Back when I was casually growing my vinyl collection for no real reason, I bought a box of used records from a former friend who’d found them outside an evicted apartment. Although I felt bad about the way I’d gotten them, the exquisite selection I’d come up on for a measly $30 bucks was unfathomable. Read the rest of this entry »

That Danger Mouse is a hard fellow to keep track of, as he prefers to let the intricacies of his music speak louder for his whereabouts. These days though, you can just seek out the flaming unicorn that drinks from the enchanted sea with the spotlight and you’ll probably see him producing the night away. Read the rest of this entry »

Proving that the colors that adorn their shirts are the truest shade of blue, the hard-working, Akron duo The Black Keys are wasting little time concocting new material to follow 2010′s Grammy-winning Brothers. Read the rest of this entry »

NPR:

“The long-anticipated brainchild of producer Danger Mouse and Italian composer Daniele Luppi, Rome benefits from a bit of context. More than five years in the making, the project assembles many of the surviving performers of classic ’60s and ’70s Ennio Morricone scores — and, in half a dozen memorable cases, pairs them up with the vocals of Norah Jones or The White Stripes’ Jack White. Read the rest of this entry »

Broken Bells – composed of Danger Mouse and the Shins’ James Mercer – will release their four-track EP, Meyrin Fields, later this month, including the first leak, “Windows.” Originally recorded during the Broken Bells sessions, the tracks aren’t leftovers, but said to be ones that may not have fit alongside the original material. Still, receiving “Windows” remains a consolation prize for having missed the chance to speak with Mouse at Monday’s show.

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Broken Bells – “Windows”

[NPR]

Flash back to 2004. Young(er) David D. was a freshman in college and became one of those people that goes off, gets educated and feels too smart for what everyone else is in to. That meant strapping on a backpack and listening to everything underground. My iPod was full of albums like Wordsworth’s Mirror Music and Masta Ace’s Long Hot Summer. But above all, I was an MF DOOM stan. Read the rest of this entry »

For your daily dose of non-Hip-Hop chunes, take a look & listen to the The Black Keys’ video for “Tighten Up.” Listen to the hearty blues sound of Danger Mouse’s production while laughing @ band members being beat up by small children. Read the rest of this entry »

Written by K. Barrett

It’s always exciting when two musicians of entirely different genres team up. Thus is Broken Bells, Danger Mouse’s recent collaboration with Shins’ front man, James Mercer. Expectedly, the duo’s self-titled debut is a hipster’s wet dream. The disc employs all the fashionable nostalgia indie kids love with a touch of hip-hop credibility. But as Burton proved with the Black Keys’ Attack and Release, it’s possible to be both cool and genuine simultaneously. His affinity for ‘the strange’ turns out to be a good match for Mercer’s deeply heartfelt and abstract lyricism. Read the rest of this entry »

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