James Mercer of The Shinsperformed an acoustic set on 98.7FM’s Historic Hollywood Tower rooftop. The videos of the performance can be found in the replies.
The Shinshave announced a one off show in London, England in support of their forthcoming album Port Of Morrow. The gig will take place at The Forum on March 22 and tickets go on sale this Friday.
If you sign up for The Shins' mailing list, this afternoon you'll receive a first listen to the band's new song, "Simple Song," from new album Port of Morrow.
The Shins will release their fourth album, Port of Morrow in March via James Mercer's Aural Apothecary label and Columbia Records. The album artwork and track listing can be found in the replies.
The Shins ended their two year hiatus by announcing an appearance at this year's Outside Lands festival. You can also hear a new song which Mercer has said will appear on their new record by heading to the replies.
Remember when The Shins released Oh, Inverted World back in the day? Well now there is a ballet of the same name set to Shins music. Check out a trailer for the show in the replies.
Keith Buckley wants you motherfuckers to know that his side project, The Finale, has posted a cover of a song from The Shins, "Gone for good", on their myspace. page.
The Shins have announced that their second single from Wincing the Night Away will be "Australia," and it will be released on April 9th following their forthcoming UK tour.
Congratulations to The Shins for selling 117,991 copies of their new album Wincing The Night Away and opening at No. 2 (with No. 1 being Pretty Ricky). They are No. 1 on Top Independent Albums, Top Digital Albums, Top Internet Albums and the Top Tastemakers chart, and their first single "Phantom Limb" is top 20 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart. Sub Pop Records had never opened higher than No. 79 before.
KCRW's A Sounds Eclectic Evening 6 will be on April 14th and bands include The Shins, Lily Allen, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Cold War Kids and Bitter:Sweet. It'll be at the Gibson Ampitheatre in Los Angeles and there are plenty of other artists (including a special guest) to be announced later. Tickets go on sale February 27th on Ticketmaster but there will be a pre-sale for exclusively KCRW members on February 15th on KCRW.com. Proceeds from this will go towards KCRW's mission to digitalize the station's entire library of CD and vinyl.
I didn't see this posted, so I figured I would go ahead and clue you in. If you pre-orderWincing the Night Away (releases January 23rd) for 11 bucks, the upcoming album from The Shins, Sub Pop will give you a cool gift card. Also, "Phantom Limb" off of the new album is available for download.