James Mercer

If you don't already know, Broken Bells is a collaboration between producer Danger Mouse and frontman James Mercer of The Shins. Read More

Laura Veirs has been one of my favorite female singer/songwriters ever since 2005's wonderful Year of Meteors . Read More

It looks and sounds a lot like Tuneage 2009, which is just fine by us. Read More

Sweet Jesus, would someone please teach poor Danger Mouse to keep salable unreleased material out of his shared folder? Read More

"The High Road" lacks the rushing/twisty/wordy melody that used to be front-man James Mercer's calling card in The Shins. Read More

With 450 families receiving Christmas hampers this year -- the highest number ever -- the Salvation Army found itself running short of toys. Read More

While the number of people in need of help is higher than ever, donations to the Salvation Army's Christmas kettles have dropped significantly this year. Read More

As you would expect, the psychedelics are out when Danger Mouse is behind any project. Read More

After witnessing Gnarls Barkley's playful pop-cultural press-shot roll-out and Dark Night Of The Soul 's rogue poster campaign , you couldn't have been surprised to find Danger Mouse's latest collab follow a similarly stealthy route. Read More

This offering from Broken Bells is a bit more laid back than I would have guessed, sounding like a Mercer-fronted Gorillaz more than anything else. Read More