Video: She and Him Performance SXSW 2008 Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward

Reports of their scant-few early shows (including SXSW and San Fran's Noise Pop) profess that the duo charmed the socks off the crowds. read more

after seeing her in the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy and elf (and a brief appearance in the amazing the assasination of jesse james by the overly long title) i've had a bit of a crush on zooey deschanel for a while. with those big blue eyes how the hell couldn't you fancy her? one thing i noticed is that she likes to sing in movies, and she wasn't half bad at it either. that foreshadowing leads [...]

• She and Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?

During the SXSW Music Festival this year, KEXP was broadcasting at two locations over three days - and while we had fantastic bands performing live in-studio, bands like The Breeders, Holy Fuck, DeVotchka, The Raveonettes, and Tapes 'N Tapes (check out our coverage here ), the KEXP staff was stuck inside for 10-12 hours at a time. I'm not complaining, mind you, but while we were broadcasting to radio listeners in Seattle and to the rest of the world online, there was a whole other world of music blaring on the streets of Austin, TX, one that never reached [...]