Rawkblog — Some Days are Better than Others (trailer) from matt mccormick on Vimeo. There are some obvious LOLs here — the Shins’ James Mercer playing Zach Braff in Garden State, basically — but other than that, upcoming indie flick Some Days Are Better T... more info

This Scene Is Dead — Another result lifted from my own compilation cd, as I mentioned in the Percy Sledge post previously. This time caught on the drive home from a terrific day out mountain biking some trails down in the south of England yesterday. Terrific all-American... more info

Rolling Stone — Mason Jennings, a veteran RS Breaking artist around these parts and “one of the best acoustic-based singer-songwriters you’ve never heard,” recently stopped by the Rolling Stone offices to showcase three tracks off his new album Blood of Man, w... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Raymond Haddad Denver Post: What have you learned from playing in groups like the Shins, Vetiver and Califone over the years? Eric D Johnson: It's sort of intangible. Especially with the Shins, the operation is such a larger... more info

Here Comes The Flood — The seeds for Brooklyn blues rock band Alberta Cross were sown in London, when Swedish musician Petter Ericson Stakee (vocals, guitar) and Terry Wolfers (bass) started jamming. A 7 song EP The Thief & the Heartbreaker was weel received and the band... more info

The Music Fix — News: San Francisco duo, The Dodos return this autumn with brilliant new album, ‘Time To Die' - the follow up to last year's critically acclaimed sophomore effort ‘Visiter', ‘Time To Die' is the band's third long player and... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — The 111 Best Albums of the 00s (23-33):23. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (2001)- Did you see Garden State? Enough said.24. Outkast - Stankonia (2000)- The only bad thing about this album is that it wasn't a double album.25. The Killers - Hot Fuss (... more info

Music is Art — Listen :: The Shins – Split Needles [Wincing the Night Away, 2007] Images :: WeHeartIt.com Share & Enjoy: more info

The Quietus — Jesse Sandoval claims he was sacked because of "weaknesses" more info

NME — Plus former member Jesse Sandoval reveals why he was sacked more info