Tagged: James Mercer

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Four Buzz-Worthy SXSW Films

This past week announced two musician-related Carrie Brownstein, who delights us all with her antics on James Mercer and boasts a Eluvium)—a veritable indie-star cast! Harmony Korine projects seem to be coming out of the … read more »

POSTED March 7, 2011 2:29PM IN ART+CULTURE NEWS TAGS: , , , , , ,

Folk? Soul? James Mercer's Got It Covered

Does James Mercer have any hobbies, like a stamp collection or something? It’s hard to imagine he has time, what with all the great music he’s making. Exhibits A and B, Smokey Robinson’s “You Really … read more »

POSTED June 14, 2010 4:19PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: , , ,

Stream: Broken Bells’ Album

Or just read it in translation: bloop de loop strum-a-lum lum crooooooon la la church organ. The project of Grey Album mastermind Dangermouse and plush Shins frontman James Mercer join heads to create Broken Bells, … read more »

POSTED March 11, 2010 12:10PM IN MP3 / STREAMS Comments (1) TAGS: , , , , ,

New Broken Bells Video is Coen Bros-esque

If we were NYU film school grads, that headline would be an asshole thing to say. But we’re not! Just regular assholes! And director Sophie Muller should be jazzed to hear such a compliment: her … read more »

POSTED January 27, 2010 12:59PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: , , ,

Shins' James Mercer and Dangermouse Make Band, Long-Term Plans

Called Broken Bells, or you know, something else read more »

POSTED September 30, 2009 10:24AM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: , , , ,

The Shins Make Modest Line-Up And Label Changes

A little over a month ago, indie rock veterans The Shins announced the contract between their label, Sub Pop, and themselves had expired and the band was taking a “writing hiatus.” Now, Shins’ frontman James Mercer has revealed that the band has had some major line-up changes, as well as some news of a new Shins album coming out on Mercer’s own label. read more »

POSTED May 7, 2009 11:09AM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Danger Mouse + Sparklehorse Album To Feature Iggy, Strokes, Shins, Flaming Lips, Frank Black, David Lynch And More

Dangermouse and Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse announced almost three years ago that they would be working together on a new collaborative project, but as of yesterday, when a poster for the project was delivered to our offices, it looks like the duo of “Dangerhorse” are engaging a wide spectrum of talent to help out on the new record. read more »

POSTED April 1, 2009 1:21PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Flashback Friday Video – The Shins "New Slang"

Since we just told you about The Shins parting ways with their long time record label Sub Pop… possibly forever, we deemed it only necessary to bring you back to the fresh young days of The Shins’ success when Oh, Inverted World was just a newly released record from a few New Mexico-born Indie-rock hopefuls, and “New Slang” was just some song Natalie Portman made Zach Braff listen to in that movie Garden State. read more »

POSTED March 27, 2009 6:23PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: , , , , , , , , , ,