The Shins are an American indie rock band from Albuquerque, New Mexico, formed in 1996. The band consists of James Mercer (vocals, guitar), Joe Plummer (drums), Mark Watrous (guitar), Yuuki Matthews (bass), Nick Teeling (glockenspiel, harmonica) and Richard Swift (keyboards). The band is based in Portland, Oregon.
The Shins record live LP at Jack White's studio
James Mercer from The Shins talks about recording a live LP at Jack White's Third Man Records venue.
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- Official homepage at theshins.com
- Youtube at youtube.com/user/theshins
- Twitter at twitter.com/theshins
- MySpace at myspace.com/theshins
- Wikipedia article on The Shins
- IMDb at imdb.com/name/nm1868007
- Last.fm page on The Shins
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/Shins, The
- MusicBrainz entry on The Shins
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Port of Morrow 2012
Reviewed by Martin Aston
A record with so much clever and excitable beauty, yet strangely disappointing.
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Wincing The Night Away 2007
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