Photograph by Tony LandaNight two of the SXSW Music Festival featured a trio of big guitar bands with new lineups, playing new — in some cases not even completed — albums. The pressure was on to strike a balance between satiating fans with classics and testing new material without...

Last week RS talked up Gorillaz’s Plastic Beach in New Reviews, so today we’re spotlighting Breaking band Broken Bells, a collaboration between the Shins’ James Mercer and Demon Days producer Danger Mouse. The pairing might seem like a strange match, but as Will Hermes...

Who: The Shins’ singer-guitarist James Mercer and producer extraordinaire Danger Mouse (a.k.a. Brian Burton), who’ve taken time off from their usual gigs to team for a new self-titled disc of left-field psych-pop. (Read the RS review here.) Sounds Like: Spooky psychedelia with a...

Photo: Legato/WireImageBroken Social Scene’s five-year hiatus came to a grand end today as the Canadian indie-rock collective unleashed their new seven-minute song “World Sick,” which you can hear below and download for the low price of your e-mail address at Pitchfork. The...