Wednesday, December 21, 2011 12:07PM - By Angel Baker
Without a doubt, 2011 was a year of great music. Wrapping up the year is no easy task, especially with so many new emerging artists hitting the indie scene and settled greats releasing records as good or better than their efforts decades prior. Our picks for the Top 20 Albums of the year cover a lot of ground, ranging from Indie Beard Rock to Spaghetti-Western, Rockabilly to Hip-Hop, and everything in between. Check out our Top 20 Albums of 2011 after the jump …
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 10:03AM - By Joseph Oliveto
Despite No Line on the Horizon being mediocre and Bono being Bono, there are still plenty of U2 fans begging for a new album from the group. While we know that they’ve been hard at work in the recording studio, no official release date was set for the follow up to Horizon.
However, while it certainly isn’t official, it looks like NME may have an idea of when the album will hit shelves…
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:38AM - By Travis Woods
As we reported earlier this week, the indestructible juggernaut that is U2 is already planning to release a new album in early 2011, despite the overwhelming not gooditude of last year’s No Line on the Horizon (aka No Editor in the Studio). What we didn’t know at the time is that the upcoming release is only the first of—sweet, sweet Jesus—three new albums that Bono and Co. have planned for our poor, defenseless and Joshua Tree-missing ears.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010 6:03PM - By Seraphina L.
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse‘s collaboration with David Lynch, Dark Night Of The Soul, finally got a date for its physical release. After a long battle between Danger Mouse and EMI, the two have talked things over and fortunately decided it deserved a proper package. Most music fiends have already gotten the album that was intentionally released along with a digital booklet, but now there may be new cover art as well as other new visuals from Lynch.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010 1:31PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
On the shelf almost a year due to a legal battle between Danger Mouse and EMI, the Dark Night Of The Soul project from Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse and director David Lynch finally receives an official release later this year.
Dark Night Of The Soul was due last May, but Danger Mouse, real name Brian Burton, released a blank CD-R in protest instead – complete with a sticker saying: For legal reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010 1:49PM - By Seraphina L.
Last Friday duo, Broken Bells, comprised of members James Mercer of The Shins and Danger Mouse, announced that they were playing a show that night over at Bootleg Theatre. If you ask us, that was pretty sneaky of them since the venue in Los Angeles holds a small capacity. Within a half hour of the announcement, the show was sold out. For those lucky enough to attend, they got to see Broken Bell’s debut performance backed by a band with members from Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band and Hella. They even covered Neutral Milk Hotel in their encore.
However, if you did happen to miss it – no worries! The Troubadour has just announced that Broken Bells will playing another Los Angeles show on March 14th, 2010. More info after the jump!
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Friday, January 29, 2010 2:42PM - By Laura Aguirre
Side projects are always welcome, as long as they are just that – side projects. When side projects become the main project, fans begin to have something to worry about. One of the latest collaborations is Broken Bells with Brian Danger Mouse Burton and James Mercer of The Shins.
Recently, Mercer told NME that he had started Broken Bells because The Shins started to feel heavy. This led many fans to believe that Mercer was pulling the plug on the Shins. To clarify what he meant, Mercer told MTV that he was interested in both projects and that he didn’t plan to quit the Shins:
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:15AM - By Seraphina L.
Broken Bells, the team-up between The Shins‘ James Mercer and Danger Mouse, have just released a video for their first single, ‘The High Road.” For a song that has the perfect amount of electronic elements that easily melt into the indie and almost soft-rock we’re accustomed to hearing with Mercer’s vocals, the video seems just about right. However, by right, we don’t mean normal either.
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Monday, December 21, 2009 5:43PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Back in September we happily reported the news that The Shins frontman James Mercer and Danger Mouse were forming a new band — Broken Bells. And now we know the duo will release their much-anticipated, self-titled debut on March 8 via Columbia.
The first single, “The High Road,” is now available as a free download on Brokenbells.com.
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