“Bring your lesbian friend to my swanky Los Angeles mansion,” Jason sang in a jam from last night at the Swell Season’s L.A. gig. “Remember when I was in the show Freaks and Geeks?” I do, broseph! Please make more movies and/or respond to my Tweets.
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My life became overscheduled for a spell, but I'm back for real this time. Highlights since my last post include cobbling together a playlist for 80 Minutes for Life (it will be posted tomorrow), going to the Treasure Island Festival and silently swooning over the french horn tattoo on Zach Condon's wrist, writing a couple interviews, cracking the other side of my poor liz-hating iphone, and fi...
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MUSIC NEWS - We're heading over to NPR Music to listen to the advance release streams of two upcoming albums: The Swell Season’s Strict Joy and One Fast Move Or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur by Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar. Both are available for free, on-demand listening at npr.org/music as part of the site's "Exclusive First Listen" series. The Swell Season are Glen Hansard and Marketa Ir
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Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová melted many a heart last year when they won the Oscar for Best Original Song for “Falling Slowly” from their starring turn in romantic indie flick Once. They have since become a couple, signed a publishing deal with...
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In good music news, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová aka The Swell Season are returning to the fold on Oct. 27th with their album, Strict Joy. These two songbirds first gained fame for their triumphantly tender performances in the sleeper hit, Once. The critical buzz and strong word of mouth propelled them into the spotlight, culminating in an Oscar win for the song, Falling Slowly. Live, the.
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At the tour’s request, we did not photograph the Swell Season. The photos are of the opening act Doveman.Since seeing the Swell Season’s fantastic performance at Berklee Performance Center, I’ve told several friends that I haven’t seen “Once,” the film that launched the duo of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová and their real-life romance. Each time, I get the same reaction: my friend
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"The Swell Season" was originally the name of Glen Hansard (vocals, guitar) and Markéta Irglová's (vocals, piano) first album released in 2006. However, they have become commonly known and now refer to themselves as The Swell Season. The name comes from humanist Josef škvorecký's 1975 novel titled The Swell Season; Glen's favorite novel.The initial success of the one-time romantically linked
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The duo from Once return with a fine new album. It's mostly about how their real-life relationship fell apart, but with strong songwriting and gorgeous singing.The Swell Season have their work cut out for them with their second album, Strict Joy. The duo of Glen Hansard and Markta Irglov released their debut effort in 2006 under the name The Swell Season, and have toured using that moniker for t
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Post-Once, post-Oscar, post international merry-go-round, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova are back doing what they (particularly the Frames frontman) do best, penning effortlessly hummable tunes, even if some of them, like the wonderfully breezy ‘Feeling The Pull’ have been around for some time.Opener ‘Low Rising’ is a mid-paced country-tinged grower that wouldn’t seem out…
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so i saw the swell season at the greek theater in la on saturday. holy crap.i wasn't sure what exactly to expect. it was, to be only slightly dramatic, life changing. it had been way too long since i had been to a show and this one honestly and truly made me fall in love with music all over again. i was also really excited to see iron & wine who i've always loved, but unfortunately missed their...
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Festival-goers rush to stake their spots as the gates open just after 11am. Alexis Jones-Roberts and the Jones Family Singers open the WaMu stage. Dan Dyer gets the AT&T blue room stage off to a soulful start. Asleep at the Wheel opens its annual benediction with "Miles and Miles of Texas." Rodney Crowell jams with Will Kimbrough in a "no bass, no drums" show. Rodney Crowell makes a poli...
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The Swell Season is Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova's first album without the built-in emotional resonance that comes from the identification of character, plot, and image with song. It's hard to imagine the music from the Once soundtrack without recalling its place in the film, whether Glen was busking by himself or recording with the band. "Low Rising" has a video, but for the most part, the...
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Gossip for you from the Irish Independent:Falling slowly... out of loveOscar-winning duo are now 'just good friendsBy Allison BrayMonday January 26 2009THE fairytale love affair between Oscar-winning musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova is reportedly over less than a year after the pair won an Academy Award for their hit soundtrack 'Once'.The real-life love story that mirrored the storyli...
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The Swell Season stole the show from what I saw of the webcast...which wasn't much, I'll admit....but then again I have a major Glen Hansard bias that I can't seem to shake:
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Ok...it took me a week to recover from Coachella...It was the best time ever though...a week of being sick is a small, small price to pay for the sort of life experience I chalked up last weekend!Ok...Prince OWNED Coachella...anyone who says different has no soul, and I have no need to ever meet them.A few other categories though I want to hand out some awards for:BEST SET BY AN ARTIST NOT NAME...
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