Recent Shins News:
Shins, Decemberists, Spurned Ben Gibbard: 3 Melancholy Gifts From Portland - Mon, 13 Feb 2012
While the music industry basked in Grammy afterglow today, Portland delivered three extremely Portland-y packages: Fresh off losing the Grammy for Best Rock Performance to the Foo Fighters, the Decemberists bounced back with their new song "One Engine," which will be included on the Hunger Games soundtrack, out March 20 (the film drops three days later). Listen below, via Consequence of Sound ...
Get the Shins' Spring Tour Dates, Watch Their 'September' Lyric Video - Tue, 07 Feb 2012
Why should Shins fans come see the band on their freshly announced spring tour? "I [was] definitely thinking about the Shins fans [when making Port of Morrow ]," James Mercer tells SPIN for the cover story of our February iPad edition. "We [the new lineup] went out and did shows recently. And I really felt for the first time this sense that the fans felt like they really want us to succeed, they ...
Hot Tix: The Shins, James Taylor at Red Rocks and more - Fri, 10 Feb 2012
The Shins like to take their sweet time between albums - an average of almost four years - but nothing about the intricately layered indie-pop of James Mercer (also of Broken Bells) is rushed or rough.
The Shins' 'September': New B-Side Comes With A Word-Heavy Video - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
The Shins reentered our lives last month with a simple song after five years off the scene. Now we have another, even simpler song plus video to add to the growing Shins pile, leading up to the release of their upcoming full length, Port of Morrow , on March 20, the time of year all good things are happening (see " Mad Men ," " Hunger Games ," spring ). "September" is the B-side to "Simple Song ...
Media : LISTEN: The Shins Release 'The Rifle's Spiral' - Mon, 13 Feb 2012
With still over a month away from their upcoming release, Port Of Morrow , The Shins are now making it a habit of releasing a bunch of songs right before you get your hands on the new record. Today, the band allows you to listen to the radio-cut version of " The Rifle's Spiral ," which is the opening track of the album, and has been played before during concerts since 2009. The Shins' Valentine ...
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