New music feature: She & Him

She & Him feature on Reuters.com (full version in this week’s issue of Billboard)

I’d say about 95 percent of the interviews I do are over the phone, so it’s usually pretty exciting when I actually get to talk to people in real life, as was the case with this story. I talked with M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel in the lobby of the Bowery Hotel as Matt ate a delicious-looking fruit salad and Zooey’s wedding ring flashed at me. They were both super nice, so I guess that’s all I can really ask for…

As far as She & Him goes, to be completely honest, I was glad to be writing about them from a business angle instead of a straight feature because I think the story has already been written way too many times in pretty much every publication. Don’t get me wrong—I like the band and the new record is lovely (I especially love the cover of Skeeter Davis’ “Gonna Get Along Without You Now”), but sometimes enough is enough, right? Ah well!