My Old Kentucky — Today, the new collaboration between Shins lead singer James Mercer and famed producer/collaborator Danger Mouse (aka Brian Burton) released their first free single download. The High Road is available at their website, BrokenBells.com for the price... more info

Silent Uproar — As previously reported, James Mercer of The Shins and Danger Mouse have teamed up to form Broken Bells. The duo's self-titled, debut album will be released on March 9th, 2010 via Columbia. Stream and download "The High Road" today on the band's websi... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — The Danger Mouse - James Mercer collaboration Broken Bells released their debut single "The High Road" for free today, instantaneously making any other bit of Monday's news completely irrelevant. Even in death Brittany Murphy couldn't catch a break.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Fruit Bats @ MHOW in September (more by Raymond Haddad) Fruit Bats, led by the Shins' Eric Johnson, put out their fourth record, The Ruminant Band, and toured North America this year; they're currently playing shows in Europe. In January... more info

Rolling Stone — Broken Bells — the collaboration between Danger Mouse and the Shins’ James Mercer — will release their debut album March 9th, Pitchfork reports. Starting December 21st, first single “The High Road” will be available on the band’s Website.... more info

NME — 'Broken Bells' will be released on March 8 more info

Undercover, Australia — The Shins front man James Mercer and renowned beat-master Danger Mouse have finally revealed their long rumoured collaboration – an album due out early next year. more info

Guardian Music — These West Palm Beach indie rockers surf the zeitgeist (if not the waves) with their percussive lo-fi medley soundHometown: West Palm Beach, Florida.The lineup: John Paul Pitts (vocals, guitar), Tyler Schwarz (drums), Thomas Fekete (guitar), Marcos M... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — I spend a good deal of my posts on IGIF writing about bands of a particular kind of aesthetic, that is, they're generally challenging to genre conventions (not to mention your ears, in some cases) and don't always have pleasing melodies, hi fidelity ... more info

Chorus.fm — *Shout Out Louds (http://www.myspace.com/shoutoutlouds)* will be releasing their third album Work on February 23rd. The album was produced by Phil Ek (The Shins, Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses) and you can download their new song "Walls" for free here.... more info