Some bands have off days. Sometimes really great bands write really ok songs. The Shins are the most consistantly amazing band in the world. Every performance is amazing, every song is a winner. All hits, kids. All hits.

They performed live this morning on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic and it was among the most impressive studio performances I’ve ever heard. I was so psyched, I went to the site to hear it again, and what did I find? Video! Unflappable proof that they really were playing all those songs live! My heroes!

I’m not sure whether KCRW keeps the video performances up for very long or just the audio archives, so here’re links to both:

The Shins live video
The Shins live audio
KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic