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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Tonight The Shins 2.0 Will (Hopefully) Play Their Christmas Jam Tonight
Posted by Megan Seling on Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 10:41 AM
(Showbox at the Market) The Shins have more ex-members than Def Leppard; frontman James Mercer is the one who remains from the band's first three full-lengths that made them famous in the first place. But their current lineup is, technically, the Shins' strongest. We've got Joe Plummer of ye ol' Modest Mouse on drums, Yuuki Matthews of Crystal Skulls on bass, Richard Swift (of whom Jeff Tweedy is a fan) on keyboards, and Jessica Dobson, who's performed with everyone from Beck to Conor Oberst to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, on guitar. So it's a Shins supergroup, of sorts. And seeing as how the band's latest album, Port of Morrow, contains just as much charm, catchy choruses, and witty lyrics as before, even hardcore fans of the original lineup will find it hard not to be enamored of the Shins 2.0. Also, as an unashamed holiday-music junkie, I really hope they squeeze in their cover of Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" during tonight's set.
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