I've been obsessed with The Shins, and specifically James Mercer's infectious melodies and song writing for over a decade (pre-Garden State (2004), try Shelter (2001)). So when I heard that he played a short acoustic set on 5th Ave. Monday night, I was dismayed. Luckily Chris Cantore was there and snagged a great video of The Shins' brand new single "Simple Song". Needless to say, I now follow KPRI on Facebook.

*Update* James Mercer also popped into 91x to record the acoustic set below.