Friday, November 25, 2011

She & Him Christmas

"Zooey Deschanel has exactly the kind of voice you want to hear singing Christmas music: warm, cozy, and just a wee bit coy. You get the feeling she’s winking her way through 'A Very She & Him Christmas,' which is about as breezy and quaint as holiday albums come.

As half of the indie-pop duo She & Him, Deschanel plays the doe-eyed sweetheart to M. Ward’s straight man. That chemistry works well on their new album, which sticks to secular seasonal fare (Jesus is nowhere in sight) and suits their featherweight treatments of Christmas chestnuts."--James Reed, Boston Globe

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

November 23, 2011

"Despite its location inside the Boston Common Ritz-Carlton, Artisan Bistro offers up decent gastropub fare . . .."--Boston Phoenix