At the end of the month, Starbucks imprint Hear Music and Concord will release Holidays Rule, a holiday songs collection featuring a bunch of standards performed by the likes of the Shins, Paul McCartney, Eleanor Friedberger Andrew Bird and more. Today, the Rufus Wainwright/Sharon Van Etten duet “Baby It’s Cold Outside&#8...

The Shins, The Kills and Seasick Steve are set to record live albums that will be released by Jack White's Third Man label

Fresh from their appearance on Conan, the Shins filled up the expansive Gibson Amphitheater and somehow managed to make it feel like a small intimate show. With top notch musicians like Jessica Dobson, Richard Swift, and Joe Plummer backing James Mercer, the Shins were able to recreate the textural nuances of their latest album Port [...]

Live shows mark the Nashville institution's "Rocktober" reopening

The Shins served as musical guests on last’s night’s episode of Conan, turning in a sparkling rendition of the percussive Port Of Morrow album track “No Way Down.” And as an online bonus, they also did “The Rifle’s Spiral.” One nice thing about Conan: The sound in the studio i...