The new Shins video comes courtesy of mtvU's Breaking The Video, a project though which MTV and Sub Pop joined forces to fund aspiring filmmaker/NYU film student Antonio Campos and give him the…   Read Story »

The chance convergence of Jell-O, a one-eyed dog, some hairy dude in American-flag speedos, and a bikini-clad Stacy's grandmom with a bee and a coffee-sipping crane operator is, all at the same time,…   Read Story »

Since we've been in a TV state of mind of late we're gonna just put it out there: Weeds has jumped the shark (yeah we're bringing the phrase back) ... BUT the Malvina Reynolds covers are always…   Read Story »

The Blogothèque crew continue their string of outstanding Take Away Shows (recently The National, Arcade Fire) with the Shins, performing five songs from across their catalogue while at the…   Read Story »

OK, now that still shot we posted from the "Australia" vid shoot makes sense. Those orange outfits aren't prisoner uniforms, they're prospective-prisoner's uniforms! Not sure how petty theft ties…   Read Story »

Some stills from upcoming vids for ya. Next up for the Shins after their history-depicting school play clip for "Phantom Limb" is "Australia," and Subterranean posted a pic that to has the Sub…   Read Story »

Wincing's tunes have swayed more than a few of you to give the Mercer crew another shot live, though we doubt you'd argue that the studio is where the Shins shine. Still, if you've been on the road…   Read Story »

Valentine's Day fast approaches, so The A.V. Club spoke with James Mercer about love and The Shins (via LHB):The A.V. Club: It seems inevitable that some people have attempted to woo partners by…   Read Story »

Less exciting that crawling inside Thom's iPod, sure, but we're always curious to know what's rocking our favorite artists' headphones. And since today is Office day, why not go with Jim Halpert's…   Read Story »

Stephen had a chat with Seattle's The Stranger, touching on northwestern bands, cities, and fashion styles. Some thoughts on the region's music (via LHB):What about Portland's music scene? There's…   Read Story »