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The Shins
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(1997 – present)
The Shins is an American indie band consisting of singer and guitarist James Mercer, keyboardist/guitarist/bassist Martin Crandall, bassist/guitarist Dave Hernandez, drummer Jesse Sandoval, and, as of 2007, keyboardist/singer Eric Johnson of Fruit Bats. They formed in 1997, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as a side project of Mercer (previously of Blue Roof Dinner) and Sandoval, who were both members of the lo-fi musical group Flake Music (formed as Flake 1992). The band was signed to Sub Pop following a successful tour in 2000 with fellow college-rockers Modest Mouse.
Their 2001 debut album, Oh, Inverted World received near-universal critical acclaim, causing many critics to predict a mass wave of The 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 The 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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stuck_in_line wrote:
Mc Cain is an idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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xn____nx wrote:
sure, i thought this was a band from the 60's. theyre awesome. vengan a MEXICO :)!
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dupontflames wrote:
These guys know how to properly start a song off.
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jeenyus05 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Tay+Zonday+is+a+scary+ass+motherfucker
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SPACEFACTORYREC wrote:
music is good http://www.lastfm.fr/label/SPACE+FACTORY
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luisroberto13 wrote:
Asi es los Shins son excelentes en su género ojala y vengan un día a México tocan con madre
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teringnering wrote:
Definitely the best Indie band at the moment
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Polytechnic wrote:
There's now a Shins google theme! http://awesomestart.com/shins It's just like google.com, but it's got The Shins on it and you can customize all the links and stuff.
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lgby wrote:
Am I the only one who finds that the more you listen to the Shins, the better their older music gets. At first I couldn't stop listening to Wincing the Night Away, but now I've started listening to When You Land Here, It's Time To Return, which is from before they were known as the Shins.
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helloor wrote:
Hi! I think you guys might like our band; The Animation! Take a look! http://www.lastfm.se/music/The+Animation Thank you!
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boudey wrote:
The Beach Boys of their generation.
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qistinatalib wrote:
when i first listened to them, i actually thought they were a band from the 60s coz of the "indie" sound they have. i dont knoew whther you would consider them indie but they do sound different than the usual mainstream music that i used to listen to. my favs: kissing the lipless, so says i and saint simon :)
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mgf_cookie wrote:
love them <3
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Ashitaka96 wrote:
I don't think Dots means the band "The" Killers. There is a band named just Killers and then there is Killer from Finland. Though maybe they do mean The Killers.
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Ashitaka96 wrote:
I love every track on every album of theirs. I could never decide on a favorite.
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JoshAbe wrote:
how could you possibly compare the Shins to the Killers? you're an idiot.
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adamzZz wrote:
What? New The Killers? Haha :D
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DotsDisconnect wrote:
they've become the new killers... poseur indie kids ;(
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Maxshtorm wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Stam - wunderschöne musik !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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