Hear all of their stellar sets here.

Catch Sharon Jones on her NA trek.

I Learned The Hard Way will see daylight shortly.

MP3: Sharon Jones – Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects

Enjoy yesterday’s full Q&A here.

Last week, Broken Bells performed at Brooklyn’s Music Hall.

Broken Bells recently debuted a video for ‘The High Road’.

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Our brilliant guest blogger, Britt Lundborg, attended last night’s gig and offers a full report! Broken Bells have been widely touted in the press as the snazzy collaboration between Shins front man, James Mercer, and producer extraordinaire, Danger Mouse. Last night they played their first gig in New York at the Music Hall Of Williamsburg and, rather surprisingly, sold it out. Well, perhaps it isn’t surprising given the Shins’ rabid shoegaze fan base. I was a little amazed that Shins fans even knew where Williamsburg was. The image of Broken Bells we’ve been fed is of two guys (one a sad troubadour, the other a morose knob-twiddler), so imagine the shock when seven dudes stroll out on stage. I suppose you need an extra large crew for tunes as well-wrought and highly-orchestrated as Broken Bells’ are. Now, I would be lying if I said that Mercer and co. then proceeded to get freak-busy on the mic, but they did kick up some nicely-mannered dust. By nicely-mannered, I mean they played their entire album front to back and inserted tiny flourishes when it mattered. On ‘Ghost Inside’, a grinding bass line pulsed the floorboards and threw the song’s aching sexiness all the way to the back of the house. James Mercer’s voice sounded beautifully soulful, like a hopeful bird chirping down a dark mine. Danger Mouse tended to stay behind the drums, but showed off his musical dexterity strumming a guitar and playing the keyboard during their encore. For this, they played 2 covers: Neil Diamond’s ‘Don’t…’ and Tommy James & The Shondells’ ‘Crimson…’, which were both epically great. Perhaps playing songs written by others untethers them.

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Enjoy last night’s fab performance of ‘The High Road’ in the feature below.

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Enjoy the brand new Q&A below. Be sure to watch ‘The High Road’ here.

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Enjoy ‘The High Road’ below. Broken Bells recently sat down with NME.

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Enjoy the brand new Q&A below. Be sure to visit Broken Bells on MySpace.

STREAM: Broken Bells – The High Road