The Shins

The Shins, formerly known as "Flake Music," are an American indie rock band
from Albuquerque, New Mexico, formed in 1996. The band consists of James
Mercer (vocals, guitar), Joe Plummer (drums), Jessica Dobson (guitar), Yuuki
Matthews (bass) and Richard Swift (keyboards). The band is currently based in
Portland, Oregon. thumb HistoryFrom Flake Music to The Shins ... read more

New song: Simple Song

Good news The Shins fans! The song 'Simple Song' has been added to the Absolute Radio playlist.
→ Added 19 March 12.00am

Miike Snow played 3 shows at Terminal 5 (after 2 at Coachella and 1 at MHOW) -- pics

photos by Joe McCabe Miike Snow @ Terminal 5 Like the Shins are about to do, Bloc Party will do, Miike Snow, who played a small post-SXSW show at Music Hall of Williamsbu...
Posted 27 April 6.29pm — Comment on this

Wednesday Music News

Following the recent release of fourth studio album Port of Morrow, venerable indie artists The Shins revealed a new video for track “The Rifle’s Spiral.̶...
Posted 18 April 9.00pm — Comment on this

The Shins' New Video

Watch the new video from *The Shins* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/theshins) for "The Rifle's Spiral" in the replies.
Posted 18 April 2.49pm — Comment on this

Coachella 2012 Webcast Schedule

Alex Young from Consequence of Sound reports Coachella will webcast a number of this weekend’s sets on YouTube, including Refused, Bon Iver, The Black Keys, Frank...
Posted 13 April 5.43am — Comment on this

Real Estate add shows; The Shins announce openers (win tickets to the show with Chairflift!) --- contest, dates

Real Estate photos by Caroline Marchildon The Shins at LPR last month (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) As mentioned, The Shins (who are part of the just-announced Lollapalo...
Posted 11 April 11.19pm — Comment on this

The Shins – review

HMV Forum, LondonIn the five years since the Shins released their last album, Wincing the Night Away, Sub Pop's most successful group has seen out its contract and shed a...
Posted 23 March 5.49pm — Comment on this

Shorties (The Shins, Novels Written by Secretaries, and more)

Drowned in Sound interviews Shins frontman James Mercer about the band's new album, Port of Morrow. All Things Considered recommends three novels written by secretaries a...
Posted 23 March 3.08pm — Comment on this

The Shins - Port of Morrow

It's to James Mercer's credit that Port of Morrow, which could have so easily veered off into soulless corporatism or self-indulgence, manages to remain nothing less than...
Posted 12 March 11.06pm — Comment on this

At the Drive-In, Blood Red Shoes, Metronomy, SBTRKT, Shins, Cure, Paramore and more for Reading

This year's festival takes place Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds on the August Bank Holiday Weekend. There are still more names to be announ...
Posted 12 March 8.06pm — Comment on this

Watch The Shins Return To SNL

The Shins’ fourth LP Port Of Morrow streams on iTunes on Tuesday, but fans paying close attention have already heard most of the album’s songs through various...
Posted 11 March 5.48am — Comment on this

Jonah Hill's SNL Promos! Watch'em Here!

Jonah Hill is hosting SNL this week with musical guest, The Shins! Check out the HIGHlarious promo NBC released, (above)!!!Will he have the same kind of turn out as Li...
Posted 8 March 2.30am — Comment on this

Jay-Z To Play SXSW On Monday

At least in theory, SXSW is supposed to be about discovering emerging and ascendent bands, but the fest just keeps adding big names: Bruce Springsteen, Fiona Apple, Norah...
Posted 7 March 2.18pm — Comment on this

[VIDEO] The Shins Release New Music Video

Check out "Bait and Switch"...
Posted 3 March 10.03pm — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played The Shins songs in the past year.

  • Simple Song  21 plays
  • The Rifles Spiral  3 plays

Played on

Absolute Radio stations playing songs by The Shins over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 24 plays

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