more zd+jgl love

This video for "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?" from Zooey's musical venture She & Him with M. Ward is uber-adorable and features costar Joseph Gordon-Levitt from (500) Days of Summer. Who knew these two had such slick (and sometimes silly) moves? Directed by Marc Webb, the video is what Deschanel herself calls "a nice complement to the movie."

(Thanks to CS for showing me this one!)

Also, if you can tear yourself away from Deschanel's indie charm, you might find that the Him of She & Him produces some great stuff on his own. Here's one:

better than the brady bunch

Went to a concert for the first time in months and manohman was it an experience. A new find recommended by my housemate, we caught Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros at TT the Bears in Cambridge.

A folk-rock band from L.A., the Zeros are a pleasant throwback. The ten members packed themselves onto the (very small) stage-what a feat! It became clear from the first song that the Zeros are just one big, happy hippie family, the accordion player in a sort of trance and lead man Alex Ebert prancing around shirtless with his messy hair flopping over into his eyes. My only major complaint about the show? It should have been done in a field, with circle dancing and flower crowns.

My two favorite songs from the lineup were their hit "Home" (Jade Castrinos' voice opposite of Ebert is lovely) and the bouncy "Janglin." Listen for yourself!

My housemate described the concert as "creative chaos" and I think the phrase fits the band. Band isn't even the right term. As one of the musicians states in the LA Times, "We're a kind of art troupe that plays music."

It's also worth taking a look at this bizarre video (part 1 of an eventual 12) that represents Ebert confronting the middle name given to him by his father, a Native American word that means "devil." Apparently that's his father chanting in the beginning, presumably holding little drooling Alex. Creepy.

summer mixtape

Way to go Grooveshark. This embedding playlists thing is very cool. Here are some songs I'm listening to right now. Some older, some newer, but all fresh (and summer-sounding) to me.