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

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

Quick Before It Melts — The idea of Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton and Shins singer James Mercer collaborating as Broken Bells made me rise an eyebrow at first, but the project fell off my radar in the gap between announcement and the delivery of any notable product.  I... 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

Spinner.com — Spring Tigers may be the hottest new pop-rock band coming out of Athens, GA. Not bad for a band that formed four days before their first gig, a show that occurred merely two years ago. Since then Spring Tigers have accomplished quite a lot in a short... more info

The Yellow Stereo — With so many high-profile albums out this week (and this month for that matter), it once again makes for an increasingly difficult task of figuring out what to spend your hard-earned cash on. First off is Broken Bells, the highly anticipated collabor... 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

Rolling Stone — Last week RS talked up Gorillaz’s Plastic Beach in New Reviews, so today we’re spotlighting Breaking band Broken Bells, a collaboration between the Shins’ James Mercer and Demon Days producer Danger Mouse. The pairing might seem like a strange ... more info

KEXP Seattle — When mega-artists team up for a collaborative project like the new two-piece band, Broken Bells, the outcome is sometimes so good, it’s scary. After two years, James Mercer, lead singer and guitarist of The Shins, and Brian “Danger Mouse” Burto... more info