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  Eleanor Friedberger, 'Last Summer' (Merge)

  July 12, 2011 – The solo debut from the ?Fiery Furnaces' singer is a beguiling and byzantine New York-centric travelogue: "Owl's Head Park" uses an airy sax to portray a lost day in Coney Island, while the gurgling keyboards and swan-dive strings on "Roosevelt Island" sound like an ?outtake from Fleetwood Mac's Tango in the Night ?(a good thing, BTW). …
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  EXCLUSIVE: Fiery Furnaces Guy Goes Solo

  February 25, 2011 – Matthew Friedberger is a busy dude. The Fiery Furnaces, his art-pop band with his sister Eleanor, are known for being prolific, but the 38-year-old Chicago native has really outdone himself with his new solo project. The aptly-titled Solos is a six album subscription series with one new album arriving every other month from January to November. …
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  Hear Two New Eminem Tracks & More

  November 16, 2010 – Two new Eminem tracks have hit the web — including a T.I collaboration. "Living Proof" features Em teaming up with his ex-D12 bandmate Royce Da 5'9" while "All She Wants" features the MC trading rhymes with T.I. The Decemberists will hit the road in January to support their new album, The King Is Dead. …
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  Fiery Furnaces Play New Songs In Philly

  June 11, 2009 – Brooklyn brother/sister indie-rockers the Fiery Furnaces opened a quick four-city jaunt with a stripped down, playful 90-minute set in Philadelphia that featured whiskey shots with the crowd and "the most talking we've ever done between songs," according to the band's multi-instrumental wunderkind Matthew Friedberger. "We're just stalling," he later admitted. …
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  Barack Rock: Franz Ferdinand, Fiery Furnaces, and More

  October 8, 2008 – "I just hope you invite us back for the victory party!" said Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos at Tuesday night's Barack Rock benefit show at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg. …
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  Fiery Furnaces

  September 3, 2008 – What? Avant-pop duo Fiery Furnaces have forged a career of pushing their unique sonic sternly forward -- from the multi-suite opuses of Blueberry Boat to the spoken-word psych of Rehearsing My Choir and glam-tinged glow of Widow City. It might strike some as strange, then, that Matthew and Eleanor Friedburger are looking back to earlier work by releasing the aptly titled live retrospective, Remember. …
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  New Albums From Ra Ra Riot, Fiery Furnaces and More

  August 19, 2008 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today, with more after the jump. …
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  Backstage at Bonnaroo: Fiery Furnaces

  June 16, 2008 – Fresh from not one but two Bonnaroo sets, Eleanor and Matt joined SPIN.com's William Goodman backstage.  …
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  Bonnaroo Reviewed: The Fiery Furnaces

  June 15, 2008 – Brooklyn's Fiery Furnaces kicked their epic indie-pop into full gear Friday afternoon as dedicated fans began filtering into Bonnaroo's stage compound, amassing beneath the shade of That Tent and basking in the cool breeze that foreshadowed the rain to come. …
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  Fiery Furnaces' Intricate Sound Falls Short in S.F.

  May 30, 2008 – Within the ornate walls of San Francisco's Great American Music Hall last night (May 29), the Fiery Furnaces and opener Grand Ole Party seemingly battled head-to-head, each wielding decidedly different sounds -- and two vocalists each with a distinct style. Warming the crowd with cuts off their debut full-length Humanimals, including highlights "Nasty Habits" and "Gypsy March," Grand Ole Party, though just a trio, sounded like a band o …
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