Guardian Music — Indie fans have much in common with foodies, from seeking out the rarest material to stressing about the means of productionDear Wendy,Is food the new indie rock? Rachel R, via email As rock has recently been declared dead by Paul Gambaccini, many ar... more info

melophobe — There is nothing quite like the dichotomous joy of crème brûlée: crunchy and warm on the outside with a creamy, cool interior that titillates the senses like no ice cream, cake or brownie could do . . . unless they were surrounded in crème brûl�... more info

Stereogum — All-American chums Yim and Matt have taken a fixation upon France’s caramel and custard confection to the internet. They even bought a domain name: cremebrulog.com. They’re still trying to figure out its format — it’s apparently meant to cata... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — “Don’t Look Back" is a retro-futuristic (is that a thing?) new video from Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward's indie outfit She & Him. The song is cute enough, but the video is adorbs-overload. Seriously, this thing features four different Zooey Ds in f... more info

Perez Hilton — This is so lovely! Check out this on-line only clip of Conan O'Brien playing guitar with Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward - of the band She & Him - during their acoustic performance of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (above)! We love everything abo... more info

Stereogum — She & Him stopped by Conan to do their cover of “I Put A Spell On You.” But they also did a web-only performance in O’Brien’s dressing room, singing “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” with Conan and M. Ward on guitar. There were som... more info

Stereogum — M. Ward’s cover of “Sadie” appears on Versions Of Joanna, a 22-track Dylan-punning compilation that also features Billy Bragg, Owen Pallett, and Ben Sollee remaking songs by Joanna Newsom. Ward’s Ward-like take doesn’t have the charm or ene... more info

melophobe — I’ve been humming “Sprout and the Bean” ever since I saw this news pop up on blogs, that news being that Joanna Newsom’s tribute album, Versions of Joanna, is free for streaming and available for purchasing with profits going to Oxfam Interna... more info

Guardian Music — 7 December: Our Christmas countdown continues as She & Him's Zooey Deschanel and M Ward introduce their playlistTo explain their playlist, She & Him's Zooey Deschanel and M Ward wrote us a little line about each track ... She & Him's audio advent pla... more info

melophobe — This weekend was one of pleasant surprises, what with Michael Cera popping up with Mister Heavenly, Jeff Mangum emerging from hermitage to play a secret show and now there’s motion picture proof that Jeff Tweedy from Wilco performed with Yo La Teng... more info