The Shins graced Jimmy Kimmel last night to give the viewers some great tips to survive Coachella this weekend and perform some songs! The band discusses what footwear is appropriate for the event, the art of stage-diving, tree sex and much more. One clip you do not want to pass up. The Shins also performed […]
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The Shins Perform On Jimmy Kimmel
April 13th, 2012 
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REVIEW: The Shins – Port of Morrow
April 2nd, 2012 Josh Hammond Artist: The Shins Album: Port of Morrow Genre: Indie Rock Label: Columbia Records In life, there is a long ass list of things that people take too seriously. Religion, politics and The Shins new album top that list. The second that Port of Morrow hit NPR, masses of talking heads protested against its existence. Like a […]
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March 11th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Indie rockers The Shins were the special musical guest on last night’s Jonah Hill-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live. This great performance of the band’s “Simple Song” is off of their forthcoming release Port of Morrow. Look out for this album to hit stores and everywhere on March 20 through James Mercer’s Aural Apothecary imprint […]
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April 15th, 2011 James Shotwell The Shins have announced they will be ending their two year hiatus with a performance at this year’s Outside Lands Festival. As if that’s not a good enough way to start the day, click below to stream a new song James Mercer has said WILL BE on the next Shins’ album.
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April 22nd, 2010 Grant Trimboli Patching Things UP
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March 4th, 2010 Grant Trimboli The reasons for the legal dispute are still mysterious, but apparently they didn’t run that deep. BBC 6 Music is now reporting that the dispute is over and the album will be officially released this year.
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September 29th, 2009 Val Provided by Pitchfork In our interview with Shins frontman James Mercer in May, he teased us with a new project. “Both the label and the person I collaborated with are like, ‘We should chill,’ so I’m not going to talk about that,” he said. Well, Mercer is chilling no longer, apparently. Mercer has teamed up […]
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