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Zooey Deschanel

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Five Must-See Shows This Weekend (Cinco de Mayo Edition)

    Curious what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions as to how to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend. Saturday May 5: Cinco de Mayo Phoenix Festival in Downtown Phoenix More than 150,000 people are expected to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    M. Ward, Crescent Ballroom, 4/17/12

    See also: M. Ward Discusses A Wasteland Companion, and His Arizona Ties to The Meat Puppets and Howe Gelb M. Ward Crescent Ballroom Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Following fIREHOSE's blistering set of punk jazz, I was almost worried that the hushed immediacy of Portland-based singer/songwriter/produce ... More >>

  • Music

    April 12, 2012

    M. Ward's Solo Work Reveals the "Him" in She & Him

    See also: M. Ward Discusses A Wasteland Companion, and His Arizona Ties to The Meat Puppets and Howe Gelb M. Ward Crescent Ballroom Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Following fIREHOSE's blistering set of punk jazz, I was almost worried that the hushed immediacy of Portland-based singer/songwriter/produce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    M. Ward Discusses "A Wasteland Companion," and His Arizona Ties to The Meat Puppets and Howe Gelb

    See also: fIREHOSE's Ed Crawford: "It Was Our Job. We F**kin' Showed Up Every Day." M. Ward has slowly and sturdily built himself up as a songwriter and producer over the past decade, with a string of hushed folk, country, blues, and pop inflected records that don't cry out for attention, but quiet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Keep These 10 Songs as Far Away From Your Valentine's Day Playlist as Possible

    The Oatmeal​With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, it seems like everyone is scrambling to find a hook up way to impress a crush or a significant other. A dozen roses and a box of chocolates may seem like a cheesy and overdone gift, but it's a safer bet than some other ideas. We're music ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Incoming: Death Cab For Cutie, Good Old War, Portugal. The Man, Eddie Vedder and More

    ​When he's not making up stories about what he listens to while he's busy being a hardcore runner, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie makes plans for the future. Recently, he has carried out plans to go through with his divorce and go on an international tour. The latter is great news for Phoenix ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    What Your New Year's Eve Songs Say About You

    See also: Five Songs to Ring in the New Year Ring in the New Year With These Local Shows: Meat Puppets, Gin Blossoms, Love Me Nots, Sugar Thieves, Futurekind Phoenix New Times New Year's Eve Guide Well, it's that time. Another year has come to a close. 2011 was weird, right? Kind of exciting, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Ke$ha Does Bob Dylan; Plus Three Other Pop Artists You've Probably Misjudged

    ​Ke$ha is sort of awful, but not for the reasons you think. Yeah, her music is terrible. It's fun music you don't really need to think about. But it's alleged that the songstress is smarter than people give her credit for. It's rumored that she scored a 1500 on her SATs and has a 140 IQ. She even ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Five Movies Outshined By Their Soundtracks

    ​It's impossible to not hate almost everything about Twilight. The books changed what "vampire" means to an entire generation. Now, it's less about being an undead monster than it is about misunderstood hunks with sparkly pale skin. Then, the movies went on to solidify the idea that as long a ... More >>

  • Film

    August 25, 2011

    Our Idiot Brother: Paul Rudd Has a Predictable Profound Effect on His Siblings

    ​It's impossible to not hate almost everything about Twilight. The books changed what "vampire" means to an entire generation. Now, it's less about being an undead monster than it is about misunderstood hunks with sparkly pale skin. Then, the movies went on to solidify the idea that as long a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Steve Martin and Six More Actors Who Don't Totally Suck at Music

    One of these men was "born a poor black child."​He may be known best as a "wild and crazy guy," but Steve Martin is the master of more than one craft. In addition to his work as a comedian and actor, Martin is a writer, playwright, and as Rare Bird Alert, his new album with The Steep Canyon Range ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Tumblr of the Week: You Don't Want to Be Todd Martens

    http://toddmartens.tumblr.com/​I'll admit that once in a while, a few of us at Up On The Sun might write about things that people who aren't journalists might not appreciate as much because they aren't journalists. Maybe we occasionally write things that will please other journalists. ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 2, 2011

    Summer Guide: Movies

    http://toddmartens.tumblr.com/​I'll admit that once in a while, a few of us at Up On The Sun might write about things that people who aren't journalists might not appreciate as much because they aren't journalists. Maybe we occasionally write things that will please other journalists. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2010

    Lollapalooza 2010: All Your Festivals Belong to GaGa

    ​ There are people who just don't like music festivals. It won't matter who's on the bill or whether the show is in the middle of the desert or the center of a city; they're just not interested in seeing bite-size sets crushed by an often bikini topped mob. Don't get me wrong, I understand. I hadn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Patti Smith, Willie Nelson, Tupac and More Inducted into Library of Congress Registry

    Punk rock icon Patti Smith is among the newest batch of inductees to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.​You may not necessarily associate popular music with the Library of Congress, but a few recent inductees have just made the catalog a little bit cooler. NME reports that the L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Death Cab for Cutie Has New Album on the Horizon

    Death Cab for Cutie.​According to Spin and MTV, Death Cab's ultra-busy frontman Ben Gibbard has announced that the band is working on a new record that should be out in the spring of next year. The album will be produced by guitarist Chris Walla, who also produced last year's record by The Thermal ... More >>

  • Music

    April 22, 2010

    Zooey Deschanel and Three Other Jazz Singers Who Just Can't Sing

    Death Cab for Cutie.​According to Spin and MTV, Death Cab's ultra-busy frontman Ben Gibbard has announced that the band is working on a new record that should be out in the spring of next year. The album will be produced by guitarist Chris Walla, who also produced last year's record by The Thermal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    Musical Instrument Museum Opens, The Sand Rubies' Bad Luck, and Bad Jazz Singers in This Week's Issue

    Just one of the pieces on display at the Music Instrument Museum in Phoenix.​This week's music feature gives you the skinny on Phoenix's new Musical Instrument Museum, which opens this weekend. You know you're curious about how instruments from all 195 countries were obtained. And why they're in P ... More >>

  • Music

    April 15, 2010

    Beach House and Other Indie Bands Are Escaping to the Beach in 2010

    Just one of the pieces on display at the Music Instrument Museum in Phoenix.​This week's music feature gives you the skinny on Phoenix's new Musical Instrument Museum, which opens this weekend. You know you're curious about how instruments from all 195 countries were obtained. And why they're in P ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2010

    Hope for Sun

    Beach House and Other Indie Bands Are Escaping to the Beach in 2010

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Nothing Not New: Podcast #2

    ​Hey, we're back with another podcast for your listening pleasure. This time around, music editor Martin Cizmar joined me as we talked into the internal microphone of my office's Mac G5 to create podcast magic.The best thing about tag-teaming the recording of a podcast is finding out things about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    She & Him - Volume Two

    She & Him - Volume Two​You may not know it by looking out at the gray, rainy Phoenix skies this week, but spring is upon us. The weather currently doesn't want to cooperate, but She & Him will more than happily oblige your springtime needs. The duo's sophomore effort, Volume Two, is a perf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    She & Him: Volume 2

    ​Artist: She & HimTitle: Volume 2Release date: March 23Label: MergeMy editor has claimed this project a triumph for no other reason than I've chosen the new over the old -- sort of. See, I told Martin Cizmar a while back that I wanted to review tonight's Ray Davies concert. I love the Kinks. T ... More >>

  • Music

    March 18, 2010

    Zooey Deschanel: This Actress/Singer Really Can Act and Sing

    ​Artist: She & HimTitle: Volume 2Release date: March 23Label: MergeMy editor has claimed this project a triumph for no other reason than I've chosen the new over the old -- sort of. See, I told Martin Cizmar a while back that I wanted to review tonight's Ray Davies concert. I love the Kinks. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Hemoptysis, Zooey Deschanel, and Greeley Estates in This Week's Issue

    Hemoptysis.​This week's music feature is about Masaki Murashita, the 24-year old lead singer and guitarist of local neo-thrashers Hemoptysis, a band that is rocking SXSW as we speak.Also in this week's issue you'll find pieces on Zooey Deschanel's musical career, and the local post-hardcore band G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Album Stream: She & Him - Volume Two

    Taea ThaleStream She & Him's latest album Volume Two over at NPR Music​Actors and musicians often make strange bedfellows, yet they can't seem to stay away from each other. It must be the whole being artistically inclined thing. Take Zooey Deschanel, one half of She & Him and star of numer ... More >>

  • Music

    February 11, 2010

    Queen, Aerosmith, and Barenaked Ladies — Our Picks for Bands in Need of a New Singer

    Taea ThaleStream She & Him's latest album Volume Two over at NPR Music​Actors and musicians often make strange bedfellows, yet they can't seem to stay away from each other. It must be the whole being artistically inclined thing. Take Zooey Deschanel, one half of She & Him and star of numer ... More >>

  • Film

    July 23, 2009

    (500) Days of Summer: Love Hurts, but In a Good Way

    Taea ThaleStream She & Him's latest album Volume Two over at NPR Music​Actors and musicians often make strange bedfellows, yet they can't seem to stay away from each other. It must be the whole being artistically inclined thing. Take Zooey Deschanel, one half of She & Him and star of numer ... More >>

  • Music

    July 9, 2009

    Jenny Lewis Heads Into the Limelight

    Taea ThaleStream She & Him's latest album Volume Two over at NPR Music​Actors and musicians often make strange bedfellows, yet they can't seem to stay away from each other. It must be the whole being artistically inclined thing. Take Zooey Deschanel, one half of She & Him and star of numer ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 4, 2009

    Summer Guide: Coppolla, Mann, Allen, and Tarantino Bring the Summer Flicks

    Taea ThaleStream She & Him's latest album Volume Two over at NPR Music​Actors and musicians often make strange bedfellows, yet they can't seem to stay away from each other. It must be the whole being artistically inclined thing. Take Zooey Deschanel, one half of She & Him and star of numer ... More >>

  • Music

    April 16, 2009

    M. Ward

    Taea ThaleStream She & Him's latest album Volume Two over at NPR Music​Actors and musicians often make strange bedfellows, yet they can't seem to stay away from each other. It must be the whole being artistically inclined thing. Take Zooey Deschanel, one half of She & Him and star of numer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    M. Ward, Vetiver, Owen, and Sigur Ros are Just Some of What's Selling at Revolver Records

    Mathew Ward and Zooey Deschanel (a.k.a. She & Him). We fully admit to our jealousy of Mathew Ward. Not only does the Portland guitarist have an obscene amount of talent (which he's demonstrated much over the past decade on seven separate full-length albums), Ward's collaborated musically with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Aww...Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel Got Engaged

    Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel both enjoy wearing a silly hat, a basic freedom most Americans sadly don't take advantage of.Well it finally happened. Indie rock icon and dorky eyeglasses connoisseur Ben Gibbard - better known to those few grandmothers and Buddhist monks (who actually don't know who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2008

    Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Film

    December 18, 2008

    Yes Man Repackages Jim Carrey's Greatest Hits, Which Maybe Weren't So Great to Start With

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    American Pie’s Thomas Ian Nicholas joins the rock club

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 5, 2008

    Summer Guide: The season of big-budget movies uses its brain

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Music

    May 22, 2008

    She & Him

    Volume One
    (Merge Records)

  • News

    August 24, 2006

    One Love

    P-town's party posse hits Homme Lounge for the latest ear orgy from StraightNoChaser

  • Home Entertainment

    May 18, 2006

    This Time It's Serious

    P-town's party posse hits Homme Lounge for the latest ear orgy from StraightNoChaser

  • Film

    March 9, 2006

    Oh, Grow Up

    McConaughey's perfect movie is a pretty good one for us, too

  • Film

    April 28, 2005

    Jokes? What Jokes?

    The answer is less than 42

  • Film

    November 4, 2004

    Green Achers

    Undertow relishes in the pain and beauty of a reclusive Southern family

  • Film

    September 23, 2004

    Into the Woods

    Jacob Aaron Estes' edgy directorial debut

  • Film

    November 6, 2003

    Tights Fit

    Elf has all the trimmings of a holiday standard

  • Culture

    November 6, 2003

    Free Will

    Another SNL vet may be the next Bill Murray. Seriously.

  • Film

    August 15, 2002

    Ho Down

    Arteta's Good Girl transforms a Friend into a voracious cracker everywoman

  • Film

    May 9, 2002

    Revolting

    The New Guy offers the same ol' dopey crap for kids

  • Film

    September 21, 2000

    Backstage Past

    Cameron Crowe's autobiographical Almost Famous is a classic rock gas

  • Film

    September 23, 1999

    Analyze Diss

    Mumford's mystical psychobabble delivers shrinking returns

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