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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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Ciliao wrote:
the world needs a new cd the shins, and a show in Brazil of course! : D
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SelenaSweety wrote:
just got this Artist's ringtones at www.itsflycell.com. New Slang is my favorite, love it!
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cseil wrote:
please shins give us a new album :(
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ledhead22 wrote:
i'm so in love with the shins. but yes, we need a new album.
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Sunzy wrote:
Turn On Me is so good. the video for it is pretty cool. but James, we need a new album.
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Datsuke wrote:
they're so zen!!
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TheThere wrote:
check this out --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Aix07MLHE
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liplesskisses wrote:
Oh, Inverted World is my favourite album. Ever. ;)
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LCDalexander wrote:
Saint Simon is one of the best songs of the decade.
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Blue-Sky-88 wrote:
Loving them!
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Kengaa wrote:
My group about new James Mercer project "Broken Bells" http://www.lastfm.ru/group/Broken+Bells
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reeeezy wrote:
:(
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llamagesicht wrote:
Sometimes I don't think they will ever release another album. And then my heart breaks a wee bit more.
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Lahiri wrote:
Please listen here! http://www.last.fm/music/And+This+Again ;-)
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The405Music wrote:
The 405 Best Albums Of The Decade (Including The Shins): http://tinyurl.com/405decadelist
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zyffe-- wrote:
/need oh, inverted world on spotify... :(
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EliHarold wrote:
@mackypaige. Broken Bells does have a last fm account and the new cd is awesome.
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mackypaige wrote:
Yes...the new band is Broken Bells. They have a myspace, which you can check out, but they don't have a Lastfm account yet. You can find updates here, though. http://www.brokenbells.com/ The CD will be self-titled and will be out 3/9.
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bektravels wrote:
New band...
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shishkanov wrote:
New songs?
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NEW PROJECT
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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