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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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submitted by Nick Jun 22nd 2012 07:00 pm (stereogum.com)
The latest video from the Shins very-good-to-great LP Port Of Morrow registers in a similar fashion to the Shins weakest songs: no frills but still perfectly pleasant. This is fine, because when the band really hits it song or video-wise, it’s a totally memorable affair. (Case in point on both fronts: “The Rifle’s S...
US indie rockers debut video for the first track of new album 'The Port of Morrow'
submitted by Nick Apr 18th 2012 01:00 pm (stereogum.com)
We had a peek at the Shins’ Nintendo 3DS-premiered, 3-D video for Port Of Morrow single “The Rifle’s Spiral,” and now James Mercer and Nintendo Corp have allowed the internet to enjoy the creepy, Coraline-y animated thing in full (albeit in 2-D). Director Jamie Caliri tells Nowness that the illustration wo...
submitted by Nick Apr 13th 2012 04:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Last night, the Shins played two for Jimmy Kimmel Live, “Simple Song” and “The Rifle’s Spiral.” Watch ‘em below. Port Of Morrow is out now on Columbia/Aural Apothecary.
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - James Mercer, the self-proclaimed auteur behind the Shins, must really, really hate "Garden State." (Or should.) That, you may recall, was the 2004 movie in which writer-director Zach Braff had Natalie Portman promise his character that listening the band would "change your life." Every time a Shins record has come ou...


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