Scoring a 8.4 for Best New Music on Pitchfork.com, The Shins new sounds ‘Ports of Morrow’ is both timeless and new.
Despite all the hullabaloo about band members getting “fired,” the fact is that Mercer isn’t a member of the Shins— he is the Shins, and he always has been. In a recent interview, he expressed his frustration over how to represent that specificity: “Bands I really loved were these auteurs who presented themselves as bands— Neutral Milk Hotel, the Lilys— and I just felt, ‘Why am I not allowed to do that?’” Consider Port of Morrow, then, the results of an auteur’s accepting that role while having a load of fun with his friends in order to realize it. Comeback stories don’t get much better than that.
“Come Back To Us” by Release the Sunbird (from Rogue Wave’s Zach Rogue)
1. It’s All Around You 2. Come Back To Us 3. Always Like The Son 4. No Light 5. Why Can’t You Look At Yourself 6. Best Thing For Me 7. A New You 8. Back Strikes Back 9. Paper Allies 10. Running Away From Me 11. Everytime You Go 12. We’ll Begin Tomorrow 13. Outlook’s Anonymous
03-15 Paris, France - Olympia 03-16 Nantes, France - L’Olympic 03-18 Amsterdam, Holland - Heineken Music Hall 04-14 Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre & 04-15 Indio, CA - Coachella 05-22 Mobile, AL - The Hangout Festival 06-10 Indianapolis, IN - The Lawn at White River State Park † 06-11 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo 06-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - Deer Lake Park & 06-28 Calgary, Alberta - Stampede Corral & 06-29 Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place & 06-30 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - TCU Place & 07-02 Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre & 07-03 Minneapolis, MN - Roy Wilkins Auditorium & 07-05 Council Bluffs, IA - Stir Cove Amphitheatre & 07-07 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre & 07-10 Quebec City, Quebec - Festival D’Ete & 07-11 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre & 07-12 London, Ontario - John Labatt Centre & 07-13 Buffalo, NY - Artpark &
& with Cage The Elephant † with Booker T. Jones, Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea
Pitchfork is headed to Texas in a big way. Continuing a six-year tradition of celebrating great music and hot weather in Austin, we’re proud to present a series of events taking place all over town March 15-18. On top of working with SXSW to organize two official showcases, we’re also throwing an Austin version of #Offlineover two afternoons. All events are free; evening (official) showcases require badges.
They said they were going to take a hiatus but we all knew it wasn’t going to be a summer completely without Dave. DMB sent out their Save the Dates for this summer:
Dave Matthews Band will host four three-day music festivals across the US this summer. The multi-stage events will feature a wide array of diverse musical talent with Dave Matthews Band performing a headlining set each night. Exact locations, lineups, ticketing and lodging info will be announced soon.
