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

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

Pitchfork — Here we have a simple, live-in-the-studio video from Danger Mouse and the Shins' James Mercer, aka Broken Bells. (A high-budget clip for "The High Road" already exists.) The duo's self-titled debut album is out today, March 9, via Columbia. Watch the... more info

Guardian Music — Singer-songwriter who made haunting music under the name SparklehorseThe American singer-songwriter Mark Linkous, who has killed himself aged 47, worked with the Flaming Lips, Daniel Johnston and Danger Mouse, but is best known for the spectral count... more info

Quick Before It Melts — In sitting down to prepare this review, I heard the news that Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse committed suicide, which is why I’ve been drawn to the parallels between this album (in both name and tone) and that of Linkous’ last project, his collabor... more info