Guardian Music — From Nincompoops to Birdbrains, here are your best silly songsWhat makes a fool? It's not just about behaving stupidly. Shakespeare's Fool wasn't really foolish at all – he tried to make King Lear see sense. Clowns, meanwhile, behave foolishly, but... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — M Ward @ SXSW 2010 (more by Graeme Flegenheimer) Due to the promoter's cancelation of the planned Music To Know Festival in East Hampton this weekend, M Ward has been forced to bow out of the East Coast leg of... more info

ContactMusic — Actress/singer Zooey Deschanel is gifting fans with a Christmas album this year (11). The (500) Days of Summer star and her She & Him bandmate M. Ward have been busy working on A Very She & Him Christmas, due to hit record stores in time for the 2011... more info

Perez Hilton — We SOOOOO called this!!!! Back in December, we saw a clip of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward of the band She & Him performing an acoustic version of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (above), and we absolutely loved it! In fact, we loved the perform... more info

Guardian Music — New Young Pony Club, DJ James Yuill and stoner storyteller Howard Marks will be at Festibelly (27 Aug, The New Forest, Undershore, Lymington), where you can also catch singer-songwriters getting feisty during the annual Folk Off …Mystery Jets, the ... more info

Altsounds — NEW YORK, (May 2011) – *MTK: Music To Know Festival* presented by BingTM announces daily line-ups: *Saturday August 13: VAMPIRE WEEKEND, Matt & Kim, Tame Impala, M. Ward, Tom Tom Club, We Are Scientists, Francis and the Lights, Suddyn*, and ... more info

Altsounds — MTK: Music To Know Festival presented by BingTM announces daily line-ups: * Saturday August 13: VAMPIRE WEEKEND, Matt & Kim, Tame Impala, M. Ward, Tom Tom Club, We Are Scientists, Francis and the Lights, Suddyn, and* *Nicos Gun**.* * Sunday, August... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — M. Ward (mreo by Tracy Allison) In addition to his previously discussed appearances that include a sold-out Bowery Ballroom and supporting Sonic Youth at Williamsburg Waterfront, Kurt Vile & The Violators will open for the great M.Ward at a show... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — alternate headline: Vampire Weekend headlining Hamptons Music Fest, go figure Vampire Weekend @ Coachella 2008 (more by Ryan Muir) MTK: Music To Know Festival announces its inaugural line up headlined by Vampire Weekend on Saturday, August 13th and B... more info

Stereogum — A new two-day festival, Music To Know, launches this August in East Hampton, New York with appropriate headliners Vampire Weekend and Bright Eyes along with Cold War Kids, Matt & Kim, Chromeo, Tame Impala, Ra Ra Riot, and M. Ward, among others. Vampi... more info