8/1 — 150 - Band of Horses Everything All the Time149 - Ray Lamontagne Trouble148 - Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand147 - The Acorn Glory Hope Mountain146 - Richard Thompson Front Parlour Blues145 - Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days144 - Robert Wyatt Co... more info

The Late Greats — We try to limit our TV around this house. When we do watch, we like Yo Gabba Gabba. Hence the excitement for the first every – Music Is Awesome – Yo Gabba Gabba soundtrack. I was lucky enough to get a promo copy before its release date ... more info

411 Mania — Meet Broken Bells... more info

Rolling Stone — When Danger Mouse and the Shins’ James Mercer met backstage at Denmark’s Roskilde festival five years ago, the unlikely duo quickly discovered a mutual fandom. “As soon as I heard the Shins, I wanted to do something with James, no matter what,â... more info

The Quietus — Broken Bells to release material in 2010 more info

Guardian Music — The Shins frontman has formed a new project, Broken Bells, with DJ producer Danger Mouse, with a debut album expected next yearJames Mercer has announced a new project, twinning the Shins' gentle frontman with New York producer, DJ and mash-up artis... more info

NME — Duo set to release album early next year more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — The chances are that if you like Morning Benders you won't be in a huge rush to mention their name to your friends, particularly in noisy or public places. Ignoring the social faux-pas minefield that is their name however The Morning Benders are one ... more info

Rawkblog — Some Days are Better than Others (trailer) from matt mccormick on Vimeo. There are some obvious LOLs here — the Shins’ James Mercer playing Zach Braff in Garden State, basically — but other than that, upcoming indie flick Some Days Are Better T... more info

This Scene Is Dead — Another result lifted from my own compilation cd, as I mentioned in the Percy Sledge post previously. This time caught on the drive home from a terrific day out mountain biking some trails down in the south of England yesterday. Terrific all-American... more info