Jun 18, 2020 By Samantha Small

After a near 11-year long hiatus, The Fiery Furnaces are back with new single “Down at the So and So on Somewhere,” courtesy of Third Man Records. More

Oct 17, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Eleanor Friedberger (of the long on hiatus The Fiery Furnaces) released a new album, Rebound, back in May via Frenchkiss. Now she’s shared a video for “It’s Hard” and a remix of “Are We Good?” by Cate Le Bon. Christine Pfister directed the video, in which Friedberger enters a doll world, while a doll enters the read world. More

Sep 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Eleanor Friedberger (of the long on hiatus The Fiery Furnaces) released a new album, Rebound, back in May via Frenchkiss. Now she’s shared a video for “Are We Good.” Gil Kenan directed the video, which features images superimposed on Friedberger. Check out the video below, followed by her upcoming tour dates. More

May 10, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Eleanor Friedberger (of the long on hiatus The Fiery Furnaces) released a new album, Rebound, last week via Frenchkiss. Now she’s shared a video for “Everything” and announced some new tour dates. More

Apr 20, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Eleanor Friedberger (of the long on hiatus The Fiery Furnaces) is releasing a new album, Rebound, on May 4 via Frenchkiss. Now she’s shared another from it, “Everything.” More

Apr 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Songs of the Week is fairly easy to put together, there are obviously standout tracks and it’s just a case of working out the order. Other weeks there are few great tracks and it’s a real struggle. This week there was an obvious #1 in Beach House and then there were so, so many other tracks to decide between to come up with a Top 10. More

Apr 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Eleanor Friedberger (of the long on hiatus The Fiery Furnaces) is releasing a new album, Rebound, on May 4 via Frenchkiss. Previously she shared its first single, “In Between Stars,” as well as a video for “In Between Stars.” Now she has shared another song from the album, “Make Me a Song,” via its video. More

Mar 07, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Eleanor Friedberger (of the long on hiatus The Fiery Furnaces) is releasing a new album, Rebound, on May 4 via Frenchkiss. Previously she shared its first single, “In Between Stars.” Now “In Between Stars” has a video. Friedberger shot the video herself, which was edited by Danny Perez. More

Feb 14, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Eleanor Friedberger (of the long on hiatus The Fiery Furnaces) has announced a new album, Rebound, and shared its first single, “In Between Stars.” Rebound is due out May 4 via Frenchkiss. Below is “In Between Stars,” followed by the album’s tracklist and her upcoming tour dates. More

Apr 14, 2016 By Joshua M. Miller

Eleanor Friedberger has shared an animated video for her song “Does Turquoise Work?”. More

Mar 08, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Eleanor Friedberger of The Fiery Furnaces released her new solo album, New View, in January via Frenchkiss. Now she has shared a video for “Never a Long Time.” It features footage she shot at SXSW way back in 1996, back when she was only 19 and SXSW was a lot smaller than it is now. More

Mar 04, 2016 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar magazine is excited to reveal the full lineups, poster, and set times for its three SXSW 2016 events: two day parties on Wednesday, March 16 and Thursday, March 17 and one official nighttime showcase on Wednesday, March 16. The lineups include Car Seat Headrest, Julien Baker, Hinds, Eleanor Friedberger, Everything Everything, Caveman, Still Corners, Yuck, Sunflower Bean, Petite Noir, Girls Names, Gwenno, MONEY, Cullen Omori, TEEN, Mass Gothic, Younghusband, and more. More

Feb 17, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Eleanor Friedberger of The Fiery Furnaces released her new solo album, New View, last month via Frenchkiss. Yesterday she shared a video for “Because I Asked You” and then last night she performed the song on Late Night with Seth Meyers. Watch her Seth Meyersperformance below. More

Feb 16, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Eleanor Friedberger of The Fiery Furnaces released her new solo album, New View, last month via Frenchkiss. Now she has shared a video for “Because I Asked You.” She will also be playing the song on Seth Meyers tonight. Friedberger performs the song in black & white footage, which is shown within an old TV. Watch it below via Noisey, who premiered it. More

Jan 14, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Various albums due out next Friday, January 22, are now streaming over at NPR First Listen, including the new albums by Eleanor Friedberger, Ty Segall, Shearwater, and The Besnard Lakes. All can be streamed below More

Jan 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Eleanor Friedberger of The Fiery Furnaces is releasing her new solo album, New View, on January 22 via Frenchkiss. Previously she had shared the album’s first single, “He Didn’t Mention His Mother,” as well as its video. Now she has shared another song and video from the record, “Sweetest Girl.” More

Dec 03, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Eleanor Friedberger of The Fiery Furnaces is releasing her new solo album, New View, on January 22, 2016 via Frenchkiss. Previously she had shared the album’s first single, “He Didn’t Mention His Mother,” and now it has a video. More

Nov 16, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Eleanor Friedberger of The Fiery Furnaces is releasing her new solo album, New View, on January 22, 2016 via Frenchkiss. Now she has announced a bunch of U.S. tour dates to go down next February and March. They include a stop at SXSW and are below. More

Oct 29, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Eleanor Friedberger of The Fiery Furnaces has announced a brand new album and shared its first single. New View is due out January 22, 2016 via Frenchkiss, her first for the label. Below you can listen to its first single, “He Didn’t Mention His Mother,” and watch a trailer for the album. More

Oct 08, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Eleanor Friedberger of The Fiery Furnaces has shared a new song, “False Alphabet City,” via its video. The video features footage from False Alphabets, a film by visual artist Sara Magenheimer that starred Friedberger. More

Dec 11, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

The Fiery Furnaces’ Eleanor Friedberger has premiered a comically offbeat music video for her single “My Own World,” from her sophomore solo album Personal Record, released earlier this year. More

Oct 19, 2013 By Julia Underwood

Friday was the fourth day of CMJ 2013. We set writer/photographer Laura Studarus down to cover the action. Check out her shots of Eleanor Friedberger, Ghost Wave, and Willis Earl Beal. More

Sep 04, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

On the heels of releasing her sophomore solo album Personal Record this summer, The Fiery Furnaces’ Eleanor Friedberger has premiered a music video for the LP’s latest single “When I Knew.” More

Jul 11, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Last night The Fiery Furnaces’ Eleanor Friedberger made her television debut as a solo artist on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. More

Jul 02, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Last month The Fiery Furnaces’ Eleanor Friedberger released her sophomore solo album Personal Record. More

May 14, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

On June 4 The Fiery Furnaces’ Eleanor Friedberger will release her new solo album Personal Record. More

Apr 10, 2013 By Cody Ray Shafer

The Fiery Furnaces’ Eleanor Friedberger has released a new upbeat and sunny video just in time for warmer weather. Appropriately, “Stare at the Sun,” directed by veteran video director Scott Jacobson, features lens flares, rolling in the grass with a dog, and a girl signing the lyrics as she squints into the light. More

Mar 21, 2013 By Laura Studarus

On June 4 Eleanor Friedberger will release her sophomore solo album, Personal Record. More

Mar 06, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

The Fiery Furnaces’ Eleanor Friedberger has revealed that she has plans to release a second solo album titled Personal Record. More

Feb 20, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Eleanor Friedberger has announced a number of new tour dates in support of her excellent solo debut Last Summer. More

Jan 30, 2012 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Eleanor Friedberger released a video for “Heaven” as well as new Portlandia tour dates. Check them out here. More

Dec 02, 2011 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar had a CMJ party on October 19 at Public Assembly in Brooklyn. We’ll be posting videos of some of the songs that were performed and today we have Eleanor Friedberger performing a brand new song, “I’ll Never Be Happy Again.” More

Oct 24, 2011 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Check out a photo gallery from the Under the Radar CMJ 2011 Party. With performances from Chad Valley, Caskiokids, Porcelain Raft, Eleanor Friedberger, Still Corners and The Stepkids. To see the full gallery, click here. More

Oct 12, 2011 By Laura Studarus

On October 19 Under the Radar will host a free CMJ day party sponsored by PRS Guitars. Leading up to the event we’re letting you know about each artist playing. Today we’re spotlighting Eleanor Friedberger. More

Oct 05, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Under the Radar magazine is excited to announce the details of its first CMJ event, sponsored by PRS Guitars. The event will take place Wednesday, October 19 at Public Assembly in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn and kicks off at 12:30 p.m. Featuring performances from Eleanor Friedberger, Still Corners, The Stepkids, Porcelain Raft, Casiokids, and Chad Valley, the party is free and open to the public (21+), no CMJ badges or RSVP required. More

Aug 23, 2011 By Mark Redfern

The CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival has announced their initial 2011 lineup. The event happens at venues across New York City October 18 - 22. Today the CMJ website announced the first round of artists performing this year. The list includes EMA, Dum Dum Girls, Zola Jesus, Wild Flag, Eleanor Friedberger, Handsome Furs, CSS, Neon Indian, Class Actress, Portugal. The Man, and others. More

Aug 04, 2011 By Laura Studarus

The digital version of Under the Radar‘s Summer Issue includes the same articles that appear in the printed version—plus 50 extra pages of editorial content not found in the print version, including extra full page photos, 11 bonus articles, and 13 bonus reviews. While we certainly still encourage you to pick up the print version (on newsstands now), we also recommend checking out the digital version, which is viewable on your iPad, Mac, PC, and Android device. The Summer Issue’s digital version includes exclusive articles on Eleanor Friedberger, Handsome Furs, My Morning Jacket, The Rapture, Twin Sister, Stephin Merritt, and others. Order the digital version of the Summer Issue here or subscribe to the digital version here. More

Jul 28, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Eleanor Friedberger is hitting the road in support of her debut-solo album Last Summer. We have the dates. More

Jul 28, 2011 By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus

Under the Radar’s Summer 2011 Issue has just hit stands. It features St. Vincent on the cover and includes articles on M83, Bon Iver vs. Fugazi, The Horrors, Washed Out, Stephen Malkmus vs. Gus Van Sant, WU LYF, Dum Dum Girls, Friendly Fires, Memory Tapes, John Maus, Niki & The Dove, Purity Ring, Youth Lagoon, and many others; as well as over 115 reviews. The digital version of the magazine also includes 50 extra pages of bonus content, including articles on My Morning Jacket, The Rapture, Eleanor Friedberger, Handsome Furs, Moonface, Stephin Merritt, Laurel Halo, and more. More

Jul 05, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Eleanor Friedberger‘s solo debut Last Summer is due out July 12 via Merge Records, but you can stream the album from The Fiery Furnaces singer at NPR here. More

Jun 14, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Fiery Furnaces frontwoman Eleanor Friedberger has released a video for “My Mistakes,” the first single from her debut solo album, Last Summer, which is due July 12 via Merge. More

May 04, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Northside Festival goes down in Brooklyn June 16-19. In addition to a stellar lineup that includes the likes of Guided By Voices and Beirut and Surfer Blood among others, today they added a special Church series with artists playing at Cecilia’s Church. Performers include Atlas Sound, Woods, Eleanor Friedberger, and Mount Eerie. More

Jan 11, 2016 By Ed McMenamin

At first glance, the titles of Eleanor Friedberger‘s first two solo records provide context for her clever, knotted lyrics and oddball pop melodies. More

Oct 24, 2013 By Laura Studarus

The highlights of day four of CMJ were two very different artists: Eleanor Friedberger and Willis Earl Beal. While both are incredibly talented musicians with idiosyncratic worldviews, their varying levels of commitment made for two very different sets. More

Jun 04, 2013 By Kyle Lemmon

The title of The Fiery Furnaces singer/songwriter Eleanor Friedberger’s second solo record could be read as a sly wink. Her 2011 debut, Last Summer, was the true Personal Record. More

Jul 20, 2011 By Anthony Lombardi

Breaking away from her full-time gig as singer of the experimental art-pop band The Fiery Furnaces, with sibling and bandmate, Matthew Friedberger, Eleanor Friedberger proves herself a worthy artist in her own right throughout Last Summer, her solo debut. More