Considering the Fiery Furnaces' steady stream of albums in the past five years—a total of six if you count 2005's 10-song EP—is it any wonder Matthew Friedberger doesn't believe in writer's block? At ...

Fiery Furnaces have returned with a new song. Listen to “Down at the So and So on Somewhere” below, out now via Third Man. It’s the first original music from Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger in over a ...

The Fiery Furnaces have returned with their new song “Down at the So and So on Somewhere,” Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger’s first track together in 11 years. The brother-sister duo previously teased ...

As pointed out in my Gothamist post, bands have been playing for KEXP in NYC this week. Yesterday was the Fiery Furnaces, who are also playing Northsix and Webster Hall tonight and Saturday. They ...

Call them a progressive punk band or perhaps an art-rock ensemble or maybe an avant-blues-jazz-funk-pop-opera-Broadway proposition of some sort. However you categorize them, the Fiery Furnaces’ ...

Better than: Steve & Eydie redux. All the blind alleys the Fiery Furnaces’ songs take tend to foreshorten the idea of the group ever putting on a straightforward show. That’s before we even get into ...

Welcome to the 24th Songs of the Week of 2020. These days life is just overwhelming, at least if you pay attention to the news at all. It’s just one long parade of understandable outrage. Sure, some ...