Reader Michael chimed in last night when he spotted the eerie similarity between Broken Bells' "The Ghost Inside" and a song used in a new Dell commercial. Michael writes: Note that the melody is…   Read Story »

Danger Mouse is the connection between Broken Bells and Gnarls Barkley, so it seems like Cee Lo's parody of "The Ghost Inside" was done out of affection for his sometime band mate, and out of…   Read Story »

There area few extra videos from this week and last, since I was out of town last Friday and missed doing the roundup. This time there are new clips from Shit Robot, Chromeo, Nachtmystium, and of…   Read Story »

Broken Bells released a digital single of "The Ghost Inside" today. It comes with the b-side "Meyrin Fields," which has been floating around the internet under the title "Float." You might like it…   Read Story »

Austin City Limits hosted some of the nicest weather in years alongside an impressive line up with main headliners The Strokes, Muse and the Eagles. Some tough scheduling choices though needed to be…   Read Story »

Some photos from Wednesday night's show at the Wiltern, where Broken Bells breezed through their debut album and unveiled two new faster paced tracks (along with a cover of Black Keys "Everlasting…   Read Story »

This Broken Bells video is in 3D! Maybe now their music will take some shape? Broken Bells -- the better-on-paper team-up of James Mercer, a man otherwise capable of mainlining melodies into my…   Read Story »

Christina Hendricks (star of this Everclear video and Joan on Mad Men) stars in this sci-fi video for "Ghost Inside," while the band make a short cameo at the end. James Mercer and Brian Burton are…   Read Story »

We saw a bunch of bands this past week. Not every set was memorable, but there were more than enough highlights to make the stiff necks and barking feet worth it. Here's Wednesday, Thursday,…   Read Story »

Broken Bells started their promotional tour for their self-titled debut a little less than a month ago, and it'll wrap up at SXSW this weekend, when the supergroup-of-sorts will play about five sets…   Read Story »