group is now Meiburg's own — and that's a good thing. His impressionistic songwriting and swooning vocals easily compel a full album's worth of attention. Like a folkier Talk Talk or a classical-minded Mountain Goats, Meiburg's ornate, literate rock is richly deserving of its baroque arrangements.
