After 2007’s Wincing the Night Away , the Grammy-nominated album that established The Shins as the latest indie darlings to crash the mainstream, the band seemed destined for even bigger things. But James Mercer had other plans, teaming up with Danger Mouse to release an album and an EP as Broken Bells, which seemed more than a side-project vamp at the time. And that’s why it’s such a delight to hear “Simple Song,” the band’s first single off the forthcoming LP Port of Morrow . It finds James Mercer embracing once more the bright, [...]
Click here for download Song: The Shins - Simple Song [download here ] What's so good? I can't remember the last time I heard something new from The Shins. Well, actually, I can. If you exclude Broken Bells, it was approximately 5 years ago, when their third album Wincing the Night Away was released. [...]
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Our buddy over at Twentyfourbit came across this delightful gem. Last month at a benefit for Portland, OR's Puddletown School, James Mercer along with Modest Mouse's Joe Plummer on drums played a new Shins track during their encore. Just before the song, Mercer told the audience,"We're working on a new record and this is one of the songs that should be on there." Sounds pretty catchy! I'm all for it! Wonder what else they have up their sleeves? Guess we'll have to wait and find out! Check out the video above for [...]
Después de que James Mercer -líder de The Shins - se uniera a Danger Mouse para crear el aclamado proyecto Broken Bells, el futuro para la banda casa de Mercer parecía incierto. Afortunadamente, en un concierto reciente Mercer anunció que The Shins están trabajando en un nuevo disco y tocó una nueva canción de la banda. Les dejamos el video de esta presentación para que se den una idea de lo nuevo que traerán The Shins en un futuro no muy lejano
Oh man. New Shins is killer. twentyfourbit : Watch: James Mercer Plays New Shins Song Live Following a two-year live hiatus, during which frontman James Mercer focused on the group Broken Bells alongside Danger Mouse, the Shins are back: Not only did San Francisco’s Outside Lands festival annnounce the addition of the beloved Portland band to their stellar lineup yesterday, but Mercer and Modest Mouse’s Joe Plummer — who replaced Jesse Sandoval as the Shins’ drummer in 2009 — have [...]
Broken Bells' new EP is hot!
Filed under: News , Awards Ben Trivett, AOL Danger Mouse won best producer at the Grammy's pre-telecast ceremony, defeating such favourites as popsmith Dr. Luke , who last year produced smash singles for the likes of Katy Perry and Ke$ha , Lady Gaga 's producer RedOne and the Smeezingtons, the production trio led [...]
Broken Bells Broken Bells Released March 9, 2010 (Columbia) Short Notes: Danger Mouse and James Mercer (of the Shins) make a record that’s not bad, but not the sum of its parts, either. Brandon: C+ This record has gotten a lot of heat in the mainstream press, but the indie media that’s been the meat and potatoes for both Danger Mouse and the Shins has been awfully silent on this record. That’s because its not as good [...]
For the second consecutive year at Hidden Track, we concocted our innovative little experiment for the year-end Best Albums list. Instead of picking the old fashioned way – subjectively – we opted for something a little different: a collaborative, collective list that incorporates the opinions of everybody here at HT. To begin, we devised an all-encompassing list of well over 100 nominees, whereby most everything our contributors recommended made the list. Then we invited our crew of writers to independently and blindly vote on the whole list on [...]
THE SHINSHello, my name is Joe and I have an addiction. For the past few months, you might say I have been binge listening to this band. The only real problem with my recent infatuation with The Shins is the fact that they have been on hiatus since 2007. James Mercer and company decided to take some time off after the release of Wincing the Night Away which was extremely successful, reaching
Click image to download full album Sounds like: The Shins, Yeasayer, Local Natives, Band of Horses "Broken Bells - The Mall & Misery (Live) " What's so good? James Mercer (of The Shins fame) and Brian Burton (better known as Danger Mouse) brought the most recent of their many side projects, Broken Bells, to the Vic Theatre in Chicago recently. Burton transitioned between keys, drums, and even strummed at a guitar. Both Burton and Mercer are [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Sunday night, fans braved freezing weather to see Broken Bells play XRT's sold-out Holiday Concert for the Kids show at the Vic Theatre in Chicago. Armed with a five-piece backing band, the Shins ' James Mercer and producer/multi-instrumentalist Brian Burton, aka Danger Mouse , spent the next 75 minutes performing tracks from their 2010 self-titled debut and a couple of surprises. While Mercer stuck to his [...]
The Broken Bells have just released a second video for their latest single "Ghost Inside". Instead of featuring band members Danger Mouse and Shins frontman James Mercer, the group decided to turn to a certain 80's pop duo to star in the video. The band took the splendor that is the Hall and Oates "Private Eyes" video and simply lip synced their lyrics, swapping out mouths along the way. You gotta love technology.....
Ping! What’s this in the TMS inbox? Hurrah! A new single from the ever-wonderful Danger Mouse/James Mercer collaboration, Broken Bells. Broken Bells bring you a special B-side track, "Meyrin Fields," that will be available Tuesday, October 26th on iTunes as a Digital 45 which will also include the band's recent single "The Ghost Inside." Wait [...]
Broken Bells , the duo made up of Danger Mouse and The Shins front man, James Mercer, is releasing a special B-side track, "Meyrin Fields," that will be available today on iTunes as a Digital 45 which will also include the band's recent single "The Ghost Inside." If you never have heard of Broken Bells, than you definitely need to check out their self-titled debut. enjoY! Broken Bells - Meyrin Fields
My anticipation for Magenta Skycode's second album, Relief, has been building for years now. The Finnish group was one of the first featured artists in the history of this site, and in my first "Top Albums of the Year" feature I lauded it as being the best debut from that year, 2006. There were few [...]
Recommended Show: MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2010 BROKEN BELLS & ELF POWER @ TERMINAL 5 610 W 56th St New York, NY 10019 $30, 7PM Broken Bells may be a buzz band for a justifiable reason (heck, it is a collaborative element of Danger Mouse and James Mercer of The Shins ), but it looks like they've got good taste on top of that. They must because the legendary Elf Power open up the show. Superhuman Happiness [...]
Recommended Show: MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2010 BROKEN BELLS & ELF POWER @ TERMINAL 5 610 W 56th St New York, NY 10019 $30, 7PM Broken Bells may be a buzz band for a justifiable reason (heck, it is a collaborative element of Danger Mouse and James Mercer of The Shins ), but it looks like they've got good taste on top of that. They must because the legendary Elf Power open up the show. Superhuman Happiness [...]
The Broken Bells are back and they aren't playing games, they've got an interactive 3D......Yeah I said it! Interactive 3D video for their track October, off the hit LP 'Broken Bells'. To watch the video you need to head over to the bands webpage, which you can do by clicking here . Its worth it.
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