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James Mercer
James Mercer
American guitarist and musician
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Broken Bells
Broken Bells
American rock band
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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
band that plays punk rock
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Interpol
Interpol
American rock band from New York City
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MGMT
MGMT
American band
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Grand Archives
Grand Archives
band
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Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear
American rock band
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Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
American rock group
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Men Without Hats
Men Without Hats
Canadian synthpop and new wave band
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The Grass Roots
The Grass Roots
American pop rock band
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Dirty Projectors
Dirty Projectors
American rock group
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Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
American indie folk band
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Shout Out Louds
Shout Out Louds
Swedish rock band
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Los Campesinos!
Los Campesinos!
Welsh indie pop band
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Models
Models
australian rock band
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Oh Sees
Oh Sees
American rock band
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ohGr
ohGr
electro-industrial band
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My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket
American rock band formed in Louisville, Kentucky in 1998
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TV on the Radio
TV on the Radio
American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2001
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Blondie
Blondie
American rock band
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Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band
American rock band
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Bearsuit
Bearsuit
indie pop band from Norwich, UK
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Men at Work
Men at Work
Australian rock band
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Cold Cave
Cold Cave
American gothic rock band
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764-HERO
764-HERO
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Supertramp
Supertramp
British band
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Bread
Bread
1970s American soft rock band from California
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The Monkees
The Monkees
American–British pop group
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Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
American rock band from Chicago, Illinois
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American Authors
American Authors
American rock band
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Xiu Xiu
Xiu Xiu
American avant-garde group
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Mazzy Star
Mazzy Star
American alternative rock band
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Stryper
Stryper
American band
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The Cars
The Cars
American pop-rock band
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Primal Scream
Primal Scream
Scottish rock band
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The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
American alternative rock band
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Ty Segall
Ty Segall
American musician and songwriter
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Stereolab
Stereolab
English band
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Gob
Gob
band
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Heart
Heart
American rock band
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Guster
Guster
alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Haim
Haim
American pop rock band
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Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
British rock band
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Calexico
Calexico
American indie rock band
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Pseudo Echo
Pseudo Echo
Australian new wave band from Melbourne
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The Feelies
The Feelies
American post-punk rock band based in New Jersey
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House of Lords
House of Lords
American musical group; rock band
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Cornershop
Cornershop
British indie rock band
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The Alarm
The Alarm
Welsh alternative rock/new wave band
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Mac DeMarco
Mac DeMarco
Canadian musician
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Phoenix
Phoenix
French indie pop band from Versailles
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Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Scottish band
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Wavves
Wavves
band
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Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett
Australian singer-songwriter and rock guitarist
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Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
american band
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James Gang
James Gang
American rock band
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Hey Violet
Hey Violet
American pop band
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PS I Love You
PS I Love You
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
British rock band from Glasgow
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Talking Heads
Talking Heads
American rock band
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Joe Plummer
Joe Plummer
American musician
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The Avalanches
The Avalanches
Australian music group
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Australian alternative rock band
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The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Scottish alternative band
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The Polyphonic Spree
The Polyphonic Spree
American choral rock band
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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America
America
Americo-British folk rock band
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Electrelane
Electrelane
band
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The Stooges
The Stooges
American punk rock band
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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
American rock band from Vermont
Members, past and present

The Shins are an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1996. Its current lineup is James Mercer (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, songwriter), Jon Sortland (drums), Mark Watrous (guitar, keyboards), Casey Foubert (guitar), Yuuki Matthews (bass, keyboards), and Patti King (keyboards). They are based in Portland, Oregon.

The band was formed by Mercer as a side project to Flake Music, who were active from 1992 to 1999. Flake Music released two 7" singles and a full-length album When You Land Here It's Time to Return on Omnibus Records and were touring with Modest Mouse when they were signed to Sub Pop Records. The band's first two records, Oh, Inverted World (2001) and Chutes Too Narrow (2003) performed well commercially and received critical acclaim. The single "New Slang" brought the band mainstream attention when it was featured in the 2004 film Garden State. Consequently, the band's third album, Wincing the Night Away (2007), was a major success for the group, peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 and earning a Grammy Award nomination.

Following this, the Shins signed to Columbia Records and Mercer parted ways with the entire original lineup, deeming it "an aesthetic decision." Following a near five-year hiatus, Port of Morrow, the band's fourth studio album, was released in 2012. Their fifth album, Heartworms, was released in March 2017.