We’ve got a perfect metaphor for this collaborated duo, Broken Bells, contained in their new video for “Control.” It’s out of this world. The track parallels with the video, which contains many photos, video footage and faux images containing unidentified flying objects taken over the years. Some of them are “real,” some are just random […]
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Broken Bells Have Those UFO Vibes in “Control” Video
August 29th, 2014 
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Watch Broken Bells’ Lyric Video For “Leave It Alone”
February 6th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Broken Bells finally released their sophomore LP, After the Disco, this week, and they’re keeping the momentum going with a lyric video for “Leave It Alone” off the record. The music video may look familiar, but not for the reason you’d expect. That giant, pink orb on the cover of their debut LP is seen morphing into […]
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Watch Broken Bells Perform On Kimmel
January 30th, 2014 Troy Sennett Broken Bells, the indie duo consisting of Shins frontman James Mercer and producer Danger Mouse, took to Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night to perform two songs from their upcoming sophomore album, After the Disco. Check out their renditions of the album’s groovy title track and “Holding On To Life” after the break. After the Disco […]
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January 28th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Broken Bells announced their sophomore debut, After the Disco, back in October of last year. As its February 4 release date on Columbia Records inches closer (and, as I’m sure you’ve noticed, all of us here at UTG get more antsy in anticipation), they’ve been sharing more and more of the record. Now, at last, it’s streaming […]
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January 22nd, 2014 Tyler Hanan Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist and remix fiend Nick Zinner has resculpted the Broken Bells track “Holding On For Life.” The song is one of the singles released in advance of the duo’s sophomore album After the Disco. As Consequence of Sound notes, Zinner has been building up a respectable catalog of remixes, including takes on tracks […]
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Stream the Bouncy New Broken Bells Track “After the Disco”
January 7th, 2014 Kevin Blumeyer The new Broken Bells album drops in just one week (January 14), but you can now dance your ass off to the album’s bouncy title track as it has been made available for streaming. We posted the album’s first single “Holding on for Life” back in November. “After the Disco” sounds like it wouldn’t sound […]
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November 21st, 2013 Tyler Hanan Forward-thinking duo Broken Bells is well into the promotional roll-out for sophomore effort After The Disco. The duo, made up of Shin’s frontman James Mercer and the ever-industrious producer Danger Mouse, has announced tour dates, premiered After The Disco’s “Part One: The Angel,” and released the track for which this new chapter is named. In this latest […]
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November 18th, 2013 Brian Leak If you haven’t noticed, we’re extremely excited for Broken Bells’ new album in January. The experimental rock duo consisting of The Shins’ frontman, James Mercer, and polymath extraordinaire, Danger Mouse, can seemingly do no wrong. We had zero concerns about whether or not they’d deliver on their follow-up to their 2010 debut, and so far […]
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November 4th, 2013 Tyler Hanan After already wooing us last week with a lengthier tease of album/short film After The Disco, multiplatform duo extraordinaire Broken Bells has come right back today with the first full song from the album. While Brian Burton and James Mercer haven’t graced us with Kate Mara’s face when listening to this first single – unless you Google […]
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