Guff troubadour M. Ward and actress/musician Zooey Deschanel are teaming up to perform as a musical duo.

According to an interview Deschanel with KCRW, she and Ward have christened their act “She and Him.” And then plan on delivering a full-length album titled “Volume One” as soon as this spring.

Ward’s label, Merge, will produce the CD, which is likely to be the first of a few albums, considering its title of “Volume One.”

During the interview, KCRW played the She and Him songs “Sentimental Heart” and “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here,” two ditties featuring Deschanel’s vocals. The actress showcased these vocal talents in the Will Ferrell movie Elf.

Deschanel also addressed the possibility of touring in the interview, saying:

“I don’t know if I will tour exactly, right when [the record] comes out, but I’m sure I will be doing that…”

The two halves of She and Him performed together at this past Tuesday’s “Songs of the City” event in Los Angeles. Check them out here:

Panic At The Disco has also dropped the exclamation point from its name.

Now, the band is set to drop a new single on its British fans.

The group will release Nine In The Afternoon, which they played for the first time at last year’s Reading Festival, on March 10. The single will be available on March 3, a week before its actual release, as a download.

Like Gossip Girl, Grey’s Anatomy has become known for its music selections, which have not only helped boost the show’s popularity by fitting nicely into its powerful scenes, but have greatly helped the careers of some terrific artists, among them The Fray, KT Tunstall and Brandi Carlile.

The Grey’s Anatomy music from last night’s likely season finale, “Lay Your Hands On Me,” lived up to those expectations. Here’s the playlist…

• Anna Nalick, “Wreck of the Day”
• Group 1 Crew, “Forgive Me”
• Patty Griffin, “Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)”
• Lifehouse, “Broken”
• Caedmon’s Call, “Ten Thousand Angels”
• Katie Herzig (pictured), “Sweeter Than This”

Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall is engaged to marry her boyfriend, drummer Luke Bullen, after he proposed to her Christmas Day.

“Being an opportunist, I obviously said yes,” the 32-year-old “Universe and U” singer said, according to People. “It feels smashing.”

That’s one way to put it! A rep for KT Tunstall confirmed the engagement on Friday. The two are scheduled to tie the knot later this year.

KT Tunstall and drummer beau Luke Bullen recently got engaged!

KT’s “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” was nominated for a Grammy in 2007, won a BRIT award for best British female solo artist in 2006. Her recent album, Drastic Fantastic, came out last year to critical and commercial praise.

Industry sources report that legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles is working on a film about … Fall Out Boy.

“Albert came along and was like, ‘I’m really interested in doing something with your band,’ and we did the thing, like, when you’re in high school and the hot girl talks to you, and you sort of look behind you and go, ‘Who, us?’” bassist / lyricist / Ashlee Simpson boy toy Pete Wentz told MTV.

“This guy could document pretty much anything, and he wanted to do something with us. That’s what blew our minds more than anything.”

Maysles filmed five dates of Fall Out Boy’s Young Wild Things tour and then plans on documenting the next year of the band’s career - the recording process of their follow-up album to Infinity On High included. Pete Wentz is unsure of the documentary’s outcome, but is enthused about the process.

“I’m really excited about it, whatever happens, because I think most bands just film a bunch of crap for ‘the official DVD,’ and those are always kind of cheesy,” Wentz, the de facto head of Fall Out Boy, said. “We’d like to have it submitted to some festivals, maybe release it as a proper, real DVD in the fall. All I know is, I can look forward to having Albert and his crew sleeping on my couch.”

The same way a soundtrack helped define and build the success of new movies such as Juno, TV shows receive similar boosts from their music.

Gossip Girl is one of the horrest new shows on TV and its music certainly doesn’t hurt the cause. Here’s a look at the Gossip Girl music from this week’s new episode, a fun and eclectic list of modern tunes …

• Nadia Oh, “Got Ur Number”
• Falling Up, “The Dark Side Of Indoor Track Meets”
• Dashboard Confessional, “Where There’s Gold”
• Dan Cray Trio, “Goodbye”
• Figurines, “The Air We Breathe”
• Machine Translations, “You’ll Change”
• Nicole Scherzinger, “Happily Never After”

Positive word of mouth for the new movie Juno couldn’t be stronger, and that is largely due to the soundtrack delivered by Kimya Dawson, who is known for her work as one-half of the Moldy Peaches.

While practically every motion picture has a soundtrack, the songs in most films are often nothing more than background music, artists compiled into an album that hopes to create additional revenue for the production.

Not the case with Juno.

Composer Mateo Messina based the film’s score on Kimya Dawson’s music to help tell the story of Juno, a witty and hilarious Minnesota girl who is dealing with pregnancy at 16. The score reflects Juno’s bittersweet character.

The soundtrack features Belle & Sebastian, the Velvet Underground, Cat Power and others. As integral as Kimya Dawson’s songs were integral to Juno, the songstress gives a more intimate side to the creation of each one.

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Four Florida natives - Travis Clark, Hunter Thomsen, Drew Thomsen and Danny Duncan - met while attending King Middle School. From that experienced, a band - We the Kings - was formed, and it’s quickly becoming popular.

We the Kings’ first single, “Skyway Avenue,” won over some big audiences with an affable melody, while the band is enjoying a growing number of prime TV placements, including their ballad “This Is Our Town” on One Tree Hill and “Stay Young” on MTV’s Newport Harbor. Yup, that’s them.

Expect to hear a lot more from these punks. And we use that term in the most endearing sense possible. Who doesn’t love One Tree Hill music?

Carrie Underwood will hit the road next month on her very first headlining tour. The country star and former American Idol champ’s “Carnival Ride Tour” is set to kick off February 18, with the first of 30-plus stops in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

“I’m so excited to be hitting the road and doing the full show of my music that I have always dreamt of doing,” Carrie Underwood said Monday.

“I have been so fortunate to learn from so many other great artists while touring with them, and they have inspired me in so many ways. They have helped me to get to this stage of my first real headline shows, and now I finally feel ready. I can’t wait to travel throughout the U.S. and Canada, and see all my fans.”

Carrie Underwood’s opening act will be fellow Grammy nominee, Josh Turner. Tickets for their first round of tour dates go on sale Saturday.

The Carnival Ride singer is doing double touring duty this winter, as she’s also set to co-headline several shows with new dad-to-be Keith Urban, starting January 31. Follow the above link for a full list of Carrie’s tour dates.

Always innovative and never duplicated, U2 has announced that it plans to release its first digital 3D film, creating a live concert production.

“U2 3D” was filmed in the South American leg of the band’s 2005 Vertigo tour, and captures performances onstage during the band’s concert in Buenos Aires.

Premiering at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, the U2 3D movie will open in IMAX 3D and digital 3D cinemas across the UK on February 22.