When Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova won the Oscar for Best Song, I cheered. It was involuntary. I scared the gaggle of gay men with whom I was watching the awards. (They were cheering for Enchanted.) And since winning the Oscar, Glen and Marketa, who tour as The Swell Season, have gone from a less-than-full show at the TLA to a sold out crowd at the Tower. This means I get bragging rights in......

It's no secret that we at Phillyist positively adore Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, both as individuals and as collaborators—better known in that context as The Swell Season. And so it should be no surprise to you that we'll be at Glen and Mar's show tonight at the Tower Theater. When last we saw The Swell Season, they were playing to a half-full crowd at the TLA. What a difference an Oscar (Best Original Song,......

Every weekday of December (except for December 25, that is), Phillyist will be counting down to 2008 with our highlights from the past year and our predictions for the next. If you have a list you'd like to submit, let us know! My favorite part about about being a Phillyist writer is the late-night orgies checking out all sorts of music I never would have heard of, let alone heard, if I wasn't involved......

We already mentioned in an earlier post that the unconventional Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There gets released today. Although the soundtrack of the film has been out for some time, we thought we'd take this opportunity to review it - especially seeing as how it's a review copy of the album that we've been listening to and all. We're not just late on the review because we're lazy, though. There's a lot of music......

I'm really not a superfan. It's just not my way. I don't get that enthusiastic over anything. Except for food. And bed. If one of those things made a few records and went on an international tour, you'd best believe I'd camp out at every one of their performances. But on the whole, while I love music, there aren't any bands that I'll go Beatles-on-Sullivan crazy for. There still aren't. But for Glen Hansard......

While SFist cringed at the fatal dose of crime littering the Bay Area, it found solace in Hillary Clinton's San Francisco campaign headquarters opening, which featured loads of exposed mammary glands. In other news, SF Taxi Commission ruled that Satan's cab must keep its (in)famous medallion number, 666; and in an un-fashion-forward frenzy, San Francisco Fashion Week (chortle) bars bloggers from covering and getting smashed at their shows and parties, respectively. Also, they found a......

Musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova...

As commenter Matt pointed out over the weekend, Y-Rock on XPN is going to be hosting a free screening of Once, a Film Festival movie we totally dug, starring the frontman of a band we totally dig. What's more, Matt tells us that said frontman, Glen Hansard, will be on hand for a private performance and Q&A session after the show. And seriously, how cool is that? The screening's on Wednesday, but the deadline......

Although the TLA's re-branding doesn't officially happen until tonight, Wednesday's show's venue was listed (on Phillyist and elsewhere) as the Fillmore at the TLA. That depressed us here at Phillyist. But then I walked in that night, and I've gotta say that, at least from an aesthetic point of view, I'm not nearly as sad anymore. There are wood floors and chandeliers and the the bathrooms (previously discussed in Royal Flush) are clean. Otherwise,......

Remember Once, that Film Festival movie from Ireland that we totally dug, and would have given an "Excellent" rating to, if only they hadn't insisted on using handheld cameras? Well, the star of the film, Glen Hansard, also happens to be the front man of this pretty awesome band, also out of Ireland, called The Frames. We were sent their latest CD, The Cost, a few months ago, and we've had it on a pretty......

Film: Once, S&Man Future Screenings: Once: No future screenings scheduled, but after two sold-out screenings, look for it in Festival Favorites! S&Man: No future screenings scheduled Once I only planned to see Once because it stars Glen Hansard of Irish band The Frames, and I'm reviewing their upcoming show (more on that in a few weeks). I've had their latest CD for a while, but I've only had time to listen once, and I was......