Shins perform in studio

St. Paul, Minn. — What started out as a side project for James Mercer, frontman for the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based group has now turned into a full time project and one of the most popular indie-rock groups of recent years. The group joined Mary Lucia in the Current studios to perform songs from their past two releases as well as a web-only version of Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher."

Songs: "H.F.T." (Web-Only), "Girl Inform Me," "Gone for Good," "Caring is Creepy," and "Turn a Square" (Web-Only)

Guests

• The Shins

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, 01/23/2007, 3:50 p.m.