L.A. Times - Entertainment — Norah Jones, Heart’s Ann Wilson, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, She & Him’s M. Ward, the Killers’ Brandon Flowers, Boz Scaggs and Devendra Banhart are among a cross-generational musical cast lined up to sal... more info

Stereogum — Following the success of 2011′s The SMiLE Sessions, Beach Boys frontman Brian Wilson is releasing a brand new album in April. The artwork above is for No Pier Pressure, which is Wilson’s 11th solo album and features a huge cast of collaborators, ... more info

Stereogum — She & Him just released an entire album of covers, but they’re not finished re-recording classic songs. The duo’s version of the Beach Boys’ timeless “God Only Knows” appeared on Zooey Deschanel’s show The New Girl earlier this week and i... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Two covers albums are the highlights of this week's new release list, Owen's Other People's Songs and She & Him's Classics. The 25th anniversary edition of Pixies' Doolittle (3-CD) contains the original album, two full Peel Sessions, six B-sides,... more info

Stereogum — Next week, She & Him, the duo of M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel, make their major-label debut with Classics, their collection of old jazz and pop standards. If you’re looking for a Christmas present for your mom, you could probably do worse; everythin... more info

Stereogum — She & Him will release their Classics covers album in a few weeks, and they’ve just shared a video for their take on Dusty Springfield’s “Stay Awhile.” M. Ward does a pretty impressive job pantomiming guitar playing, and Zooey Deschanel dance... more info

Stereogum — She & Him are taking on the classics on their upcoming fourth album — we’ve already heard their version of “Stay Awhile,” “Time After Time,” and “Oh No, Not My Baby,” and now they’ve shared their take on 1934 jazz standard “Stars ... more info

Stereogum — A month from now, the Zooey Deschanel/M. Ward duo She & Him will release their album Classics, a collection of standards recorded live with an orchestra. We’ve heard their versions of Dusty Springfield’s “Stay Awhile” and Frank Sinatra’s �... more info

Stereogum — The Zooey Deschanel/M.Ward duo She & Him signed to Columbia earlier this year, and last week, we learned the details of Classics, their first album as a major-label act. The album is a set of jazz and pop standards, which the duo recorded live with a... more info

Stereogum — She & Him, the duo of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, signed with Columbia earlier this year, and they posted a teaser for a new album back in August. Today, we finally learn the whole deal. The band’s new LP is called Classics, and it’s a collectio... more info