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The Shins announce North American Tour in May

March 27th, 2013

If you missed out on The Shins’ Port of Morrow tour last year, then worry no more! The band has announced a North American tour for the month of May on their official website today. The tour will play for 12 venues in the U.S. and Canada, beginning at the Bottle Rock Festival in Napa, [...]

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Posted in Blog, Concerts & Events, News | Posted by Alfonso

The Shins and Dan Mangan rocked Montreal

August 8th, 2012

We were so happy to catch our Canadian boy Dan Mangan and American indie legends The Shins at Osheaga. Have you read our review of the full fest yet? You can do so by checking out our Osheaga page here! Also, we have some exclusive snaps of the party, especially from Dan and The Shins [...]

Tags: dan mangan, Osheaga, Osheaga 2012, The Shins
Posted in Blog, Concerts & Events, Music & Videos | Posted by Aimee

Osheaga Day Three: The Black Keys, Metric, City and Colour and more!

August 7th, 2012

Sexiest AND most rockin’ set of the night: The Black Keys There’s a reason why The Black Keys were the headliners at this year’s Osheaga Festival and it’s simply because they know how to rock an audience. The fact that they rock and simultaneously want to make you want to make out with someone is [...]

Tags: city and colour, dallas green, metric, News, Osheaga, The Black Keys, The Shins
Posted in Blog, News, Osheaga | Posted by Melody

The Shins – It’s Only Life (video)

July 11th, 2012

For The Shins “It’s Only Life” video, Hiro Murai (directed videos for St. Vincent, Bloc Party, Scissor Sisters) takes us into an apocalyptic world. This place has weird black monsters, a crazy kid in a cape and an antler helmet and a deserted town. But, the scariest part of the whole video, ALL THE ICE CREAM [...]

Tags: Hiro Murai, It's Only Life, The Shins, videos
Posted in The Wedge, Videos | Posted by Josh

The Wedge “Best Of 2012 – So Far” Playlist

June 25th, 2012

This week on The Wedge we looked back on all the videos we have aired in 2012 and picked the ten best ones. Who did we pick for our number one? Scroll down and find out below. Agree with us? Disagree with us? Did we completely miss something? Tweet us and tell us @MUCHthewedge THE [...]

Tags: Bear In Heaven, Best Videos of 2012 So Far, Grimes, M.I.A, The Shins, The Wedge, Thundercat, Trash Talk, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Youth Lagoon
Posted in Blog, Blog, Playlist, The Wedge | Posted by Melissa

The Shins “The Rifle’s Spiral” (Video)

April 18th, 2012

The Shins impressed with with their previous video for “Simple Song,” and they’ve done it again with their new one, “The Rifle’s Spiral.” Emmy-winning animator Jamie Caliri directed the stop-motion clip, and told Nowness, “I have always loved Edward Gorey’s illustration work and his influence is apparent throughout the video. Also, seeing Martin Scorsese’s Hugo [...]

Tags: The Rifle's Spiral, The Shins, The Wedge, Video
Posted in Blog, The Wedge, Videos | Posted by Cam

Watch a webcast of The Shins live at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge

March 8th, 2012

On March 20th, The Shins are set to release their first album in five years. Last night, the band performed a gig at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge, which was streamed live for users of NPR’s iPad app. If you were Pad-less, you can now watch the entire 65-minute show, which featured a selection [...]

Tags: live, NPR, The Shins, The Wedge
Posted in Blog, Stream, The Wedge, Videos, Webcast | Posted by Cam

The Wedge Playlist for February 22nd

February 22nd, 2012

For the week of February 22nd, The Wedge played music from: Skrillex, Cults, Jack White, The Shins, Lee Ranaldo, Tennis, Ceremomy, Yukon Blonde, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Papermaps, Dinowalrus, and Black Tambourine. SKRILLEX BANGARANG (3:41) ATLANTIC/WARNER DIRECTOR: TONY T. DATIS CULTS YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN (2:59) CULUMBIA/SONY DIRECTOR: ISIAIAH SERET JACK WHITE LOVE INTERRUPTION [...]

Tags: Black Tambourine, Ceremomy, Cults, dinowalrus, Jack White, Lee Ranaldo, Papermaps, playlist, Skrillex, Tennis, The Shins, The Wedge, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, yukon blonde
Posted in Blog, Playlist, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

The Shins “Simple Song” (Video)

February 21st, 2012

The Shins are back and they’ve made a real impression with this, their first video from the upcoming album, Port of Morrow. Frontman James Mercer plays a recently deceased father whose children watch a video with his last will and testament. This cause a furor that leads them to tear apart his house looking for [...]

Tags: Simple Song, The Shins, The Wedge, Video
Posted in Blog, The Wedge, Videos | Posted by Cam

The Shins “September” (Video)

February 6th, 2012

The Shins finally have a new album coming out on March 20th called Port of Morrow. About a month ago we heard “Simple Song,” the first new music from the band in quite some time. Now we have the B-side “September,” which arrives as a modest little video that shows the song being played on [...]

Tags: September, The Shins, The Wedge, Video
Posted in Blog, The Wedge, Videos | Posted by Cam