The Shins are an American indie rock band centered around James Mercer.
The band formed in 1997, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States as a side project of Mercer (previously ...read more on Last.fm →
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Jason Grishkoff
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Aug 6, 2011
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One of the bands I'm most stoked to see at San Francisco's upcoming Outside Lands Music Festival is The Shins. I have a feeling that their music is going to be wholly appropriate for the setting, and will likely be the highlight of Friday night (that...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Oct 2, 2010
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In honor of the 10th anniversary of San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, we figured we'd feature an artist who won't actually be playing at said festival. Why? Because 1) they have awesome bluegrass covers of indie artists and 2) we're...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Mar 17, 2010
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The Shins are a band people just seem to either hate to love, or love to hate. They're criticized almost notoriously for being "indie: epitomized" while ironically those doing the criticizing are perhaps embodying the extreme hipster ideals they so f...
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