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Watch: Broken Bells Perform New Song “The Changing Lights”

Broken Bells stopped by La Blogotheque’s “Take Away Show” to perform nothing something old, something new, nothing borrowed, but both will make fans feel less blue. Before we get to the new stuff, Brian Burton and James Mercer gave longtime fans a stripped-down version of “October” off their 2010 self-titled debut. They then went on […]

Governors Ball Lineup Revealed: Outkast, Vampire Weekend, Jack White, The Strokes, Phoenix

In its first year, they snagged Girl Talk. In its second year, they snagged Beck. In its third year, they snagged Kanye West’s first solo set in five years. Now, after a week of clues, New York City’s Governors Ball Festival has announced their lineup and it’s bigger than ever. Outkast, Jack White, and Vampire […]

Stream the Bouncy New Broken Bells Track “After the Disco”

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 […]

Broken Bells Release “Part Two: Holding On For Life” Video From ‘After The Disco’

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 […]

Broken Bells Announce 2014 North American Tour Dates

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 […]

Broken Bells Premiere New Song “Holding On For Life,” Announce Album Release Date

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 […]

Broken Bells Preview ‘After the Disco,’ Now With Famous People In Space

Broken Bells, the dynamic duo of The Shins’ main man James Mercer and hip mega-producer Danger Mouse/cool guy Brian Burton, has released a seven minute preview for their upcoming short film After the Disco, which will accompany their upcoming album of the same name. The film is directed by Jacob Gentry, director of horror favorite […]

Broken Bells To Release New Album in January 2014

One of my absolute favorite releases of 2010 was the debut, self-titled album from Broken Bells, the collaborative project from The Shins’ frontman, James Mercer, and famed artist-producer, Brian Burton aka Danger Mouse (Danger Doom, Gnarls Barkley, 100 other projects). It’s one of those releases that just never gets old. One that I can enjoy […]

Danger Mouse Patches Things Up With EMI

The reasons for the legal dispute are still mysterious, but apparently they didn’t run that deep. BBC 6 Music is now reporting that the dispute is over and the album will be officially released this year.

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Shin’s Member and Danger Mouse Team Up

Provided by Pitchfork In our interview with Shins frontman James Mercer in May, he teased us with a new project. “Both the label and the person I collaborated with are like, ‘We should chill,’ so I’m not going to talk about that,” he said. Well, Mercer is chilling no longer, apparently. Mercer has teamed up […]