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Today we present the next installment in a series that brings you classic indie rock albums at hugely discounted prices. Every week, Amazon.com is letting us select one album from its MP3 store to go on super sale (up to 75% off normal prices). Hopefully you'll be able to add these must-own LPs to your library without breaking your budget. Today's deal: The Shins' Oh, Inverted World.When the Shins debuted with Oh, Inverted World in 2001, the first thing that seemed to draw a number of folks to the Albuquerque-born band was the clever Lance Bangs-directed video for "New Slang," which payed homage to the Replacements, Squirrel Bait, Slint, Hüsker Dü, the MInutemen, and others, in a way that you likely got on first glance with a smile. If you dug deeper than that track, the 11 songs on the 33-minute collection added up to a shimmering, somehow sad or dusky pop whole. This was before Garden State, though when Natalie Portman told Zach Braff, "You gotta hear this one song -- it'll change your life," she should have mentioned there were about 10 others.
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Boston Calling is a brand-new music festival that will hold its first installment in Boston’s City Hall Plaza 5/25-26, and it’s got a lineup that leans heavily toward accessible, middle-of-the-road indie and alt-rock. The National will co-headline alongside the suddenly omnipresent Fun., and the lineup also features the Shins...
It’s almost Halloween, and you know what that means: It’s Christmastime! And just so we won’t be caught without appropriate music for the occasion, tomorrow, Starbucks’ Hear Music and Concord Music Group will release the compilation Holidays Rule, on which a slew of modern acts cover a slew of seasonal cla...
submitted by Nick Oct 29th 2012 02:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Over the weekend, the Shins and Dr. Dog’s episode of Austin City Limits hit PBS. Now they’ve posted it online and you can watch the entire thing below. Watch The Shins / Dr. Dog on PBS. See more from Austin City Limits. While we’re on the Shins beat, check out their contribution to the Holidays [...]


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