Ok, so here I am, starting something I hope will bear semblance to a music blog. I've contemplated this for a good few months now and finally decided to give it a shot. It's probably going to be centered around new indie music--electronic, folk, and otherwise. But make no mistake, I am easily distracted and rather eclectic. It's possible that random tidbits on Black Eyed Peas and Miley Cyrus may make their way into my posts, along with other commentary on pop culture. But hey--that's fine! It's my blog... I do what I want.
Be that as it may, there's some real stuff to get to... Zooey Deschanel is kind of an obsession of mine, and She & Him (her retro-indie duo with M. Ward) has really turned out some impressive stuff. Their first album, Volume One, was released last year, their second album--appropriately titled, Volume Two--is due out some time this year, and they've appeared a various music festival in between. Most recently, they've produced a track for the movie 500 Days of Summer, which just premiered in LA last week. She & Him covered the ever-iconic Smiths song "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want," with surprising success. Once you get over cliche of the song appearing in yet another movie soundtrack, Zooey's haunting vocals and folky instrumentals by M. Ward really pay tribute to Morrissey very nicely.
You can listen to it below
[Via Stereogum, for full article, click here]
I'm obviously a big fan of this track, but the whole soundtrack seems pretty decent, and I'm honestly peeing myself waiting for the film. It's getting a lot of comparisons to Garden State (Pitchfork), but that's not really a bad thing in my book. It's not ashamed to be a romantic comedy, so critics who crave all which is experimental, avant garde are going to snub it. But it premiered at Sundance in January, so I'm thinking it's got just the right amount of indie flavor for my tastes.
Here's the the official trailer from YouTube:
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