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The Shins

January 2023

  • ‘He was well aware that he was essentially killing himself’ … (from left) Richard Swift, Dan Auerbach and Leon Michels in 2015.

    The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach on losing Richard Swift at 41: ‘He was just fun! Then, when he wasn’t, it was very dark’

    As indie supergroup the Arcs release the last album they recorded together, Auerbach and Leon Michels of the El Michels Affair recall their late bandmate’s verve, spirit – and troubled inner life

July 2018

  • Richard Swift, who has died aged 41.

    Richard Swift, indie-rock songwriter and producer, dies aged 41

    The singer-songwriter, who worked with the Shins, the Black Keys and the Pretenders, had been suffering from a ‘serious medical condition’

January 2018

  • Green Man Music Festival, Brecon Beacons, UK - 20 Aug 2017<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Michael Jamison/REX/Shutterstock (9010225bb) The Shins - James Mercer Green Man Music Festival, Brecon Beacons, UK - 20 Aug 2017

    The Shins: The Worm's Heart review – country charm turned spiky rock – and vice versa

  • Car Seat Headrest’s Will Toledo, Kate Bush and James Mercer of the Shins.

    Remake, remodel: what makes musicians rerecord old albums?

August 2017

  • The Shins

    The Shins review – fizzy celebration of pop’s unifying power

    More than 15 years of charting life’s struggles in pristine songwriting has paid dividends for the Shins’ only remaining original member, James Mercer

March 2017

  • The Shins 2017 press image

    The Shins: Heartworms review – an album of candid, heartfelt anecdotes

February 2014

  • broken bells

    Broken Bells: After the Disco – review

    Brian Burton's second album with James Mercer of the Shins feels like a genuine collaboration – but there's no sense that they were driven to make it, writes Kitty Empire

January 2014

  • Broken Bells

    Broken Bells: After the Disco – review

    The second collaboration between Danger Mouse and the Shins's James Mercer is a decent, studied genre piece, but not much more, writes Paul MacInnes

July 2013

  • Nirvana

    Sub Pop: 25 years of underground rock

    From the era-defining grunge of Nirvana to the dreamy modern Americana of the Shins, the Seattle label has become a cornerstone of US alternative music. And that's a minor miracle, writes Michael Hann

August 2012

  • Kasabian's Tom Meighan

    Music blog
    Reading festival 2012 gets an A* in Having It

    Graham Coxon cranked it up, and Kasabian set their phasers to fun, as Reading syndrome set in en masse. Perhaps the Cure's punishing set had something to do with that, says Mark Beaumont

March 2012

  • The Shins – review

    Most of James Mercer's utterings barely make it past the front row, but the Shins make a statement with an epic encore, writes Betty Clarke

  • The Shins: Port of Morrow – review

    The first album by the Shins' new line-up is typically bookish and melodic, if a little clinical, writes Ally Carnwath
  • The shins group photo

    The Shins: Port of Morrow – review

    Alexis Petridis: From their gently angsty, indie beginnings, the Shins are becoming a more mainstream rock concern – albeit at a cost

September 2009

  • The Shins' frontman James Mercer and Danger Mouse (Brian Burton)

    Kicking in the Shins? James Mercer announces new band

    The Shins' frontman has formed a new project, Broken Bells, with DJ producer Danger Mouse, with a debut album expected next year

August 2009

  • The Shins

    Former Shins drummer claims he was fired

    Jesse Sandoval, ex-sticksman for the indie darlings, claims his departure was not down to 'aesthetic' differences – he was sacked for not being able to play the parts

May 2009

  • James Mercer of the Shins

    The Shins record new album with different lineup

    The indie-pop treasures have replaced two of their members for their 'up-tempo' fourth album

July 2008

  • Q&A: Jonathan Poneman

  • Sub Pop turns 20

June 2008

  • The Shins to ditch label and go it alone?

    News: The Portland, Oregon band are likely to set up their own label for their as-yet-unfinished fourth album

August 2007

  • Review: The Shins

    6 out of 10:Reading, Saturday, 3.05pm. Less a set for bobbing around to than one for lying on your back and letting your body process the Carling you've consumed.

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