It's the broken shoe lace when there is no time left that sends men completely out of their minds.

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We'll all get to hear that process take shape when Broken Bells performs as part of NPR Music's official South by Southwest showcase in Austin, Texas, on March 17.

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Even when broken into three separate campaigns that last nine days each, that's still a lot of interrupted programming for supposedly commercial-free radio.

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