The Shins: Heartworms [Album Review]

The Shins Heartworms Aural Apothecary/Columbia Records [2017] Fire Note Says: The Shins bring a creative, cool, and connected song-craft. Album Review: Like most everybody else, I first discovered The Shins in that great scene in the coming of age movie “Garden State” (2004) where Zach Braff’s character tries on the headphones of Natalie Portman to … Read more

The Blazing Top 50 Albums of 2012: 30 to 21 [Day 3]

#30 The Shins Port Of Morrow Columbia Records [2012] Five years is a lifetime in the music scene but that is exactly how long it has been since the release of The Shins last record Wincing The Night Away [2007]. The band of course changed as The Shins are mostly James Mercer now but the … Read more

The Shins: Port Of Morrow [Album Review]

The Shins Port Of Morrow Aural Apothecary/Columbia Records [2012] Fire Note Says: The Shins return with a bigger sound that results in the same outcome – stellar! Album Review: Five years is a lifetime in the music scene but that is exactly how long it has been since the release of The Shins last record … Read more