Paste Magazine: “M. Ward talks new solo album, She & Him Volume Two”
Posted on October 9, 2008
Paste Magazine has an interview with Matt where he talks about Volume Two (“Zooey has about a gazillion brand new awesome songs” … sweet) and his new album:
It’s been a little over two years since M. Ward released his last solo album, Post War, but the singer/songwriter/producer has been anything but idle in the interim. He’s released an EP, lent his guitar, voice and/or production skills to more than a few artists covered in Paste, contributed to a trio of film soundtracks, made his acting debut, and become a world-famous pronoun, alongside Zooey Deschanel.
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She & Him on Sound Opinions Podcast
Posted on August 17, 2008
Check out She & Him’s interview and live performance on Chicago Public Radio’s Sound Opinions podcast here. [thanks foobar]
This week’s guests are She & Him, the “she” being actress Zooey Deschanel and the “him” being musician Matt Ward, known to fans as M. Ward. The two met during the making of the movie “The Go-Getter,” and quickly learned they were successful collaborators. She & Him’s first album Volume One, is a collection of songs written by Zooey, as well as a couple of covers. Zooey explains that she’s most influenced classic pop songwriting, much of which pre-dates rock and roll. You can hear the country, doo-wop and Brill-building influence on the duo’s music as they perform their songs “Take It Back” and “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” as well as two bonus tracks.
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She & Him in “Spin” Magazine
Posted on June 23, 2008
Check out scans from the Spin Magazine featuring She & Him at Zooey Online.
UPDATE: Foobar in the forums has provided us with an alternate set of scans. They’ve been added to the gallery.
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“Blurt” Magazine She & Him Article
Posted on June 13, 2008
There’s a lengthly article on She & Him from Blurt Magazine here. [thanks foobar for the link]
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Men’s Vogue: “Actress Zooey Deschanel is the antistarlet”
Posted on June 4, 2008
Men’s Vogue has an article praising the wonderfulness that is Zooey:
The whole idea of Zooey Deschanel — the quality that gets movie critics calling her quirky and directors calling her day and night — is that she’s the antistarlet. No entourage, no attitude, no nonsense. For our teatime rendezvous, she chooses a restaurant on a fringe of downtown Manhattan so obscure that the neighborhood doesn’t have a name. She tiptoes in looking like a graceful version of boho-chic 28-year-olds found everywhere from Brooklyn to Silver Lake, with an Obama button on her vintage coat and The New Yorker rolled up in her pocket. She’s the literary type, right down to her idiosyncratic name, which her parents — who raised her mostly in L.A. — lifted from J. D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey. “I waited a very long time before I read it,” she confesses. “What if I hated it? I read everything else of his first.”
The one thing Deschanel doesn’t want to read is her own reviews. “But sometimes my mother will call and read me things she deems fit,” she admits. We should hope that Mom (Mary Jo, an actress who appeared in “The Patriot,” which her husband, Oscar-nominated cinematographer Caleb, shot) has passed along the raves Zooey won for enlivening “Almost Famous,” “Elf” and too many indie flicks to count.
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She & Him in “Filter Magazine”
Posted on April 14, 2008
Filter Magazine has a small article on She & Him, noting that “M. Ward’s countrified guitar is the ideal complement to Zooey’s delectably layered vocals. The slight vibrato in her voice (a la Rosemary Clooney) is supplemented with a dash of twang while the singalong ahhhs and background giggles peppered throughout the track evoke AM radio and the Shangri-Las.“
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“Nylon” and “Entertainment Weekly” Magazines Scans
Posted on April 2, 2008
Zooey Online has posted scans of She&Him from Nylon Magazine and Entertainment Weekly. Check it out in their gallery. You can also check out photos from the Entertainment Weekly shoot at Emily Shur’s blog.
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