According to NPR, the 4 songs on Broken Bells’ upcoming Meyrin Fields EP were recorded during the Broken Bells album sessions, but ‘didn’t go with the flow of the other songs.’ I think “Windows” would have fit on that album just fine. A little disappointed that this isn’t new Broken Bells, but it’s still ‘new’ [...]

Broken Bells (Shins’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse and awesomeness) performed “The Ghost Inside” (above) and “The High Road” (below) on Jimmy Kimmel last night with a 6 piece live band in full force.

In the tradition of being the most awesome, NPR Music is offering up streaming audio of every band’s full sets at their SXSW parties this week. Included in the bunch are Best-of-2010-ish artists, Local Natives, Broken Bells, and Surfer Blood.
My Poproks is currently streaming Local Natives half-hour set from NPR’s Day Party at The Parish, [...]

MTV recently got some footage of Broken Bells at The Boat, the famous studio in Los Angeles (Madonna, David Byrne, and The Sex Pistols are among the clientele), performing “The Ghost Inside” from their self titled album. Danger Mouse and The Shins’ James Mercer play here with a full band (DM on drums). Sounding pretty [...]

Received an email from Broken Bells around 10am on Friday announcing their “First Ever Live Show Tonight!” at LA’s Fold in Bootleg Theater (AKA somewhere small). This was sadly not enough preparation time for me, but above is video of The Shins’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse playing their lead-off single (Best Songs of 2010 [...]

Broken Bells (Danger Mouse and The Shins’ James Mercer) have premiered another song, “Vaporize,” on their Myspace page. The track is very consistent with the sounds on [iTunes Single of the Week] “The High Road.” iTunes is offering up a free “High Road” mp3 with every pre-order of the self-titled debut (you can also hear [...]

Above, the new video directed by Sophie Muller for Danger Mouse & James Mercer’s Broken Bells (oebkenllbsr, berobrknells, etc.) project. “The High Road” is the first single off of the band’s new self-titled record (due March 9).
Danger Mouse. James Mercer. Broken Bells. The High Road. Video. Watch.

After dropping some fun clues last week, Broken Bells (Danger Mouse and The Shins’ James Mercer) are offering up a free download of “The High Road” (which was announced as the band’s first single in September). A big difference in the sound from “Insane Lullaby” (the Dark Night of the Soul track with Mercer on [...]