Video: Dangermouse - Encore

The role of the producer is not always clear in music. Generally a producer is someone oversees the production of an album, making suggestions and tweaks here and there, twisting knobs, fiddling with levels, working with the engineer. Rick Rubin, legendary producer of the Beastie Boys, Metallica, Run DMC, and Red Hot Chili Peppers, is said to often lie down on a couch while the band plays, occasionally scribbling something down to remember for later. If Rick Rubin scribbles on a pad of paper and yields some of the greatest albums of all time, Danger Mouse/ Brian [...]

Danger Mouse is one of the most flawless artists and producers around... The Shins are one of the best American 'indie' bands around... So when Brian 'Danger Mouse' Burton and Shins' lead singer James Mercer decided to make an album together there was little that could go wrong. We've just been given a taster of their upcoming album (expected to drop in 2010) and it's really really good. Broken Bells -- The High Road -- download Download audio file (Broken Bells - [...]

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