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Broken Bells Sets Release Date for First Album Since 2014
Broken Bells has set an Oct. 7 release date for its third album, Into the Blue, and released what’s being described as the project’s first official single, “Saturdays.” The track is accompanied by a video directed by Johnny Chew. [embedded content][embedded content] As previously reported, Into the Blue finds The Shins’ James Mercer and producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) re-teaming for the first time in several years and is described as “a kaleidoscopic genre- and decade-spanning ode” to mutual influences such as Pink Floyd, ’80s new wave, ’90s trip-hop and Georgia’s influential Elephant 6 collective. Into the Blue also introduces samples into the Broken Bells sound for the first time. Into the Blue is the follow-up to 2014’s After the Disco, which reached No. 5 on The Billbo...
Interpol, Modest Mouse, M.I.A., The Shins to Headline Just Like Heaven Fest in 2022
Heaven on earth is a year away, and it’s going to be in Southern California. Goldenvoice presents Just Like Heaven Fest, a one-day, all-ages music festival that will be held at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on Saturday, May 21, 2022 with a lineup that includes Interpol, Modest Mouse, M.I.A., The Shins, Franz Ferdinand, and The Hives. You can register for early access to tickets on the site, but they will be available for presale starting June 24th at 10:00 am PDT. COVID-19 restrictions have not yet been decided, however, Goldenvoice says they “are working closely with state and health officials to develop COVID-19 protocols for the festival,” and “will follow all COVID-19 related mandates applicable to the festival…only [proceeding] with the festival if it is safe to d...
The Shins to Reissue ‘Oh, Inverted World’ With Liner Notes, Handwritten Lyrics
This June, The Shins will commemorate their 2001 debut, Oh, Inverted World, with a newly remastered version. For a serial nit-picker like James Mercer, it was a blessed occasion to go back and tweak everything that’s been tormenting him for 20 years. A perfectionist’s ultimate fantasy. The Oh, Inverted World remaster sounds the way Mercer intended. According to the Shins’ label, Sub Pop, the Shins’ singer-songwriter-guitarist was “never quite satisfied with the sonics of the original.” “This record gave me the life that I never really dreamed I would have,” Mercer said in a statement. “It opened me up to the whole world and gave me validation. It’s also something that stands as a bit of a pinnacle for our band. You release that first record and it’s so well embraced, but you’re a...
