Modest Mouse drummer Joe Plummer has replaced Jesse Sandoval in The Shins.

The Shins' frontman will be starring in an upcoming feature film: "Some Days Are Better Than Others."

The Shins will be releasing their next album in 2009 on frontman James Mercer's own label.

The Shins are looking for an arrangement that would allow them to release their next album through Aural Apothecary, guitarist/singer James Mercer's label.

Keith Buckley wants you motherfuckers to know that his side project, The Finale, has posted a cover of a song from The Shins, "Gone for good", on their myspace. page.

The Shins' Marty Crandall and his girlfriend will not face charges following an argument in a Sacramento hotel.

Marty Crandall, keyboardist in The Shins, has been released from jail just over 48 hours after he was arrested over an alleged incident involving his girlfriend.

Marty Crandall of The Shins was recently arrested for domestic violence because of a fight with girlfriend Elyse Sewell (of America's Next Top Model).

The Shins have added some new dates to their tour and they have also posted a new video for their song "Turn On Me" right here.

Tour Dates

8/30 Bend, OR - Schwab Ampitheater
9/1 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot
9/2 Chicago, IL - Charter Show Pavilion
10/5 Berkeley, CA - Greek...[read more]

After a long hiatus, The Shins will be playing a lot shows globally for the rest of the summer.

Tour Dates

23 Jul 2007 Pipeline Honolulu,, Hawaii
29 Jul 2007 Fuji Rock Festival Naeba Ski Resort, Yuzawa-machi, Niigata
31 Jul 2007 Civic Hall, Christchurch
1 Aug 2007 The Powerstation, ...[read more]

The Shins will be doing the theme song for "Weeds" on an episode next season.

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Yellowcard's "Light Up the Sky" and The Killers' "For Reasons Unknown" will go to radio on June 4th. The Shins' "read more]

After being on the market for a few months, The Bluegrass Tribute to The Shins is breaking back into the limelight due to Subpop Records and the band's official website mentioning and selling the disk (also available on iTunes and CMH Records' read more]

The Shins have released an exclusive iTunes only live EP.

You can watch The Shins' new music video for "Australia" in the replies.

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The Shins' b-side "Sleeping Lessons (The Rac Remix)" can be downloaded here.

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The Shins will perform the song "Australia" from their newest album, Wincing the Night Away, on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on April 13th.

You can watch The Shins performing the Pink Floyd classic "Breathe" at their recent show in London, England in the replies.

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Watch The Shins perform "Phantom Limb" on Yahoo's Who’s Next?

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The Shins have announced that their second single from Wincing the Night Away will be "Australia," and it will be released on April 9th following their forthcoming UK tour.

The Shins UK Tour

Glasgow ABC (March 25)
Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall (26)
Manchester Academy (27)
London Forum (28,29)

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Congratulations to The Shins for selling 117,991 copies of their new album Wincing The Night Away and opening at No. 2 (with No. 1 being Pretty Ricky). They are No. 1 on Top Independent Albums, Top Digital Albums, Top Internet Albums and the Top Tastemakers chart, and their first single "Phantom Limb" is top 20 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart. Sub Pop Records had never opened higher than No. 79 before.

KCRW's A Sounds Eclectic Evening 6 will be on April 14th and bands include The Shins, Lily Allen, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Cold War Kids and Bitter:Sweet. It'll be at the Gibson Ampitheatre in Los Angeles and there are plenty of other artists (including a special guest) to be announced later. Tickets go on sale February 27th on Ticketmaster but there will be a pre-sale for exclusively KCRW members on February 15th on KCRW.com. Proceeds from this will...[read more]

The Shins make frontpage news at Yahoo, discussing the return of the "midnight sale."

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The Shins have a shot at giving Sub Pop its first-ever #1 debut on next week’s chart, with sales reports indicating it could do up to 90k.

The entire new Shins album is up for streaming on myspace.

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Take a gander at today's fine reviews.

Reviews: 1.16.07

The Shins - Wincing The Night Away (Drew Beringer)
Call It Arson - The Animal Strings Album(Scott Irvine)

You can listen to an interview with The Shins' James Mercer in the replies.

The Shins' new album is now available for purchase on iTunes, the exclusive bonus track as well.

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The Shins have announced new tour dates around their new album, Wincing the Night Away, out January 23rd.

Dates

Feb. 8: Minneapolis (First Avenue)
Feb. 9: Milwaukee (Eagles Ballroom)
Feb. 10: Chicago (Congress Theatre)
Feb. 11: St. Louis (Pageant)
Feb. 12-13: Lawrence, Kan. (Liberty Hall)
Feb. 15: Denver (Fillmore)
Feb. 16: Salt Lake City (In the Venue)
Feb. 20:...[read more]

The Shins' James Mercer guests on three tracks on the new Modest Mouse album.