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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States (1997 – present)
The Shins are an American indie rock band consisting of James Mercer (vocals, guitar), Dave Hernandez (guitar), Ron Lewis (bass), Eric Johnson (keyboards) and Joe Plummer (drums). They formed in 1997, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States as a side project of Mercer (previously of Blue Roof Dinner) and bassist Jesse Sandoval, who were both members of the lo-fi rock group Flake Music (formed as Flake 1992). Ron Lewis is also a member of Grand Archives and Joe Plummer is one of two drummers for Modest Mouse. The band was signed to Sub Pop following a successful tour in 2000 with Modest Mouse, and they now reside in Portland, Oregon.
Their 2001 debut album, Oh, Inverted World received near-universal critical acclaim, causing many critics to predict a mass wave of Beach Boys-inspired bands. That wave never truly came, but the Shins enjoyed a rapidly expanding fanbase, and even saw their music featured on a McDonalds advertisement. That may have been artistic suicide for them, had it not been that the song featured (“
New Slang”), included the lines “New slang/when you notice the stripes/the dirt in your fries,” as well as “God speed all the bakers at dawn/may they all cut their thumbs/And bleed into their buns/’till they melt away.”
The band moved from New Mexico to the “indie rock capitol” of portland in 2002. Their much-anticipated followup, Chutes Too Narrow, was released in October of ‘03 in the U.S. and a half-year later across the pond to gushing reviews that matched if not exceeded their debut effort.
Their 2001 debut album, Oh, Inverted World received near-universal critical acclaim, causing many critics to predict a mass wave of Beach Boys-inspired bands. That wave never truly came, but the Shins enjoyed a rapidly expanding fanbase, and even saw their music featured on a McDonalds advertisement. That may have been artistic suicide for them, had it not been that the song featured (“
New Slang”), included the lines “New slang/when you notice the stripes/the dirt in your fries,” as well as “God speed all the bakers at dawn/may they all cut their thumbs/And bleed into their buns/’till they melt away.”The band moved from New Mexico to the “indie rock capitol” of portland in 2002. Their much-anticipated followup, Chutes Too Narrow, was released in October of ‘03 in the U.S. and a half-year later across the pond to gushing reviews that matched if not exceeded their debut effort.
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gregordeutsch wrote:
¿Para cuándo vais a tocar en el "Contempopránea"? Que también es en ALBURQUERQUE =D
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obaash wrote:
check out the only indie rock band in Tehran /Iran http://www.last.fm/music/The+Yellowdogs
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bigbangattack wrote:
nothing at all is the best
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roomx wrote:
very Smiths'ish
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HeinJr wrote:
Zo goed dat j-o-e-to-tha-mothafucking-p net als Wilco niet één play in zijn library heeft.
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JAMESisCreepy wrote:
every day i wake up hoping to hear something about a new shins album [3]
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superbuyo wrote:
<3
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kalolainazz wrote:
Every day I wake up hoping to hear something about a new Shins album. [2] Oh me too :/
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neckermanncj wrote:
@prophetpope: i know that, but it's still good and waaaaaaaaaayyy better than the original
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Reckonerrr wrote:
The absence of Know Your Onion! in the top 15 is a crime! [3]
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JackTommy wrote:
pipe down franco
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IAJP wrote:
you are arguably more overated
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Auctoria wrote:
overrated
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prophetpope wrote:
hey neckermanncj, "We Will Become Silhouettes" is a cover, so I wouldn't call it one of the best shins songs.. It is a damn good cover though.
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Katie081990 wrote:
@drew1609..... sarcasm? right? i would ask "are you on drugs?" but you can't be on drugs because if you were on anyy kind of drug it would be even more obvious how amazing sleeping lessons is...
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deadgrandma wrote:
Yeah, thats the first time I've hear someone complaining about sleeping lessons, plus it's number 6 in the charts...
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neckermanncj wrote:
@drew1609: WHAT?!?! NO WAY MAN! SLEEPING LESSONS IS AWESOME!
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drew1609 wrote:
I would say that Past and the Pending and Turn on Me are their best songs. But honestly, if I listen their CDs, I don't skip any songs, except Sleeping Lessons. (but everyone skips that one)
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neckermanncj wrote:
has anyone else heard their new song? it doesn't really sound like James Mercer to me though...
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FakeActuality wrote:
EQUIMATHORN! EQUIMANTHORN! EQUIMANTHORN! EQUIMANTHORN! EQUIMANTHORN! EQUIMANTHORN! EQUIMANTHORN! EQUIMANTHORN!
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30 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/theshins
We’re very excited to announce James’ new project with Brian Burton a/k/a Danger Mouse. Details can be found on the official band site and in the Pitchfork and Rolling Stone articles linked below. …
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