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James Mercer

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    The Shins' Port of Morrow: A First Listen

    ​Let's be real: bands don't change your life more than, oh ... once. So if we were lucky to get two excellent albums from James Mercer and whoever happens to be with him, it's no slouch that a third pretty-good album added three more perfect tunes to the canon: "Australia," "Phantom Limb," and "Gi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Live Review, 2/21/12: The Hold Steady's Craig Finn Leads a Good, Depressing Time at Bottom of the Hill

    Craig Finn Sad Baby Wolf Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 Bottom of the Hill / Noise Pop 20th Anniversary Opening Night Better than: Seeing The Hold Steady. Ask a local, or a bring a notebook with you to a show, and they'll tell you: Noise Pop is as much about discovering new music as it is about venue-hopp ... More >>

  • Film

    April 13, 2011

    Arthouse Movie Listings for April 13-19, 2011

    Craig Finn Sad Baby Wolf Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 Bottom of the Hill / Noise Pop 20th Anniversary Opening Night Better than: Seeing The Hold Steady. Ask a local, or a bring a notebook with you to a show, and they'll tell you: Noise Pop is as much about discovering new music as it is about venue-hopp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Ten Albums We Dug That Didn't Get Their Due in 2010

    A proposition: Finding gems of underdogs far down in the CD pile is way more fun than picking the best of anything. Look around at most Top 10 Albums lists this year, and you'll likely be bored by the (admittedly warranted) sameness. Glaze over at our Top 10 soon (there will be some surprises!) but ... More >>

  • Music

    May 19, 2010

    Broken Bells' pop partnership

    A proposition: Finding gems of underdogs far down in the CD pile is way more fun than picking the best of anything. Look around at most Top 10 Albums lists this year, and you'll likely be bored by the (admittedly warranted) sameness. Glaze over at our Top 10 soon (there will be some surprises!) but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Last Night: The Morning Benders, Miniature Tigers, The Mumlers at the Independent

    Joseph SchellThe Morning Benders​The Morning Benders, Miniature Tigers, The Mumlers Tuesday, March 30, 2010 The Independent Better than: Overindulgent rock shows.The Morning Benders are in a new musical phase. And if you couldn't tell from the words printed on guitarist Jonathan Chu's t-shirt las ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2010

    SXSW 2010: The Rest of the Best (Best Coast, Broken Bells, Demolished Thoughts, More)

    Best of SXSW: Saturday w/ Real Estate, Best Coast, Fool's Gold, Demolished Thoughts, Broken Bells, Dam-Funk, and Billy Murray Thinking back on SXSW's finale, I saw Real Estate more times than I probably should've (and that includes a Saturday day show). But that was in large part because the band's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Track of the Day: Broken Bells (Danger Mouse and James Mercer)

    Mike MantinJames Mercer​What happens when you get a little Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley) in your James Mercer (The Shins)? Going by the sound of the first track to be released from this partnership, "The High Road," it sounds a little something like Beck, another indie/alt rock artist Danger Mouse ... More >>

  • Music

    March 21, 2007

    Modest Mouse

    We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)

  • Music

    January 31, 2007

    Breaking the Seal

    Of Montreal and the Shins explore issues of approval

  • Music

    October 11, 2006

    From symphonies to smoke machines: snapshots of three very different shows

    Of Montreal and the Shins explore issues of approval

  • Music

    October 22, 2003

    Shin Music

    Their debut's genius stemmed from their frontman's high anxieties. Now that he's mellowed out, can the Shins follow it up?

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