Big Apple Music Scene — Does wearing headphones make us antisocial? Maybe, but damn it feels good. We’re not big fans of Manic Pixie Dream Girls over here, but we do think that Natalie Portman’s best line from Garden State is, "You gotta hear this one song. It'll change... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy! Douglas Mason, Getty Images "The Hunger Games" features a pretty great analog synth track from 1972, and the story behind its origins is incredible. [Wired] Green Day post a 30-second clip from the studio. What... more info

DrownedInSound — The Shins have a new album Port of Morrow came out last week and the band want to take you on a journey 'there'. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Impose Magazine — There was a time when oh so many a college bands sounded like haphazard and pubescent aspirations of fusing Pavement, The Dismemberment Plan and maybe The Decemberists, or some other relevant timely influence of the early Aughts (how about The Shins?... more info

Guardian Music — HMV Forum, LondonIn the five years since the Shins released their last album, Wincing the Night Away, Sub Pop's most successful group has seen out its contract and shed almost all its personnel.Sole survivor, singer and guitarist James Mercer also ow... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Drowned in Sound interviews Shins frontman James Mercer about the band's new album, Port of Morrow. All Things Considered recommends three novels written by secretaries at their day job. The Guardian examines how indie labels changed the music indust... more info

Chorus.fm — *Tegan and Sara* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/teganandsara) will be working with three different producers on their new album: Greg Kurstin (The Shins, Lily Allen), Mike Elizondo (Mastodon, Rilo Kiley), and Justin Meldal-Johnson (Neon Trees, M83). T... more info

DrownedInSound — When James Mercer wrote and recorded the new Shins record Port of Morrow (which is streaming in full, here), he put together a new band to head out on the road with him but who are these strangers lurking in the stage lights? We sent them each a ques... more info

411 Mania — The Shins, Odd Future and Melanie Fiona are also set to debut high… more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Record Store Day is upon...just 30 days away until the greatest music day of the year.  For some reason, they're dicking around with the U.S. release list.  They've already announced all the releases for the U.K., which you can check out here.  I'... more info