USA Today Music — The fourth album from the indie rockers and their first since 2007 lacks a sense of urgency. more info

Chicago Tribune — 2.5 stars (out of 4) more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Shins' Port of Morrow is one of the year's most anticipated albums, and easily my favorite new album of the week. I can also strongly recommend Conduits' self-titled album, Lee Ranaldo's Between the Times and the Tides (the... more info

Pop Candy — CBS.com's Live on Letterman webcasts have hosted a bunch of top-notch musical acts, including Coldplay, Wilco and Peter Gabriel. more info

Guardian Music — Take a look at the gigs our writers will be reviewing this week, and tell us about live music you've seen recentlyEach week we publish a list of concerts our writers will be covering in the next few days, and we invite you to tell us about shows you'... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The New York Times profiles Shins frontman James Mercer. "This thing is something I started in my bedroom as a recording project, and to an extent it has always been that way," he said. "Its true nature is about the... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The little guys were definitely overshadowed on Night 3 of the South by Southwest festival and conference. With the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Snoop Dogg, the Shins and Lil Wayne invading Austin, Texas, walking down the club-lined Sixth Street felt ... more info

Guardian Music — From their gently angsty, indie beginnings, the Shins are becoming a more mainstream rock concern – albeit at a costThere is a theory that a great band is not merely a collection of musicians, but a mysterious, alchemical thing, somehow greater tha... more info

Stereogum — A Virginia airport at 5 in the morning on the day SXSW starts, listening to an iTunes stream on crappy airport wi-fi and letting that stream rebuffer a few times on every song: These are not the ideal circumstances in which to hear a much-anticipated... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Stream the new Shins album, Port of Morrow (out March 20th). Brain Pickings shares six writing tips from John Steinbeck. Paste makes NCAA basketball tournament predictions based on the colleges' musical alumni. Comic Book Resources interviews Denise ... more info