The post The Story Behind The Shins’ “New Slang” as Told by James Mercer appeared first on Consequence. Mercer discusses his life at the time he penned the song, and how it impacted the formation of ...

The Shins have distilled their 2001 debut, Oh, Inverted World, into an easily digestible three-and-a-half-minute medley to mark the album’s 20th anniversary. The new video, directed and edited by Jon ...

Pick up the just-released 20th anniversary remastered edition of Oh, Inverted World on black vinyl. By the time The Shins came into existence, band leader James Mercer had already cut his teeth in the ...

Well, of course Shins frontman James Mercer can't sleep. So much pressure. Such high expectations. Mercer told Rolling Stone that his "crippling insomnia" inspired the title of the band's new album, ...

You can take the young American out of England. But, even after four decades, you can’t take England out of the now not-so-young American. That is very specifically the case for James Mercer, the ...

The Nashville-based musician Rosie Thomas recruited an extensive list of collaborators to contribute to her cover of Björk’s “All Is Full Of Love”: Sufjan Stevens, the Shins, Iron & Wine, Alexi ...

Rosie Thomas launched the rollout for her Lullabies For Parents project with a cover of Björk’s “All Is Full Of Love” featuring the likes of Sufjan Stevens, the Shins, Iron & Wine, Alexi Murdoch, the ...