The albums were all recorded at the label's HQ in Nashville    

Boston Calling is a brand-new music festival that will hold its first installment in Boston’s City Hall Plaza 5/25-26, and it’s got a lineup that leans heavily toward accessible, middle-of-the-road indie and alt-rock. The National will co-headline alongside the suddenly omnipresent Fun., and the lineup also features the Shins...

It’s almost Halloween, and you know what that means: It’s Christmastime! And just so we won’t be caught without appropriate music for the occasion, tomorrow, Starbucks’ Hear Music and Concord Music Group will release the compilation Holidays Rule, on which a slew of modern acts cover a slew of seasonal cla...

Over the weekend, the Shins and Dr. Dog’s episode of Austin City Limits hit PBS. Now they’ve posted it online and you can watch the entire thing below. Watch The Shins / Dr. Dog on PBS. See more from Austin City Limits. While we’re on the Shins beat, check out their contribution to the Holidays [...]

At the end of the month, Starbucks imprint Hear Music and Concord will release Holidays Rule, a holiday songs collection featuring a bunch of standards performed by the likes of the Shins, Paul McCartney, Eleanor Friedberger Andrew Bird and more. Today, the Rufus Wainwright/Sharon Van Etten duet “Baby It’s Cold Outside&#8...