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MUSIC VIDEO: The Shins – The Rifle’s Spiral

Today, The Shins launched a stream of their new animated music video for the song “The Rifle’s Spiral” and it is truly an adventure. Emmy-winning director Jamie Caliri creates an stop-motion animation world of eerie figures and landscapes to make us think outside the box. This song comes off the group’s latest effort, Port Of […]

The Shins Perform On Jimmy Kimmel

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 […]

Official Lollapalooza Lineup Revealed

The organizers of Lollapalooza have officially unveiled the lineup for this year’s return to Chicago’s Grant Park 8/3-8/5. Appearing to be pretty much the exact lineup that was circling as a rumor not too long ago, the 2012 lineup for Lollapalooza promises headline appearances from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Sabbath, Black Keys, and Jack […]

REVIEW: The Shins – Port of Morrow

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 […]

ALBUM STREAM: The Shins – Port of Morrow

The Shins are streaming their new album Port of Morrow on iTunes right now, all you have to do is click here to launch to get to the page! This is the follow-up to their 2007 release Wincing the Night Away, so to say that listeners have been anxiously awaiting this newest record is an […]

The Shins On Saturday Night Live

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 […]

Rumored (leaked) lineup for Coachella 2012

The new year is rolling around and with it comes another year of great music. Next spring is the Coachella Valley Music and Fine Arts Festival, a huge (sweaty) gathering of celebrities, rich folk, and hipsters.  To entertain these individuals, hundreds of musicians will flock to the Coachella Valley to play. A Goldenvoice insider has […]

The Shins are BACK!

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.

Shin’s Member and Danger Mouse Team Up

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 […]