Not sure if you’ve heard, but The Shins are huge. On the heels of the band’s successful performance on Saturday Night Live the band is rumored to have sold some 90,000 copies of its recently released Wincing the Night Away in its first week. This would make the album Sub Pop’s biggest selling debut week ever.
The band recently played an in-store performance at Amoeba Records in Los Angeles which caused a stream of excess fans to leak out onto Sunset Boulevard due to the large number of people showing up for the free show. Question of the Day: Would The Shins have reached this level of success if it weren’t for Zach Braff? Follow-Up: Is the Braff-effect a good thing or a bad thing? Either way, The Shins are huge.
The Shins Featuring Anita Robinson (Viva Voce) “Turn on Me (DL 01/23/07)”
The Shins Featuring Anita Robinson (Viva Voce) “Turn on Me (DL 01/23/07)”
[...] As was anticipated indie darlings Arcade Fire blew away the audience (and staff members) with performances of both “Intervention” and “Keep the Car Running,” both tracks from the upcoming Neon Ballroom. Still high from the set of recent performances at the Judson Memorial Church in New York the band was quickly announced as upcoming guests on SNLThe Shins and the rest is now history. If the same trend follows, as did with back in January, expect Neon Ballroom to sell close to a hundred thousand records its first week out…though in all fairness I’m not sure that The Shins’ commerciality can too be associated with Arcade Fire. [...]
Culture Bully » Arcade Fire on Saturday Night Live
February 26th, 2007