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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
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Sounds like:
Simon & Garfunkel,
The Shins,
Iron and Wine,
Bon Iver
By
Hannah Levy
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Aug 12, 2010
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While working out and listening to music go hand in hand, you don't normally hear about great music discoveries from a yoga class. I guess I am one of those exceptional cases, because my yoga instructor played the song "Broken Chair" off of Chris an...
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Sounds like:
The Shins,
Beach Boys
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Jun 6, 2010
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Avi Buffalo draws an instant comparison to The Shins: falsetto vocals, jangly guitar, and a number of almost-recognizable riffs. But Avi Buffalo isn't The Shins. For one, their members are about half the age. Two just finished high school, one's stil...
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3

Sounds like:
Weezer,
The Shins,
Kings of Leon,
Buffalo Killers
By
Ben Aiken
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Apr 13, 2010
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Since the release of the single, "Dream City," I've been waiting for the remainder of the freshman LP from Philadelphia's Free Energy. The album is saturated with seventies power-pop, providing a fun-filled listen that doesn't take many chances but s...
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4

Sounds like:
The Shins,
My Morning Jacket,
Grand Archives
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Apr 10, 2010
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Just the other day, I was listening to Band of Horses and this thought swept over me: "When the F*** [yes, I curse in my head] are BOH releasing their next album?!" Then, as if my inner-voice rained down on them from the heavens, they announced thei...
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5

Sounds like:
The Shins,
Dangermouse
By
el gringo rico
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Jan 23, 2010
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I'm going to keep this one short and sweet: the new collabo between the Almighty Danger Mouse and James Mercer of the Shins is absolutely unreal. Yes, I did refer to Danger Mouse (or Brian Burton as his mother would say) as Almighty. As you might kno...
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6

Sounds like:
The Shins,
Born Ruffians,
Black Kids,
Paul Simon
By
Ben Aiken
on
Jan 14, 2010
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So, Vampires are so in this year, right? Twilight phenomenon, TrueBlood, Daybreakers, and the list goes on I'm sure. One thing that many in the blogosphere, musicsphere, and any kind of sphere you can think of, myself included, were looking forward t...
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7

Sounds like:
The Shins,
The Black Keys
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Dec 21, 2009
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We are not the first to post this song, I am aware of that. But, it doesn't really matter. The much anticipated collaboration between James Mercer (of The Shins) and DJ Danger Mouse, Broken Bells, have released their first track for free, and we'd be...
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8

Sounds like:
Travis,
The Shins,
Franz Ferdinand,
The Flaming Lips,
The Stills,
The Bravery
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Nov 30, 2009
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I originally reviewed this on my old website, but it recently made its way back onto my playlist, and I figure that it can't hurt transferring some of my old reviews over to Indie Shuffle. When I first started listening to The Republic Tiger's EP mor...
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