Broken Bells - the group composed of The Shins singer, James Mercer, and producer extraordinaire Brian Burton (better known as Danger Mouse) - has released an album that feels a lot like a guest who ...

After the Disco is propelled by either chugging and staccato synthetic beats and topped off with Mercer’s light, pitched-high vocals which occasionally, as when multi-tracked on “Holding on For Life”, ...

Music video weekend. If you're in the mood for something a bit flashy and fun this weekend, queue up these two back-to-back music videos from Broken Bells that together form a short titled After the ...

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Well, damn. It's been a minute since we've seen or heard anything by way of James Mercer and the mighty Danger Mouse's Broken Bells collaboration. Understandably so, as the reclusive producer has had ...

Broken Bells is an indie rock band featuring artist–producer Danger Mouse (billed by his real name, Brian Burton) and James Mercer the lead vocalist and guitarist for the indie rock band The Shins.

When new acquaintances ask Brian Joseph Burton what he does for a living, he skips the title of producer, omitting that he’s masterminded records by Norah Jones, the Black Keys and, soon, U2. He doesn ...

Meyrin Fields is the latest EP by Broken Bells, the project of Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) and The Shins’ James Mercer. It’s hard to believe Danger Mouse has enough time on his hands to participate in ...

Broken Bells — the duo of Brian Burton (a.k.a. Danger Mouse) and Shins frontman James Mercer — are back with a new song, “We’re Not in Orbit Yet…” The track will appear on the duo’s upcoming album, ...

Broken Bells @ the Mohawk (SXSW 2010) (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) In case you were worried that The Morning Benders didn’t have enough NYC shows coming up, now there’s one more, but it’s because ...

If the Dead Weather, Atoms for Peace, and Them Crooked Vultures have taught us anything, it's that the supergroup is back. While it's easy to forget amid the feedback loop of hype and cynicism that ...