“Complete with a stage full of awesome musicians, a cool video projection in the background and James Mercer singing only to me (ok, that part may have just been in my imagination) [Broken Bells put ...

Broken Bells—the collaborative project of The Shins’ James Mercer and producer Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse)—released their new album After the Disco last Tuesday. The album comes four years after ...

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.

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”, ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Broken Bells stopped by New York City last Friday, performing before a room full of fans at an intimate album release party hosted by Tumblr IRL. To celebrate the release of After the Disco, which is ...

What happens when you blend the sounds of The Shins' frontman James Mercer and producer Danger Mouse (born Brian Burton), one-half of Gnarls Barkley? After meeting at a Danish music festival six years ...

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 ...