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

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Black Keys have returned with a new song, and millions of garage rock fans around the globe just got their world. The new song is called “Tighten Up”, and it is the only Danger Mouse song produced on their new album, Brothers. Danger Mouse le... more info

Pitchfork — Earlier this month Black Keys announced their upcoming  album, Brothers, which Nonesuch will release on May 18. Mostly recorded at the famed Muscle Shoals studios in Alabama and mostly produced by Auerbach and Carney themselves, Br... more info

MTV.com News — Gorillaz' Plastic Beach debuts at #2.By Gil Kaufman Ludacris Photo: Getty Images Ludacris' Battle of the Sexes will lead a parade of new faces in the Billboard 200 top 10 next week, easily leading the chart thanks to sales of 137,000. Th... more info

Guardian Music — ICA, LondonJames Mercer and Brian Burton are spectacularly unlikely bedfellows. Mercer is the singer and guitarist of wistful US West Coast jangle-rockers the Shins, while Burton, under his alter ego of Danger Mouse, is an inspired hip-hop producer a... more info

Guardian Music — The suicide of Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous means the loss of a prolific – if melancholic – musical talent. Rob Fitzpatrick pays tributeThe really upsetting thing about the sudden death of Mark Linkous was that it just wasn't much of a s... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — See the new issue of NME for more on DM and James', aka Broken Bells', choices A record by a hero... Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express Danger Mouse: “For me these guys are the most influential band of the last 30 years.” [...] Read more! more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Benjamin Lozovsky Broken Bells, the new collaboration between producer extraordinaire Danger Mouse and Shins leader James Mercer, did everything that was expected of them Wednesday (3/10) at Music Hall of Williamsburg. A roundly good thing, unless... more info

Culture Bully — Performance footage of the project featuring Danger Mouse & the Shins' James Mercer on the Late Show with David Letterman more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — I love Netflix. As all of you know, I love making lists. Netflix allows me to make a list of all the movies I want to see. And then sends them to me in the mail to watch for as long as I want. What could be bad about that? Well...I'll tell you..... more info