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The F Yeah tour hits The Mansion (2408 N Kedzie) tomorrow night with Matt & Kim, Monotonix, Team Robespierre, Mannequin Men, and Crystal Antlers. (Yes, Matt & Kim are also playing Hideout earlier in the evening, and this set was supposed to be a secret, but their label let the cat out of the bag, so there you go.)

Former Okkervil River bandmates Jonathan Meiburg and Will Sheff formed Shearwater in 1999 to give public life to the piano-based ballads that didn't have a home among their main band's emotionally-charged pop. Perhaps not surprisingly, the near-brilliant songwriting duo found no drop off in critical acclaim just because they dialed down the volume. The stunning "Rooks," from the full length Rook (Matador) combines one of the neatest guitar lines of 2008's first half with a haunting, death-defying trumpet and emotionally-charged organ. Rook is an album full of menacing grandiosity and a deeper, more accomplished and ultimately more satisfying experience than its still-excellent predecessor, 2006's Palo Santo.