The Shins
Week on Week: The VICE India Mixtape
Songs for the week, throwing in a mix of new releases and some #throwbacks too—everything from homegrown hip-hop to Bollywood (uh-no?) and K-pop—we gotchyu.
Richard Swift, Indie Polymath, Dead at 41
The indie artist and multi-instrumentalist had recently been hospitalized.
5,566 Stickers Animate The Shins' Wild New Music Video
Directors LAMAR+NIK turn the band into a binder-worthy sticker collection for "Half a Million," off the band's new album 'Heartworms.'
The New Pornographers Soar and Conor Oberst Grows Up: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau
The Dean of American Rock Critics takes on The New Pornographers' 'Whiteout Conditions' and Oberst's 'Salutations.'
Do We Really Need an Indie Revival in 2017?
What happens now that basically everyone—The Shins, Dirty Projectors, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Broken Social Scene—is back?
Stream of the Crop: 8 New Albums for Heavy Rotation 3/11
New albums from Charli XCX, Laura Marling, Tennis, and Valerie June top this week's list.
Indie Rock Isn’t Dead
As the genre's previous generation makes a final push, new and more diverse artists are pushing it forward.
The Shins Debut New Track “The Fear” and Play “Name for You” on ‘A Prairie Home Companion’
Regina Spektor also played on the Minnesota Public Radio staple, meaning that Zach Braff probably cried somewhere.
The Shins Have Resurfaced, Wordy as Ever, with New Song 'Name for You'
Their first album in four years, 'Heartworms,' is out in March.
The Shins Have Resurfaced, Wordy as Ever, with New Song "Name for You"
Their first album in four years, 'Heartworms,' is out in March.
The Shins Are Literally Resurrected in Halloween-y New Song and Video "Dead Alive"
James Mercer is a skeleton and also tiny? We don't get it, either.