THE START OF SHINS-MANIA?
Garden State, written and directed by Jersey-bred Scrubs star Zach Braff, featured a good soundtrack with songs that were key to specific scenes.
There's one in which Sam (played by Natalie Portman) passes a pair of headphones to Andrew Largeman (Braff) and says of "New Slang" by The Shins, "You gotta hear this one song -- it'll change your life."
Well, since the film's 2004 release, The Shins' profile has changed big-time, and finally there's a new album. Wincing the Night Away (Sub Pop), the Portland, Ore.-band's follow-up to 2003's Chutes Too Narrow, was released Jan. 23.
While Wincing does take a few steps forward, it essentially is cut from the same melodic, slightly melancholy indie-rock cloth as Chutes, so it would seem unlikely that the next step for The Shins would be mainstream hits and superstardom. (Then again, back in 1992, it didn't seem possible that Nirvana, another Northwestern rock band of ordinary looking guys, would break through to the masses, either.)
On Jan. 26, The Shins performed a free show at the Amoeba Music store in Hollywood, Calif. According to NME.com, their appearance attracted hundreds of fans, and many had to be turned away once the store reached its capacity.
Was it the start of Shins-mania or just an aberration? Only time will tell.
Garden State, written and directed by Jersey-bred Scrubs star Zach Braff, featured a good soundtrack with songs that were key to specific scenes.
There's one in which Sam (played by Natalie Portman) passes a pair of headphones to Andrew Largeman (Braff) and says of "New Slang" by The Shins, "You gotta hear this one song -- it'll change your life."
Well, since the film's 2004 release, The Shins' profile has changed big-time, and finally there's a new album. Wincing the Night Away (Sub Pop), the Portland, Ore.-band's follow-up to 2003's Chutes Too Narrow, was released Jan. 23.
While Wincing does take a few steps forward, it essentially is cut from the same melodic, slightly melancholy indie-rock cloth as Chutes, so it would seem unlikely that the next step for The Shins would be mainstream hits and superstardom. (Then again, back in 1992, it didn't seem possible that Nirvana, another Northwestern rock band of ordinary looking guys, would break through to the masses, either.)
On Jan. 26, The Shins performed a free show at the Amoeba Music store in Hollywood, Calif. According to NME.com, their appearance attracted hundreds of fans, and many had to be turned away once the store reached its capacity.
Was it the start of Shins-mania or just an aberration? Only time will tell.
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