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February 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

When Actors Kill Music: Just Because You ‘Can’ Sing Doesn’t Mean You ‘Should’ Sing

I was listening to an album by She & Him, you know that too-cutesy/too-clever duo comprised of the most annoying actress in the world right now, Zooey Deschanel and the once very good M. Ward (I’m convinced she’s killed his career/his credibility). Time was I could sit down with an M. Ward album and get […]

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October 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

She & Him: Classics

She & Him Classics Columbia I must be softening in my old age – I’ve found a She & Him album I don’t hate. Classics refers to the covers chosen, it’s not a compilation of this duo’s “best” moments, though it ends up (for me) being very much a Best of She & Him, the […]

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November 12, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: M. Ward (Nov 9, Wgtn)

M. Ward Bodega, Wellington Saturday, November 10 M. Ward last played Wellington at the start of 2007 – the show was a stunner, one of the best I’ve seen, perhaps the greatest example of a soloist commanding the audience’s attention for the duration of a set. In the time since he was last a visitor […]

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August 4, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

She & Him: Volume 3

She & Him Volume 3 Merge Records The not all that cleverly but totally accurately titled third album from She & Him is a third volume of songs by Zooey Deschanel with the silent-but-heavy-lifting offered by M. Ward. Quite why he wants to (still) be tied up in this caper is beyond me. I have […]

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December 24, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1704

She & Him, A Very She & Him Christmas (2011) I liked the first She & Him album; it sounded sweet. It was unnecessary almost but nice enough and the covers were cool. The second album – I could take or leave, more likely leave. But I did buy the Christmas album – on vinyl […]