Review: The Golden Archipelago Another Stunner from Shearwater

Courtesy Austinist  Tue, 02/23/2010 - 5:46pm

Matador To praise an album for its wholeness is an act tinged with heartbreak in this age of soundbytes and singles.

Even the most marketable three-minute pop ditty is likely to be dissected down to a single chorus swell most recognizable from a car commercial.

Though it seems like more young people profess an addiction to music than ever before, you have to wonder what fraction of them still lie on the floor spending hours doing nothing else but...



 

More related items

Teen "With Serious Mental Condition" Still Missing
Jourdan Sarate has been missing since Friday. The Statesman reports that Sarate left her art class at Crockett High School shortly learning about a "fatal auto-pedestrian crash on South...

SXSW Film Preview: Girl Walk // All Day
About a year ago, a video of a twenty-something gal dancing on a New York ferry to music by Girl Talk started making the rounds. Now the full-length film, Girl Walk // All Day will be shown...

GSD&M Wants You to Survive SXSW 2012
GSD&M has posted a slick visual guide to surviving SXSW this year. The advertising company behind Southwest Airlines among many others has made a slew of lists on Pinterest (designers'...

SXSW Film Preview: Beauty Is Embarrassing
Beauty Is Embarrassing, appearing in the SXSW 2012 Documentary Spotlight category, follows the trajectory of cartoon artist Wayne White, one of the creators of the Pee Wee's Playhouse...

New Release Alert: The Daily Brothers - The Dream Is Dead
Who: Austin’s own version of the Kinks, right down to the familial connections. The Daily Brothers feature bros Chris and Jeff, who write, record, and produce their own music from the...


 

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.