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The Fiery Furnaces

Excuse Me, Miss, I Think You Dropped Something:
The Greatest Albums Not Making Enough “Best Of 2009″ Lists

December 21, 2009

It’s year-end best-ofs time, and there are hundreds of lists (themselves listed at Largehearted Boy) out there for the mining. This year’s themes seems to be:

working hard to convince yourself there are better albums than Merriweather Post Pavilion,  just so you don’t appear to be following the crowd
taking the Decemberists and Andrew Bird for granted
either [...]

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Today’s Vegetable:
Unique Stone Rubbins I Can Decorate With Giant Jacks

November 25, 2009

Chilluns, I’d love to float you a little more variety for this last Vedge before the long weekend, but all I’m listening to these days besides that new Animal Collective is Remember by the Fiery Furnaces.
So one more shot from them, this time from that remarkable live album that makes a man wonder, “How can [...]

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Love Hangover:
The Fiery Furnaces at Slim’s, Nov. 20

November 23, 2009

I don’t know if it’s just me, or if it’s just the way things are going these days, but it seems like I’m encountering a lot of bands that make me think, “Jesus, these guys can do whatever they want!” — exceedingly talented people who thrive on challenging themselves and succeed artistically in doing so.
“Challenging” [...]

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If I See You Tomorrow, I Don’t Know What I Will Do

July 28, 2009

I was going to say something intelligent about how even if you’re not necessarily into the Fiery Furnaces, Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger have such an obvious level of talent that it’s a good idea to check in with them every time they release something.
Then I realized they’d put out three studio albums and a live [...]

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