It was back in May that Shins frontman James Mercer announced that drummer Jesse Sandoval and keyboardist Marty Crandall were leaving the band. At the time, Mercer said it was an "aesthetic decision," whatever that means. Mercer went on to say, "I'm on good terms with those guys, I hope to maintain that. I wouldn't say I'd never work with them again. I love working with those guys." According ...
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After spending the first week and a half of May touring the West Coast, The Shins now head east for the second leg of their Spring Tour which kicks off tomorrow at The National in Richmond, VA. Joining The Shins will be special guests Delta Spirit. Doors at 8pm. Tickets for tomorrow night's show are still available. $30.00 [ticket info]Touring with a new line-up that now includes The Fruit B...
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James Mercer, leader of the Shins, talks to Billboard about replacing his band's rhythm section, about working with Carrie Brownstein, Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, and Isaac Brock. He also talks about his new label, Aural Apothecary, now that he's ditched Sub...
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Two members of The Shins, Jesse Sandoval and Marty Crandall have left the band and whilst they've already been replaced by two new members, frontman James Mercer assures it was by no means an acrimonious departure. Speaking to Pitchfork, Mercer explained in further detail: "I started to have production ideas that I wanted to do that basically required some other people, it's mainly about that.
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Say bye-bye to #2 and #4In what I would imagine is a pretty messy situation, despite James Mercer's insistence otherwise, the Shins frontman decided to replace long-time (like before the Shins were the Shins) drummer Jesse Sandoval and keyboard/auxiliary man Marty Crandall. In their sted, the Shins now feature Ron Lewis of Grand Archives, and the Fruit Bats on Bass, and Joe Plummer of Modest Mo...
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From the band that changed Natalie Portman's life in Garden State and the lexical mind of James Mercer comes this clever piece of chamber pop. Is it a song about religion, ignorance, happiness, or all three? Mercer's lyrics are characteristically indecipherable, but what's certain are the brilliant meandering melody lines in the verses, and gorgeous vocal harmonies from a group of guys who aren...
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I suppose I'm just reacting to being forced to listen to the same 20 hip hop songs hour after hour, working in a restaurant in which the kitchen likes to listen to hip hop radio, but they really are great...The Shins rock!They first caught my attention with the song, "New Slang", which I heard on an alternative radio station a few years back. Then, I finally watched the movie, Garden State, and...
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I like this song because the thought of a girl sailor never crossed my mind before. I guess there must be some women in the navy but I'd never call a woman a sailor, maybe I have though I say a lot of weird shits.
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I traveled up to Bend Oregon...or maybe I traveled down...hmm, but anyways my boyfriend and I traveled there to see the lovely Shins. My boyfriend is more into metal music, not like slayer, but Chiodos and Coheed...a step down from hardcore metal, so he wasn't too hot on seeing the shins unlike me who was bouncing in my seat all the way there. When we got there is was the skies were gray and it...
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When I first heard The Shins' music on the Garden State Soundtrack, it didn't think twice about this band. I didn't think twice until I heard the song "Sea Legs," on Radioio's Edge channel on iTunes. It almost instantly reminded me of Beck's newest album The Information. I think that partiular album is the only one of Beck's that I ever enjoyed. Don't get me wrong, I like many of his older...
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Say what? Remember that little band called the Shins. Despite owing Zach Braff their souls, the Portland-based via Albuquerque, New Mexico indie rockers haven't put out any new music in almost two years. Today an explanation as to why surfaces. Seems frontman James Mercer has put down the guitar and pen and has gone all "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up" on us.Mercer will star ...
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There's trouble in indie la-la-land. The Shins multi-instrumentalist Marty Crandall was arrested in Sacramento along with his girlfriend, former America's Next Top Model finalist Elyse Sewell, this past Friday (January 4th).The pair got into a heated scuffle, where Crandall allegedly assaulted Sewell. Hotel personnel called in the authorities. Crandall was charged with felony domestic assault a...
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Everything went so well today (the work got done, the boss was pleased, the library had the books & dvd's I wanted, the boy was out right after school to be picked up, blue skys, brisk weather)....hot damn, what a good day.Here is a little something something to share...
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Drunk? Ha, you not betcha. No, I am trying to ease the pain from a night of some sort of food poisoning. I feel ill, and wanted some music to soothe me back to sleep. I found this, and it helped. Good night mogsters.
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...my eyeballs popped open an hour before the alarm went off for some reason...and I'm rested...almost TOO rested...sheisse, son...what I'm feeling is akin to what Andrew "Large" Largeman felt like when he was walking through LAX on meds while taking a trip back home to Jersey in the film Garden State...been there before...all of this reminded me of when I covered that flick as a favor for a jo...
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| 2 Phantom Limb |
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| 4 Turn on Me |
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