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The Shins Reveal Fourth Album Details

Since the Shins last album in 2007 James Mercer left Sub Pop, started his own label and shuffled up the band’s lineup. Last August the band announced they would release an album sometime in 2012, but no further details were released.  read more

Portlandia to Feature St. Vincent, Isaac Brock, Joanna Newsom

As Rolling Stone reports, some huge names in indie rock will make appearances on Portlandia, the show that features the comedy duo Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, who also plays in Wild Flag.   read more

Portlandia to Feature Johnny Marr

As if having Carrie Brownstein (formerly of Sleater-Kinney and now Wild Flag) acting in and writing Portlandia wasn't good enough, now we have word that Johnny Marr is on board to be in Season 2 of the IFC comedy show. According to the New York Magazine, Marr, the lead guitarist of bands like The Smiths, Modest Mouse, and The Cribs, will be playing a character that is "non-musical" and "some kind of ambiguous hybrid of himself and a character."  read more

Watch The Shins Perform Pink Floyd's "Breathe"

To kick off night one of Jimmy Fallon's special weeklong tribute to seminal art-rock band Pink Floyd, The Shins appeared on the comedian's Late Night show to pay homage to the Floyd's melancholic, psychedelic "Breathe," the famous opening track of their landmark 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon.  read more

10 Musicians with Uncanny Celebrity Doppelgangers

Here are 10 musicians who have us seeing double.  read more

The Shins End Two-Year Hiatus and Play New Song

After spending the past two years focusing on his Broken Bells collaboration with Danger Mouse, James Mercer and his band The Shins will be returning from a hiatus of sorts in 2011. The Portland indie rockers announced that they would be playing at Outside Lands this August....  read more

Listen to a New Broken Bells Song

Last week, Broken Bells, the side project of producer/multi-instrumentalist Brian Burton (AKA: Danger Mouse) and Shins frontman James Mercer, announced that they would be releasing a four song EP, entitled Meyrin Fields, on March 29....  read more

Broken Bells Announce Meyrin Fields EP

Over the course of his career, prominent producer/multi-instrumentalist Brian Burton (AKA: Danger Mouse) has teamed up with a variety of indie-rock acts including Beck, The Black Keys and Sparklehorse. Everything up to this point, however, has been a one-and-done effort. So upon working with James Mercer to create Broken Bells, we figured that the partnership would turn into another one-off project. But perhaps things have changed for Burton, as they just have announced the release of Meyrin Fields later this month....  read more

10 Great (or Strange) Pixies Covers

Kings of Leon were the homecoming headliners of Bonnaroo this year, and the Tennessee boys covered The Pixies "Where is My Mind." It got us thinking of all the great Pixies covers by various artists over the years. Here are 10 of the most interesting.  read more

Broken Bells Announce First Tour

Following the success of their self-titled debut album, Broken Bells just announced a North American tour. This marks the first time the duo, made up of The Shins’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse, have toured together....  read more