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 ...

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 ...

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Broken Bells, the duo of Danger Mouse and the Shins' James Mercer, has been intermittently active in the years since 2014's After The Disco, releasing one-off songs including "It's That Talk Again," ...

Danger Mouse and James Mercer recently brought their touring band to KEXP to perform songs from Broken Bells' most recent album, After The Disco.... It's hard to imagine a better indie-pop dream team ...

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 ...

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 ...

IN 2006, IT might have seemed premature to dub Brian Burton — a.k.a. Danger Mouse — “The D.J. Auteur,” as one New York Times Magazine piece did. Four years later, it couldn’t seem more appropriate. “I ...

(Not) Better than: Listening to The Shins' Oh, Inverted World for the 343rd time. Do not bring your date to just any concert. Choose one by an artist who is established yet fresh; an act with both an ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Gorillaz may have originated as a way for Damon Albarn to sidestep the limelight, but on the cartoon group's third album, "Plastic Beach," he very much takes center stage.

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 ...