James Mercer is a slight man. What’s scary is that he’s the tallest member of his band, the Shins, and he only comes up to about my shoulder. Now, I am pretty tall (exactly 74 inches in stocking ...

You can take the young American out of England. But, even after four decades, you can’t take England out of the now not-so-young American. That is very specifically the case for James Mercer, the ...

Drummer Kyle Crane is perhaps best known as the drum double in Whiplash, and he’s also contributed to albums by Kurt Vile, Neko Case, Big K.R.I.T., and tons of others. He’s also got a solo project ...

DrownedinSound.com (and DiS Records) founder Sean Adams recently spent some quality drinking time with James Mercer, singer and guitarist of the much-loved The Shins. Mercer told Sean a little, and ...

Photo by Jorge Lazzari via Bruce Hornsby's Facebook page On Thursday, Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers performed at Portland, OR's Revolution Hall ...

For nearly five years, The Shins' return seemed unlikely. Frontman James Mercer had disbanded The Shins' lineup in 2009, following 2007's Wincing The Night Away, and was focused on his new project ...

Cal In Red are a new-ish indie pop duo from Michigan (made up of brothers Connor and Kendall Wright), and they’re releasing their debut album Low Low on August 30 via B3SCI Records (pre-order). The ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When The Shins leader James Mercer decided he wanted to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his band’s seminal album, “Oh, Inverted World,” he did so with ...

The Shins had intended to celebrate “Oh, Inverted World,” the band’s acclaimed debut with a 20th-anniversary tour in 2021, founder James Mercer says. Then the pandemic turned the actual world upside ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend performs at 2025 Shaky Knees Music Festival at Piedmont Park on September 21, 2025 in Atlanta, ...