411 Mania — Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova gave us one of the best films of 2007. Can their second musical collaboration reach their own lofty standards? more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The St. Petersburg Times interviews author Anne Rice about her current reading. NPR's All Things Considered profiles The Swell Season. Jayne Anne Phillips talks to the Chicago Tribune about her latest novel, Lark and Termite. The A.V. Club interviews... more info

Topix — Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova earned two Grammy nominations in 2008 for scoring and composing the songs of "Once." October 27, 2009 Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova essentially played romanticized versions of themselves in the 2007 indie movie "On... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — R.E.M.'s live album, Live at the Olympia (2-CD), finally hits stores tomorrow, along with Devendra Banhart's major label debut What Will Be and The Swell Season's Strict Joy. From what has already been sent my way, I can strongly... more info

Live Daily — Plus: Brian McKnight [ tickets ], Pink Martini [ tickets ], more * * * R.E.M. [ tickets ] "Live at the Olympia" (Warner Bros.) The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act follows last year's acclaimed studio set "Accelerate" with a live offering. "Liv... more info

New York Post — The Swell Season is a musical duo that played a film couple in a burgeoning romance, then developed a real romance, then ended that romance only to write a CD full of songs that may or may not be about their romance. Got it? If not, you’re no... more info

Twangville — Man, there have been a ton of great records released this year that can be placed into the relatively ambiguous class of “modern folk” or “acoustic pop”, or whatever. We have seen the records from The Low Anthem, Langhorne Slim, The Swell Sea... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 11-03 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall *11-04 Montreal, Quebecc - Olympia *11-06 Boston, MA - Berklee Performing Arts Centre *11-07 Providence, RI - Lupo's *11-08 Philadelphia, PA - Merriam *11-09 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *11-20 Oakland, CA - The Par... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 11-01 Milwaukee, WI - The Pabst11-02 Indianapolis, IN - Clownes Theatre11-03 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall *11-04 Montreal, Quebecc - Olympia *11-06 Boston, MA - Berklee Performing Arts Centre *11-07 Providence, RI - Lupo's *11-08 Philadelphia, PA -... more info

Twangville — I have always been beyond hesitant to call any of my posts “reviews”. For one, I’m not much of a writer, for two, I am basically just trying to tell you about a record that I really like, so I don’t feel the need to dress it up as anything mo... more info