Broken Bells has set an Oct. 7 release date for its third album, Into the Blue, and released what’s being described as the project’s first official single, “Saturdays.” The track is accompanied by a video directed by Johnny Chew. [embedded content][embedded content] As previously reported, Into the Blue finds The Shins’ James Mercer and […]
The Shins will celebrate the impending 21st birthday of their game-changing Sub Pop debut album, Oh, Inverted World, by playing it in full on a tour that will begin July 12 in San Francisco. These will be the James Mercer-led band’s first live shows in nearly five years and come on the heels of last […]
It was a banner year for producers. The Neptunes — a major commercial force since Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s “Got Your Money” — helmed more great songs than we could fit on this list. (Shout out to NSYNC’s “Girlfriend,” an all-time classic boy band single.) Timbaland, Kanye West and Dr. Dre were similarly on fire. It […]
Heaven on earth is a year away, and it’s going to be in Southern California. Goldenvoice presents Just Like Heaven Fest, a one-day, all-ages music festival that will be held at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on Saturday, May 21, 2022 with a lineup that includes Interpol, Modest Mouse, M.I.A., The Shins, […]
This June, The Shins will commemorate their 2001 debut, Oh, Inverted World, with a newly remastered version. For a serial nit-picker like James Mercer, it was a blessed occasion to go back and tweak everything that’s been tormenting him for 20 years. A perfectionist’s ultimate fantasy. The Oh, Inverted World remaster sounds the way Mercer intended. According […]