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First Listen: She & Him, 'Volume 3'

Posted 4-30-13 by

Tags: M. Ward, She & Him, Zooey Deschanel

Playful, soft, sunnily melancholy and springlike, Zooey Deschanel's songs with M. Ward once again subsist on the strength of their own agreeability. Timelessness has long been key to the duo's charm, and indeed, Volume 3 seems to be floating through AM speakers at all times. Listen to She & Him's Volume 3 now, streaming courtesy of WFUV and NPR Music prior to its release on May 7 in the States and May 13 in the UK and Europe.

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Death Cab's Ben Gibbard and She & Him's Zooey Deschanel Split

Posted 11-1-11 by

Tags: Ben Gibbard, Death Cab for Cutie, She & Him, Zooey Deschanel

It's been a heartbreaker of a month for indie rock stars. In mid-October, the long, 27-year marriage of Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon came to an end and on Tuesday, November 1, Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard and She & Him's Zooey Deschanel announced that they're splitting after a two year marriage.

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My Morning Jacket, The Black Keys, Modest Mouse On All-Star Buddy Holly Tribute Album

Posted 4-28-11 by

Tags: Cee Lo Green, Florence and the Machine, Karen Elson, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, She & Him, The Black Keys

Bespectacled rock 'n' roll legend Buddy Holly is the subject of an all-star tribute album, called Rave On Buddy Holly, marking what would have been the late singer's 75th birthday this September. The auspicious lineup of bands and artists doing Holly-inspired covers includes My Morning Jacket, The Black Keys, Modest Mouse, Florence and the Machine, The Strokes' Julian Casablancas, Cee Lo Green, She & Him, Karen Elson (produced by husband Jack White) and Justin Townes Earle. The album will be released this June.

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