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AvocadoLadyAvocadoLady Posts: 680
edited January 2007 in Other Music
Anybody a fan? Anybody going to see them next month in Chicago?
"What happens when so many people agree on something? Can we take this beyond the parking lot when we leave tonight?" -EV, Iconoclasts
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    I am a fan :)

    Not going to see them in chicago next month

    I have a copy of wincing the night away... not bad some good songs. I actuallly probalby need to go back and give it a better listen.
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  • transplanttransplant Posts: 1,088
    everybody should have the Shins in their catalogue. they are on my short list of bands to see.
  • AvocadoLadyAvocadoLady Posts: 680
    everybody should have the Shins in their catalogue. they are on my short list of bands to see.
    They are also one of the funniest bands I've seen live. Marty Crandall should do stand-up.
    I will be there.....but what is the date and what is the venue.
    February 10th at the Congress...on sale tomorrow at 10am. I'm trying to get some other Chicago PJ folks to go as well, maybe we'll see you there.

    intodeep, where did you get a copy of Wincing? Lucky...I have the new single from iTunes, but that's it. I decided to order the vinyl from Sub Pop...they have a new thing where if you buy the vinyl, they give you a coupon for free mp3 download as well. Best of both worlds.
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  • RaybeesRaybees Posts: 40
    I'm a fan too. I hope they come to play in Scotland.
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    AvocadoLady wrote:
    They are also one of the funniest bands I've seen live. Marty Crandall should do stand-up.


    February 10th at the Congress...on sale tomorrow at 10am. I'm trying to get some other Chicago PJ folks to go as well, maybe we'll see you there.

    intodeep, where did you get a copy of Wincing? Lucky...I have the new single from iTunes, but that's it. I decided to order the vinyl from Sub Pop...they have a new thing where if you buy the vinyl, they give you a coupon for free mp3 download as well. Best of both worlds.

    Very cool. My buddy got me a copy of Wincing back in October. I'm not sure how/where he got it. Maybe oink or one of those file sharing sites. Needless to say it is a leaked version. I'll be picking up the actual cd when it comes out. It is good both of their albums when i first heard them i did not love them and then when i went back i really dug them. I only had a couple songs like phatom limb jump out at me immediatly when i heard this one so i'm hoping for the same thing when i go back and listen to it this weekend after giving it a break it will floor me like the other two albums did :)

    you are right about their live shows and the stand up comedy when i saw them a while back they were goofy and funny, not to mention the highest concentration of gorgeous girls i've ever seen at a show.
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  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    i like the shins !
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  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    I am addicted to Sea Legs and Australia. Wincing the Night Away might end up being my favorite of the three albums, and that's saying something.
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • MaxpowerSupremeMaxpowerSupreme Posts: 7
    I saw them at Lollapalooza last year...gave kind of a lame show there. Their music is still great, though, which, I guess, is all that matters.
  • NOCODE#1NOCODE#1 Posts: 1,477
    the shins were frickin amazing opening for the white stripes on 05 (At dc)
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  • AvocadoLadyAvocadoLady Posts: 680
    I saw them at Lollapalooza last year...gave kind of a lame show there. Their music is still great, though, which, I guess, is all that matters.
    Yeah, the sound sucked. We were maybe 50 feet back and couldn't hear a thing. I enjoyed watching them play hackysack with the giant beachball though ;)
    just got my tix for Chicago!!!!
    Me too!! We'll see you there...
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  • MaxpowerSupremeMaxpowerSupreme Posts: 7
    Yeah, me too. Maybe I just wasn't close enough to the stage to really feel the vibe. In any case, Broken Social Scene totally stole the show. "Fuck the peppers" *clap, clap, clap*
  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    I like them...never seen them though. I'm looking forward to the new album.
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  • crittablescrittables Posts: 342
    i've been listening to phantom limb about 5-10 times a day since it's debut on myspace. and i'm still not sick of it. probably my favorite band behind PJ. i wish i was going to see them in feb but with school and work i can't afford it or fit it into my schedule :(
  • Tek MoneyTek Money Posts: 642
    I got a copy of 'Wincing the night away' on OiNK :p

    I want to see the shins too. But I never get time off work :(
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  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Posts: 2,938
    this thread and talk from a bunch of my friends who love the band (along with liking what ive heard) inspired me to buy 'chutes too narrow' on itunes. my first reaction was that a lot of their stuff screams the beach boys.....which isn't a bad thing by any means. good album, and i'll be checking out their next.
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    this thread and talk from a bunch of my friends who love the band (along with liking what ive heard) inspired me to buy 'chutes too narrow' on itunes. my first reaction was that a lot of their stuff screams the beach boys.....which isn't a bad thing by any means. good album, and i'll be checking out their next.
    Oh yeah some big Beach boy influence.
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  • spatspat Posts: 644
    i heard somewhere they will be on SNL this saturday with jake gyllenhal hosting. should be a good show all around!
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  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    i know its hard to make it thru an entire episode these days,

    but The Shins will be on this weekends SNL
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  • spatspat Posts: 644
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    i know its hard to make it thru an entire episode these days,

    but The Shins will be on this weekends SNL

    ya don't say?
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  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Posts: 2,938
    ive been pleasantly surprised with snl's choice of musical guests these past couple years. chili peppers, pearl jam, beck, neil young, the shins, etc. not just your run-of-the-mill mtv slop all year long.
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  • off_the_recordoff_the_record Posts: 843
    wincing the night away is fantastic.
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  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    off_the_record wrote:
    wincing the night away is fantastic.
    nice! I wasn't aware until now that it leaked :)

    I just picked up tickets to the MPLS show...they put on a pretty solid live show, not all that energetic but they sound really quite amazing.
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    I like their music, but their set at the Sasquatch Festival was awful. I don't want to judge them based on that one show though. Maybe they were just having an off night.
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    AvocadoLady wrote:
    Anybody a fan? Anybody going to see them next month in Chicago?

    jigga what? is it sold out? when is it?
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    MaxpowerSupreme wrote:
    Yeah, me too. Maybe I just wasn't close enough to the stage to really feel the vibe. In any case, Broken Social Scene totally stole the show. "Fuck the peppers" *clap, clap, clap*

    my only regret is missing their set. well, theirs and the new pornographers. i lost out on some great canadian stuff that night...
  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Posts: 2,938
    the more i keep listening to 'chutes too narrow,' the more i am amazed at how frickin good this band is. there really is a lot of good music out there these days when you don't listen to commercial radio.
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    the more i keep listening to 'chutes too narrow,' the more i am amazed at how frickin good this band is. there really is a lot of good music out there these days when you don't listen to commercial radio.

    how does it compare to 'oh, inverted world'? cos ive listened to that album a few times and it's good, but i dont see the hype. there's nothing really fantastic or mind-blowing on it. maybe chutes would do me better?
  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Posts: 2,938
    soulsinging wrote:
    how does it compare to 'oh, inverted world'? cos ive listened to that album a few times and it's good, but i dont see the hype. there's nothing really fantastic or mind-blowing on it. maybe chutes would do me better?

    from what ive heard off their first album, it seems more "indie" to me, if that means anything. their second album is just a brilliant pop album altogether, with shades of the beach boys and other bands.....extremely catchy and a lot more upbeat than their first album, which still did have some good songs on it.
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    from what ive heard off their first album, it seems more "indie" to me, if that means anything. their second album is just a brilliant pop album altogether, with shades of the beach boys and other bands.....extremely catchy and a lot more upbeat than their first album, which still did have some good songs on it.

    maybe ill download it and give it a listen.
  • NOCODE#1NOCODE#1 Posts: 1,477
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    from what ive heard off their first album, it seems more "indie" to me, if that means anything. their second album is just a brilliant pop album altogether, with shades of the beach boys and other bands.....extremely catchy and a lot more upbeat than their first album, which still did have some good songs on it.
    imho their 1st album was way better than their second
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