Band · from Albuquerque · since 1997
The Shins are an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1996. The band is the project of singer-songwriter James Mercer, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes. The band's current line-up consists of Mercer, alongside Yuuki Matthews, Mark Watrous, Patti King (keyboards), and Jon Sortland (drums). They are based in Portland, Oregon.
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Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.
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Heartworms10 Mar 2017Vinyl
Port of Morrow15 Mar 2012Vinyl
Wincing the Night Away22 Jan 2007Vinyl
Chutes Too Narrow21 Oct 2003Vinyl
Oh, Inverted World19 Jun 2001VinylListening Party
The Great Divide24 Sep 2020 · SingleVinyl
Heartworms (Flipped)12 Jan 2018 · SingleVinylDead Alive (Flipped)5 Jan 2018 · SingleVinyl
Cherry Hearts13 Oct 2017 · SingleVinyl
Name for You (Flipped)10 Mar 2017 · SingleVinylPainting a Hole3 Mar 2017 · SingleVinyl
Mildenhall19 Feb 2017 · SingleVinyl
Name for You7 Jan 2017 · SingleVinyl
Dead Alive27 Oct 2016 · SingleVinyl
No Way Down / Fall of '82 (Swift Sessions)23 Nov 2012 · SingleVinyl
The Waltz Is Over16 Mar 2012 · SingleVinylPariah King16 Mar 2012 · SingleVinyl
Simple Song10 Jan 2012 · SingleVinyl
Australia9 Apr 2007 · SingleVinyl
Phantom Limb21 Nov 2006 · SingleVinyl
Fighting in a Sack13 Jul 2004 · SingleVinyl
So Says I23 Sep 2003 · SingleVinyl
Know Your Onion!4 Jun 2002 · SingleVinyl
When I Goose-Step2000 · SingleVinylRecords from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer and Apple. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.
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TIM’S LISTENING PARTY
One album by The Shins, played together at the same time, with the band’s own stories as the songs go by.
Tim Burgess’s Listening Parties. Replays on timstwitterlisteningparty.com.
Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.
Records by other artists with The Shins in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.
Playlists with The Shins in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.
Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of The Shins’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.
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