Matt Friedberger Responds To Beck

The Fiery Furnace is indeed fiery in his "Unedited Blog Post" and "Imaginary Response!" to Beck's "Harry Partch." Note: The sentence "That was written in a style I associate with a certain sort of Zappa fan" appears in one of... CONTINUE READING MATT FRIEDBERGER RESPONDS TO BECK»

Posted on November 19, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: Beck | Freelance Whales | The Fiery Furnaces

New Beck - "Harry Partch"

Harry Patch, the longest surviving UK veteran of World War I, lived an honorable life, his very existence serving as a reminder to countless others of how far we've come, and at what cost, in matters of international conflict and... CONTINUE READING NEW BECK - "HARRY PARTCH"»

Posted on November 19, 2009 in MP3, Where's The Beef? (67 comments)
Tags: Beck | Dutchess Says | Harry Partch | Radiohead | The Fiery Furnaces

Fiery Furnaces Discuss Radiohead "Feud"

Matthew Friedberger owns up to his unpopular Radiohead "fuck you" ("I don't have any time for them. There's a lot of music."). He also says he was misquoted but thinks self-censorship and "trying to control the context" are no fun.... CONTINUE READING FIERY FURNACES DISCUSS RADIOHEAD "FEUD"»

Posted on November 11, 2009 (75 comments)
Tags: Javelin | Radiohead | The Fiery Furnaces

Stream Fiery Furnaces' Fiery Furnaces Cover Record

Take Me Round Again finds Radiohead fans the Fiery Furnaces covering the dozen songs on their eighth album I'm Going Away. Each Friedberger reworks six. Listen at Fina.... CONTINUE READING STREAM FIERY FURNACES' FIERY FURNACES COVER RECORD»

Posted on November 10, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: The Fiery Furnaces

Fiery Furnaces To Radiohead: "Fuck You"

Matthew Friedberger clearly thought Radiohead wrote a song about American composer Harry Partch not UK old guy Harry Patch when he told them to fuck off for "brazenly and arbitrarily associating yourself with things that you know people consider cool."... CONTINUE READING FIERY FURNACES TO RADIOHEAD: "FUCK YOU"»

Posted on November 5, 2009 in Where's The Beef? (78 comments)
Tags: Radiohead | The Fiery Furnaces | The Golden Filter

Fiery Furnaces To Cover The Fiery Furnaces

Ever the conceptualists, "Matthew and Eleanor are taking time out from watching season two of Mad Men to record separate, complete, cover, tribute, albums, of, to, I'm Going Away. Only the words will remain the same." Keep eyes/ears peeled in... CONTINUE READING FIERY FURNACES TO COVER THE FIERY FURNACES»

Posted on July 28, 2009 (2 comments)
Tags: Nick Cave | The Dirty Three | The Fiery Furnaces

New Fiery Furnaces Video - "Charmaine Champagne"

Following an entertaining video interview with Joe and I'm Going Away's piano-woven sing-along "The End Is Near," the Fiery Furnaces have put together an artsy Phillip Niemeyer-directed clip for "Charmaine Champagne." (Thanks for the tip, Matt.) Eleanor and Matt (not... CONTINUE READING NEW FIERY FURNACES VIDEO - "CHARMAINE CHAMPAGNE"»

Posted on July 23, 2009 in Video (2 comments)
Tags: HEALTH | The Fiery Furnaces

Old Folks Review Dirty Projectors, Interview Fiery Furnaces

The last time Scott checked in with the old folks (his favorite folks) of Breakfast At Sulmay's, he requested they do Dirty Projectors next. And so they did. Seeing how polarizing the arty Brooklyn band's Bitte Orca can be among... CONTINUE READING OLD FOLKS REVIEW DIRTY PROJECTORS, INTERVIEW FIERY FURNACES»

New Fiery Furnaces - "The End is Near" (Stereogum Premiere)

When we reported on the ever productive, conceptually minded Fiery Furnaces forthcoming eighth album I'm Going Away, we passed along Eleanor and Matt's essential Taxi vs. Titanic theories, noted the 12-song collection was recorded and mixed by Sebadoh's Jason Loewenstein... CONTINUE READING NEW FIERY FURNACES - "THE END IS NEAR" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»

Posted on June 10, 2009 in MP3 (12 comments)
Tags: The Fiery Furnaces

New Fiery Furnaces Album Out This Summer

It's called I'm Going Away, but the conceptually minded Eleanor and Matthew and Friedberger clearly aren't going anywhere: This is their eighth full-length since 2003. Mixing things up a bit, the 12-song collection was recorded and mixed by Sebadoh's Jason... CONTINUE READING NEW FIERY FURNACES ALBUM OUT THIS SUMMER»

Posted on April 28, 2009 in Album Art (5 comments)
Tags: Girl Talk | Jason Loewenstein | Sebadoh | Sharon Van Etten | The Fiery Furnaces

New Live Fiery Furnaces - "Wicker Whatnots"

If you've seen two Fiery Furnaces concerts, odds are one left you totally blown away, and the other left you totally confused. The Friedbergers do not play the same show twice -- not in song choice, and definitely not in... CONTINUE READING NEW LIVE FIERY FURNACES - "WICKER WHATNOTS"»

Posted on July 25, 2008 in MP3 (8 comments)
Tags: The Fiery Furnaces

Bonnaroo: It's A (Photo) Wrap

The tents are collapsed, the recycling collected, the hippies headed to the showers (j/k hippies don't take showers). Bonnaroo '08 now belongs to the chemically enhanced memories of its campers, and to message boards worldwide as people bitch about... CONTINUE READING BONNAROO: IT'S A (PHOTO) WRAP»

RooTube

Today's full sets from Fiery Furnaces and Raconteurs can be viewed here. (UPDATE: Now with added Metallica.)... CONTINUE READING ROOTUBE»

Posted on June 14, 2008 in Video (3 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Metallica | The Fiery Furnaces | The Raconteurs

David Byrne's Fiery Furnaces

We mentioned Fiery Furnaces getting Byrne-y in their video for "Duplexes Of The Dead," so it's good to see David Byrne repay the favor -- and say "eucalyptus juice" in the process -- as he puts his best Eleanor forward in this cover of "Ex-Guru." Cool (hot?), but if he decides to cop her style from the "Navy Nurse" vid, we're burning down the house.

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Posted on January 30, 2008 in MP3 (0 comments)

New Fiery Furnaces Video - "Duplexes Of The Dead" (Stereogum Premiere)

On this Ouija-inspired Widow City standout, indie rock fox Eleanor Friedberger plays a sexually frustrated newlywed tormented by a magic word seldom seen and never heard. Following the nautical "Navy Nurse," this Pete Ohs-directed clip features Friedberger faces projected on... CONTINUE READING NEW FIERY FURNACES VIDEO - "DUPLEXES OF THE DEAD" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»

Posted on December 26, 2007 in Tour Dates, Video (4 comments)
Tags: The Fiery Furnaces

New Fiery Furnaces Video - "Navy Nurse" (Stereogum Premiere)

When the Fiery Friedbergers gave us "Ex Guru" in video form, we found ourselves stranded in the forest with some shadowy ascetic types and mystical kitties. This time around, in the Moses Berkson-directed "Navy Nurse," Eleanor goes it solo, doing... CONTINUE READING NEW FIERY FURNACES VIDEO - "NAVY NURSE" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»

Posted on November 15, 2007 in Tour Dates, Video (4 comments)
Tags: The Fiery Furnaces

New Fiery Furnaces Video - "Ex-Guru"

The bouncy-then-snake-sacrificing pop of "Ex-Guru," from the Fiery ones' latest LP Widow City, sees the Friedberger sibs frolicking in a sylvian setting. In describing the tune, FF said ""the loud guitar-drums-and-Chamberlin 'thunderstorm' part towards the end ... indicates the thunderstorm... CONTINUE READING NEW FIERY FURNACES VIDEO - "EX-GURU"»

Posted on October 11, 2007 in MP3, Video (4 comments)
Tags: The Fiery Furnaces

New Fiery Furnaces - "Ex-Guru"

Are the Fiery Furnaces really six albums deep into their bro 'n' sis psychedelic Patti Smith-on-Broadway bacchanalia? Man, time flies when you're writing a conceptual album starring grandma! Widow City, the Friedberger's follow-up to last year's Bitter Tea is just... CONTINUE READING NEW FIERY FURNACES - "EX-GURU"»

Posted on August 22, 2007 in Album Art, MP3 (9 comments)
Tags: The Fiery Furnaces

Holy Ghost Language School/Winter Women Watercooler

On 8/8, Fiery Furnaceman Matthew Friedberger delivers two solo records, Holy Ghost Language School and Winter Women. If you're thinking "concept album!" you're half right. Matty told Pitchfork:"[Holy Ghost] is a story record, [about] a guy from Chicago [who] goes... CONTINUE READING HOLY GHOST LANGUAGE SCHOOL/WINTER WOMEN WATERCOOLER»

Posted on August 1, 2006 in MP3 (13 comments)
Tags: Matthew Friedberger | The Fiery Furnaces

A User's Guide To Bitter Tea

Love 'em or hate 'em (and Stereogum's been on both sides of the fence), we give the Fiery Furances props for crafting some of the most challenging indie music out there. By now you've heard at least some of Bitter... CONTINUE READING A USER'S GUIDE TO BITTER TEA»

Posted on April 21, 2006 in MP3 (11 comments)
Tags: The Fiery Furnaces

Guilt-Free Downloads

A few tracks from some upcoming albums, via the ever-useful Catbirdseat. Fiery Furnaces - "Single Again" Ida - "Late Blues" Brendan Benson - "What I'm Looking For"... CONTINUE READING GUILT-FREE DOWNLOADS»

Posted on December 21, 2004 (3 comments)
Tags: Brendan Benson | The Fiery Furnaces