Brooklyn Vegan — 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 the NYC via California band just... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — The best albums released in March 2010 were (in my opinion)... *Drum-roll please*Blood Red Shoes - Fire Like ThisGorillaz - Plastic Beach (Album of the month)Liars - SisterworldErrors - Come Down With MeLaura Marling - I Speak Because I CanDum Dum Gi... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-01 Portland, OR - Holocene04-02 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café04-03 Vancouver, British Columbia - Media Club04-05 Provo, UT - Club Velour04-07 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive 04-09 Des Moines, IA - The Vaudeville Mews04-10 Ames, IA - The Maintenance Shop... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Brian Reilly It was a happy St. Patrick's Day for Spoon. The Austin, Texas, indie-rock band received a hero's welcome during its hometown show on Wednesday at the South by Southwest music festival. The group, this musical city's... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Dominick Mastrangelo "Hello, and welcome to Portland, Oregon," quipped James Mercer, as he and Danger Mouse greeted the freezing crowd at Mog Day Party on the final day of SXSW. A 40-degree drop in temperature from Friday caused flip-flops... more info

The Music Fix — Gig Review: Broken Bells in a car park, Chew Lips dancing on bars, it's all happening in Austin!...Broken Bells in a car park, Chew Lips dancing on bars, it's all happening in Austin! more info

Brooklyn Vegan — There's been a lot of buzz around the festival about Broken Bells, the new project of the Shins' frontman James Mercer and artist-producer Danger Mouse (aka Brian Burton). Now, reaction to the debut disc has been mixed (we thought... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson • Big Star’s Alex Chilton Dead at 59 • Rob Sheffield Remembers Alex Chilton • SXSW Day One Twitter Marathon: Catch Up! • Spoon, Broken Bells Shine at SXSW • Secrets of The Runaways: Inside the F... more info

DrownedInSound — The 38th weekly instalment in our content-related Spotify playlist, featuring Big Star, White Stripes, Jonna Lee, Broken Bells, Shy Child, White Hinterland and MANY MORE. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Rolling Stone — Broken Bells made a lot of noise the first day of the SXSW Music Festival with their “pop-up” show at a parking garage on Red River Street in downtown Austin. It took place at 1:00 pm and was packed to capacity. That trend continued at their Wedn... more info