Loading ...During last week’s discussion of Marmite artists–those artists that are so divisive, they force people to take sides, with no one left in the middle–Idolator commenter moomintroll wondered if we shouldn’t try and find more ways to classify popular bands through their analogues to various condiments. Since we figured the safe space in the fridge inhabited by your ketchups, your mustards, and your molding bottles of Hidden Valley Ranch was as good a way to make sense of the current musical landscape as any, we invited her to flesh out her theory for us. It’s after the jump!
Posts Tagged ‘The Shins’
Shins Keyboardist Arrested; A Comment Section Reacts
Mon Jan 7 2008 by Maura
Over the weekend, the Shins’ Marty Crandall was arrested for his involvement in a domestic dispute with his now-ex-girlfriend Elyse Sewell, a former America’s Next Top Model contestant who broke the news on her Livejournal shortly after she made bail. (The post she wrote about the incident, which includes photos of her bruised arm, has been friendslocked at the advice of her legal counsel, but it’s been reproduced elsewhere.) Crandall was held over the weekend and has apparently since been released. As is often the case with ugh-inducing incidents involving indie rock semi-luminaries, the Brooklyn Vegan post on the arrest has been the go-to place for the music-blog cognoscenti’s reactions, and while some of them actually address the situation semi-intelligently, most of them are about as tasteful as you’d expect from a Web site that allows its readers to post anonymously:
Listening Station: The New Shins B-Side Could Put You To Sleep
Wed Apr 11 2007 by Brian Raftery
The Shins’ most recent album, Wincing The Night Away, was released thirty-seven years ago. Or at least it feels like it was, because no matter where we go–bars, parties, dog funerals, bars–we cannot escape hearing it in the background. Enough already! More »
“Wall Street Journal” Asks: Have You Guys Heard Of This Shins Band?
Wed Feb 14 2007 by Brian Raftery
This morning, the Wall Street Journal introduced “Face The Music,” a new column with the not-at-all-bets-hedging mission statement of covering “music past and present.” The debut entry was all about how the Shins might be the next Nirvana–or then again, they might not. More »
Assumer Guide: Hunting Bunnies and Kicking Shins
Thu Feb 1 2007 by Maura
As Consumer Guide tastemaker Robert Christgau once noted, there is so much recorded media coming forth every day, from major-label pushes to Myspace uploads, that it is physically impossible to listen to it all. Our disgruntled postal carrier brings more bubble-packed mailers daily, and there’s no hope of our “to listen to” pile going down anytime soon.
At the risk of being buried under hundreds of jewel cases, we have taken the sage advice of gonzo rock writer Richard Meltzer to heart. Meltzer, ever the curmudgeon, considered promo albums precious commodities–provided you didn’t break the shrink wrap on ‘em, as doing so reduced their resale value. After the click-through, Andy Beta fords the Waterworld that is the Information Age with his eyes rather than his ears.
The Shins Wince Their Way To The No. 2 Spot
Tue Jan 30 2007 by Maura
It’s looking like the Shins’ Wincing The Night Away will debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 this week–the highest-placing first week for an album on an indie label since Thom Yorke’s The Eraser entered the chart at No. 2 in mid-July. More »
The Shins Revive A Very Nerdy “Midnight Madness” Tradition
Mon Jan 29 2007 by Brian Raftery
When the Shins released Wincing The Night Away last Tuesday, they did more than make lovelorn bong-builders sigh with glee: They also might have helped revamp the once-thriving tradition of record-store midnight-sales parties. More »
Idolator’s Record-Review Round-Up: The Shins Survive The Braff-Lash(TM)
Tue Jan 23 2007 by Brian Raftery
- “While the band has taken a good deal of criticism for sounding ‘too average’ or ‘boring,’ the ill-suited sonic punch of Wincing the Night Away throws the singular strengths of their previous work into stark relief. More »
On The Shelf: Tomorrow’s New Releases Revealed Today
Mon Jan 22 2007 by Maura
Welcome to On The Shelf, Idolator’s weekly look at new releases hitting your local record shops and digital-download outposts on Tuesday. The roster of new releases this week is more robust than in past weeks, although the number of big-ticket releases is pretty slim. After the jump, we look at new albums by Pretty Ricky, The Good The Bad And The Queen, Saliva, and The Shins.
Clearly, Nobody At The “Chicago Tribune” Downloaded The New Shins Album
Mon Dec 18 2006 by Maura
Sunday’s Chicago Tribune piece on leaks of unreleased albums canvassed indie-label employees about their thoughts on leaks, including a rep from Sub Pop: “I don’t think we’re plagued with the same problems that major labels are as far as the dangers of leaking, nor do I… More »
