Shins: Wincing the Night Away

cstpeter
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edited May 2007 in Music & Movies
Highly recommended album. These guys are big time now (#2 on the Billboard? wow!). Well deserved.

Acoustics are well done also. I think all the Shins albums sound good on good speakers.

Dig it!
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited February 2007
    I love The Shins... have for years.
    This will be my next purchase. For some reason, I enjoy their music during the summer. Random...
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2007
    just now.. i mean right now.. the Shins are on the old FM radio.. I never heard of them myself... out of Portland, OR.. we'll see... so far this one song isn't to bad.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited February 2007
    DB.. I really think you would like their music a lot. Go pick up Chutes Too Narrow today and thank me tomorrow..
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2007
    zombie boy 2000 wrote:
    DB.. I really think you would like their music a lot. Go pick up Chutes Too Narrow today and thank me tomorrow..

    Hee hee hee. I'lll definately.. at least check em out.. i didn't know why they were.. but I keep seeing their CD displayed front and center here locally... so yeah.. would be worth checking out.

    thanks for the heads up. :)
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited February 2007
    No problem... like I said, your safe bet is with their last album. Would a fellow Smiths fan steer ya wrong?:)
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • cstpeter
    cstpeter Posts: 387
    edited February 2007
    zombie boy 2000 wrote:
    DB.. I really think you would like their music a lot. Go pick up Chutes Too Narrow today and thank me tomorrow..

    Their best, no doubt! Opening track alone is worth the price of admission.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited February 2007
    Thanks to the OC.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited February 2007
    cstpeter wrote:
    Their best, no doubt! Opening track alone is worth the price of admission.

    "Tell him what he's won Don Pardo!!!!!!!!!!!"
    "Well Bob, cstpeter has won a lifetime supply of....... Turtle Wax!!!!"

    The second song is stellar as well. In fact, whenever a discussion comes up regarding the best opening two songs of any album (and yes, that is the sort of conversation me and my infinitely dorky friends have), someone always mentions the first two tracks on Chutes:D
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited February 2007
    Demiurge wrote:
    Thanks to the OC.

    Wasn't it Portman's vote of celestial confidence which brought them into the mainstream?

    My wife watches the OC... I have become very skilled in the ninja ways of drowning it out.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited February 2007
    I know it's clich
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  • cstpeter
    cstpeter Posts: 387
    edited February 2007
    zombie boy 2000 wrote:
    The second song is stellar as well. In fact, whenever a discussion comes up regarding the best opening two songs of any album (and yes, that is the sort of conversation me and my infinitely dorky friends have), someone always mentions the first two tracks on Chutes:D

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    Great question...couldn't resist giving my $.02.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited February 2007
    zombie boy 2000 wrote:
    Wasn't it Portman's vote of celestial confidence which brought them into the mainstream?

    My wife watches the OC... I have become very skilled in the ninja ways of drowning it out.

    Yeah, Garden State definitely helped them as well.

    They're a great band, but I fear their concerts will be forever ruined due to the hipster dolt teenage crowd which I just can't ignore. ;)
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited February 2007
    cstpeter wrote:
    Modest Mouse the moon & antarctica: 3rd planet, gravity rides everything

    Funny you should mention Modest Mouse, because I think that actually achieve the trifecta on Good News For People Who Love Bad News with The World At Large, Float On, and Ocean Breathes Salty:D
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited February 2007
    What about STP Core?

    Lead-off hitter Dead and Bloated, followed up with Sex Type Thing. . . then, Wicked Garden hitting in the third spot?
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited February 2007
    Fair enough Andy... not the biggest STP fan, but I think this might get interesting.

    Plainsong followed by Pictures of You off of Disintegration by The Cure
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • cstpeter
    cstpeter Posts: 387
    edited February 2007
    I wanna add another:

    Steely Dan Gaucho: Babylon Sisters, Hey Nineteen

    (especially on vinyl)
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  • dylan
    dylan Posts: 453
    edited February 2007
    They had a good showing on Austin City Limits if you get a chance to see it.

    Thanks to Demi for starting me on MMJ, which led me to find some other great bands. Some names have been bounced around before, but if you like the Shins, check out:

    My Morning Jacket - Z
    Decemberists - Picaresque and Crane Wife
    Yo La Tengo - I'm Not Afraid of You and I'll Beat Your **** (nice!)
    Silversun Pickups - Carnavas (more rock)
    Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (if you like KC, Maximo Park is really close)
    Kings Of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood (southern rock'ish)
    Built to Spill - You in Reverse (another great first song, and Doug Martsch lives across the street from a friend of mine)
    Gomez - How We Operate (more pop'ish)
    Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise (very mellow, if you like one song you'll like them all)
    Pete Yorn - Musicforthemorningafter
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited February 2007
    Please add Archers of Loaf Speed of Cattle to your list...
    There will be much rejoicing in the Land of Dylan rest assured.

    btw I really like the Kaiser Chiefs
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • cstpeter
    cstpeter Posts: 387
    edited February 2007
    Please add every Built to Spill album ever created. Ever.

    Also Andrew Bird and The Hold Steady. Kinda Shins-y.
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  • dylan
    dylan Posts: 453
    edited February 2007
    Excellent, thanks! Check out Maximo Park... they're oddly similar.

    I remember now, I think you are I are on the same page too... MMJ, Electric Six, et al. Keep them coming please, that list will give you an idea of what I like. I spend 2 hours a day in the car, so I live by my tunes.

    BTW: Got Okonokos last week... an arm-full of beer and that dvd made me pretty happy.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited February 2007
    I've been following MMJ for over 10 years now... I used to watch Jimmy James and the boys practice in their garage as Month of Sundays back in the day.
    There is no better live band out there IMO. I just wish a lot of you guys could have seen them when they were playing all the dives around town. Certainly more polished now. And their live show is a bit more elaborate. But you can only imagine all that energy packed into a small room with no real stage to speak of. Manic.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • cstpeter
    cstpeter Posts: 387
    edited February 2007
    Sweet. Just got tickets to the Shins at the Congress theater in Chicago on Saturday night. Just thought I'd share.
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  • ledhed
    ledhed Posts: 1,088
    edited February 2007
    dylan wrote:
    They had a good showing on Austin City Limits if you get a chance to see it.

    Thanks to Demi for starting me on MMJ, which led me to find some other great bands. Some names have been bounced around before, but if you like the Shins, check out:

    My Morning Jacket - Z
    Decemberists - Picaresque and Crane Wife
    Yo La Tengo - I'm Not Afraid of You and I'll Beat Your **** (nice!)
    Silversun Pickups - Carnavas (more rock)
    Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (if you like KC, Maximo Park is really close)
    Kings Of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood (southern rock'ish)
    Built to Spill - You in Reverse (another great first song, and Doug Martsch lives across the street from a friend of mine)
    Gomez - How We Operate (more pop'ish)
    Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise (very mellow, if you like one song you'll like them all)
    Pete Yorn - Musicforthemorningafter

    Add Iron & Wine and Damien Rice to that. I'm going to go see Pete Yorn in March; can't wait!.

    I think we need a thread that is "Good music you've never heard of" that keeps a running list of these, I know they are scattered all across the forum. Maybe even a rating thing where people can add + or - points to a certain artist or album
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited February 2007
    I'm seeing Sam Beam (from Iron & Wine) on Thursday night.
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  • ledhed
    ledhed Posts: 1,088
    edited February 2007
    Demiurge wrote:
    I'm seeing Sam Beam (from Iron & Wine) on Thursday night.

    Awesome. I am a HUGE fan of him. He actually graduated from FSU with a fim degree.
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  • cstpeter
    cstpeter Posts: 387
    edited February 2007
    Just got back from the Shins at Congress Theater in Chicago. Very good show. Surprisingly, most of the set was from their first two albums.

    If I had a complaint, it would be too big of a venue, too many Gardenstate fans. But who am I to complain about 20-year-old girls on x? That should be a bonus, now that I think about it.

    EDIT: Best song was definitely Turn a Square, no doubt.
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited February 2007
    Starting this baby back up again. . .

    Got the album on Thursday of last week, with my Senn HD-580's off amazon. I think it was something like $130 for the two items shipped, and probably two of my best audio purchases of recent memory.

    I've listened to the album all the way through about 10 times, including three times today. I love it. Absolutely, through and through. Great music. Don't even flip to my favorite song because they all deserve a listen.

    Also, on a side note, I'm thinking of selling off my two channel system and just rocking the headphones. I don't even need an amp as my new-old Sony SCD-222ES has a headphone jack and amp built in. Phones rock, even though the open design let's everyone within proximity enjoy the music with you :)

    Great advice to buy this album!!!! Thanks, cstpeter.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2007
    Oh yeah babe... I'm listening to the lastest CD from the Shins.. wow.. great stuff.. you were right dudes.. it's really good. and i'm only half way thru the CD for the first time.. and I love IT!
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited February 2007
    Don't forget to pick up Chutes too Narrow and tell us what you think:)
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited February 2007
    zombie boy 2000 wrote:
    Don't forget to pick up Chutes too Narrow and tell us what you think:)

    I've spent 12 long months, on the lamb.
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