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Aug 25, 2021

After a near 11-year long hiatus, The Fiery Furnaces returned last year with the new single “Down at the So and So on Somewhere.” Now they have announced some new live dates and digitally shared the song “The Fortune Teller’s Revenge,” which was originally the B-side of “Down at the So and So on Somewhere” when it was released on a 7-inch last year by Third Man. More

Jun 18, 2020

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

Sep 12, 2012

This October, The Fiery Furnaces’ Matthew Friedberger will release another in a long line of solo concept albums. Called Matricidal Sons of Bitches, the album revolves around a piece based on films of Poverty Row. Ambitious? Yes. More




Reviews

Nov 01, 2012

Matricidal Sons of Bitches takes the form of a grand, four-part, mostly instrumental suite that directly comments on the films of early Hollywood’s so-called “Poverty Row,” a loose collection of independent studios that pumped out ultra-low-budget films (primarily Westerns and serials). More

Feb 24, 2011

Friedberger, true to his work ethic, has launched a subscription series of solo vinyl albums that will ultimately form a box set. More