Are you in the holiday spirit yet? Last night (12/1) was the first of the 101.9 RXP “Yule Rock Holiday Concert Series” featuring Broken Bells (whose member Danger Mouse recently collaborated with Jack ...

A rebound relationship is always a tricky proposition. And it’s one that nascent duo Broken Bells — which teams newly single artists James Mercer and Brian (Danger Mouse) Burton — are forced to deal ...

Last night Broken Bells shared a performance on “The Late Show With David Letterman.” The band is composed of two music powerhouses: the Shins’ frontman James Mercer and Brian Burton, better known as ...

James Mercer, The Shins’ lead man and one half of Broken Bells, has established himself as a defining music-maker for our times. He’s a meticulous writer that brings his unique aesthetic feel to every ...

Broken Bells are back. The duo of Brian Burton, also known as Danger Mouse, and James Mercer, the frontman of the Shins, have returned with their second album, After The Disco. It's a contemplative ...

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It's hard to imagine a better indie-pop dream team than this: Grammy-winning producer Danger Mouse (a.k.a. Brian Burton) and singer-songwriter James Mercer (of The Shins), each of whom has made some ...

The Shins are a band girlfriends take boyfriends to see. Gnarls Barkley are a band boyfriends take girlfriends to see. So it’s no wonder that the crossover between the two turns out to be couples.

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I do a lot of interviews over the phone; if I lived in London, I could do most of them in person, which might be some small recompense for needing to forgo eating in order to pay the rent. Given that ...