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,�... 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

Rolling Stone — Mason Jennings, a veteran RS Breaking artist around these parts and “one of the best acoustic-based singer-songwriters you’ve never heard,” recently stopped by the Rolling Stone offices to showcase three tracks off his new album Blood of Man, w... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Raymond Haddad Denver Post: What have you learned from playing in groups like the Shins, Vetiver and Califone over the years? Eric D Johnson: It's sort of intangible. Especially with the Shins, the operation is such a larger... more info