Pop Candy — Happy Friday, everyone! I have a crazy-busy day ahead with no fewer than five interviews scheduled, so blogging may be slow. (I also won't have ... more info

Stereogum — The She & Him network TV circuit continues with a performance of “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” on Ellen. Thought it’s a totally tepid rendition that’s almost impossible to comment on because it’s so neutral, I appreciate how devoid ... more info

Stereogum — Desperate to one-up Das Racist — just kidding, though I would love to work on a She & Him/Das Racist post for Where’s The Beef at some point — She & Him took “The Christmas Waltz” to The Tonight Show With Jay Leno last night. Watch the perf... more info

DrownedInSound — Somehow She & Him turn your whole world into tinsel for the half hour you spend listening to this album. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Stereogum — We’ve already posted “The Christmas Waltz,” one of the songs from She & Him’s new yuletide-favorites album A Very She & Him Christmas. Click below to hear another one, the similarly twee “Christmas Day.” A Very She & Him Christmas is out ... more info

Guardian Music — Yes, it's more twee than a Christmas twee, but at least these two know their way around a melodyAs much as the festive season is about mistletoe and wine, children singing Christian rhymes, it's also about returning home to your family and seeing peo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Thurston and Kim still trendsetters...Just two years after tying the knot, Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard have separated, Deschanel's rep confirms to Us Weekly. "It was mutual and amicable," a source adds. "There was no third party involved."In rela... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Recently Zooey put up some videos of herself singing covers of Patsy Cline and other various traditional songs by herself to a webcam...although one featured a cameo by Parks & Rec's Jean Ralphio, check them out here and here.  How many singers coul... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Tom Waits' first album in seven years, Bad as Me, is in stores this week, as is the first listenable holiday record of the year, A Very She & Him Christmas (courtesy of M. Ward and Zoey Deschanel). From... more info

Chorus.fm — Head to the replies to watch Zooey Deschanel singing the national anthem at last night's World Series game. You can also listen to the new *She & Him* (http://facebook.com/sheandhim) Christmas album, A Very She & Him Christmas, on Spotify (http://op... more info