Broken Bells (the collaboration between James Mercer of The Shins and producer Danger Mouse, aka Brian Joseph Burton) have shared a video for their new song, “Love On The Run.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Into the Blue, which will be out on October 7 via AWAL. More
Broken Bells (the collaboration between James Mercer of The Shins and producer Danger Mouse, aka Brian Joseph Burton) have shared a video for their new song, “Saturdays.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Into the Blue, which will be out on October 7 via AWAL. More
Broken Bells (the collaboration between James Mercer of The Shins and producer Danger Mouse, aka Brian Joseph Burton) have announced the release of a new album, Into the Blue. They have also shared a new song from the album, “We’re Not in Orbit Yet….,” via a video for it. More
Plus Cate Le Bon and Bradford Cox, Chromatics, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 04, 2019By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We had to skip it last week because we were too busy announcing our new print issue, the My Favorite Album Issue with Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the covers (buy it here), and also we weren’t overly inspired by last week’s selection of new tracks. So this week we cover the best songs of the last two weeks. More
Brand New Single from Danger Mouse and The Shins’ James Mercer
Sep 27, 2019By Christopher Roberts
Broken Bells (the collaboration between James Mercer of The Shins and producer Danger Mouse, aka Brian Joseph Burton) have shared a brand new single, “Good Luck.” More
Brand New Single from Danger Mouse and The Shins’ James Mercer
Dec 07, 2018By Christopher Roberts
Broken Bells (the collaboration between James Mercer of The Shins and producer Danger Mouse, aka Brian Joseph Burton) have shared a brand new single, “Shelter.” More
Brand New Single from James Mercer and Danger Mouse
Sep 24, 2015By Christopher Roberts
Broken Bells (the collaboration between James Mercer of The Shins and producer Danger Mouse, aka Brian Joseph Burton) have shared a brand new single, “It’s All That Talk Again.” It’s the duo’s first new music since 2014’s After the Disco. More
Broken Bells, side project of The Shins’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse, just released a new video for “Control” from their LP After the Disco. It’s an eclectic mashup of UFO footage, famous physicists, and their signature giant pink floating polyhedron. More
Poised to embark on a lengthy North American tour behind their sophomore album After the Disco, Broken Bells, a.k.a. The Shins’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse, are releasing free blueprints to two Broken Bells-themed 3D models. More
All this week the Late Show with David Letterman is having its nightly music guests take part in a special series of Beatles covers to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band’s debut appearance on Ed Sullivan, now the namesake of New York theater that hosts Letterman’s late night program. More
Broken Bells, the collaborative project of The Shins’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse, have announced plans for their first round of performances behind their forthcoming sophomore album After the Disco. More
This February will see the release of After the Disco, the new sophomore LP from The Shins’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse’s joint side-project Broken Bells. More
Recently announcing the return of their joint side-project Broken Bells, The Shins’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse have premiered the first part of new short film series starring Kate Mara (Netflix’s House of Cards) and Anton Yelchin (Star Trek). More
The Shins’ James Mercer and über producer Danger Mouse have announced that they will return this Janaury to their joint project Broken Bells, releasing a new album titled, After the Disco. More
A little over a year since the debut of their self-titled album, Broken Bells’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse have announced the issuing of a new EP entitled Meyrin Fields. More
Around Under the Radar, we make no bones about our unabashed, non-ironic love of Hall and Oates. Turns out Matt McCormic shares our love. The filmmaker mashed up the duo’s “Private Eyes” with Broken Bells’ “The Ghost Inside” by reediting the original Hall and Oats video—pasting James Mercer’s mouth onto Daryl Hall’s face. More
Broken Bells (aka Danger Mouse/Brian Burton and The Shins’ James Mercer) have released a new B-side track, “Meyrin Fields,” that is available for listen via iTunes and on their MySpace page. More
Interactive Features Let Viewers Choose Their Listening Experience
Aug 12, 2010By Katrina Yentch
Broken Bells have released a new interactive 3-D video for “October,” which is the latest single taken from the duo’s self-titled debut album, which was released back in March. We have a 2-D demo and a link to the full 3-D video, plus their tour dates. More
Sometimes it pays to be a rock star. When Broken Bells’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse considered dream casting for their new video “The Ghost Inside,” both immediately thought of Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks for the role of the sexy android. And what do you know, dreams do come true! We have the video. More
Broken Bells (The Shins’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse) will have their first ever tour to support their self-titled Columbia Records debut. We have the dates. More
James Mercer and Danger Mouse Take “The High Road”
Mar 09, 2010By Rebekka Utermohlen
Broken Bells (aka Danger Mouse and The Shins’ James Mercer) have released a new “Live at the Boat” in-the-studio video for “The High Road.” The song is taken from their self-titled debut album, which is out this week. The clip is a well lit and down to earth studio session directed by Matt Amato that simply shows off the musicians and the music. More
James Mercer of The Shins and Danger Mouse Take to the Stage
Feb 19, 2010By Michele Yamamoto
Broken Bells, the formidable duo that is Danger Mouse and The Shins’ James Mercer, have announced their first (small) batch of shows, including one show in LA tonight. More
Broken Bells, the new collaboration between The Shins’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse has premiered its first video, “The High Road,” now streaming at MySpace. We have the video. More
Broken Bells’ Self-Titled Debut Out March 9th on Columbia
Dec 15, 2009By Rebekka Utermohlen
James Mercer, frontman of The Shins, and Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) have formed a new band named Broken Bells. Their debut self-titled album will be out March 9th on Columbia Records. More
According to Pitchfork, The Shins’ James Mercer has teamed up with master boardsman/Gnarls Barkley collaborator Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) to form a new band. The duo’s name isn’t for sure right now but they’re currently sticking with Broken Bells until something better comes along. The debut from Broken Bells (or ‘insert rad supergroup here’) tentatively drops early 2010, via Columbia. More
First time round, Broken Bells wasn’t the trip everyone expected. On paper the coming together of The Shins’ James Mercer and hip-hop producer and sometimes-Gorillaz corroborator Danger Mouse had the potential to be a beat-smothered indie behemoth. Yet their 2010 debut LP was a lukewarm wash of psychedelic pop that resembled a less glamorous and more earthly of Montreal.More
A little more than a year after Broken Bells—the inspired duo of The Shins’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse—released an album together, the Meyrin Fields EP further showcases their glitchy-yet-melodic space pop. Only two of the four songs are technically new, but quality is what counts here. Crunchy and distant but still endearing, the duo breaks down technology to make it sound breezy. More
Sometimes following the career of Danger Mouse (aka Brian Burton) is kind of like watching Winona Ryder’s dating life: it’s fascinating to see who will turn up next, but at the same time, there’s always the lingering desire to see him pick one and stick with it. More
