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New Reviews: Broken Bells, Jimi Hendrix and BRMCLast 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 match, but as Will Hermes writes in his four-star review of Broken Bells, “It turns out the two pop-science geeks are a perfect match. Danger Mouse pushes Mercer’s gorgeous, existential tunecraft outward with Day-Glo dynamics.” Mercer’s lyrics are at their
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Published: 2010-03-09 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News
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Breaking: Broken BellsWho: The Shins’ singer-guitarist James Mercer and producer extraordinaire Danger Mouse (a.k.a. Brian Burton), who’ve taken time off from their usual gigs to team for a new self-titled disc of left-field psych-pop. (Read the RS review here.) Sounds Like: Spooky psychedelia with a British Invasion flavor. Burton outfits Mercer’s beautiful melodies and with analog-synth swooshes, slo-mo kick drums and horn breaks. The mellow punch of “Vaporize” features zippy organ and rolling snare, and Mercer goe
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Published: 2010-03-03 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Breaking
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Danger Mouse, The Shins’ James Mercer Explain the Birth of New Band Broken BellsWhen 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,” Danger Mouse explains. Their partnership took time to develop, but in March 2008, Mercer began a peripatetic recording odyssey, sequestering for weeks on end at Danger Mouse’s Los Angeles home studio. Both were coming off of a series of high-profile, high
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Published: 2009-09-30 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News
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Spoon and Broken Bells perform at SXSWBy Whitney Pastorek Whitney Pastorek on the highs and lows of this doubleheader Wednesday night in Austin
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Published: 2010-03-18 Provider: Entertainment Weekly
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Broken BellsReviewed by Leah Greenblatt | --
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Published: 2010-03-03 Provider: Entertainment Weekly Keywords: EW Magazine Issues 2010, EW Magazine Issues, 1093, Albums, Media Products, Music Products, Broken Bells
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Music Review: Broken BellsReviewed by Leah Greenblatt | --
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Published: 2010-03-03 Provider: Entertainment Weekly Keywords: EW Magazine Issues 2010, EW Magazine Issues, 1093, Albums, Media Products, Music Products, Broken Bells
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Christina Hendricks in Broken Bells videoBy Simon Vozick-Levinson Simon Vozick-Levinson on ''Mad Men'' star as android in clip for ''The Ghost Inside.'' Plus: James Mercer talks next Shins album
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Published: 2010-06-02 Provider: Entertainment Weekly Keywords: Partners, CNN Home RSS Feed
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Broken Bells Cover Neutral Milk Hotel At Debut Gig
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Published: 2010-02-22 Provider: StereoGum
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