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The Fiery Furnaces played Hiro Ballroom + videos
the Fiery Furnaces @ Hiro Ballroom, NYC - Nov 3, 2007 (CRED)
Of a good thing, mostly, and in any case that seems to be the point. At a time when indie bands and their devotees are worried about short, blog-enabled cycles of hype and backlash, the Fiery Furnaces have decided to reward their fans by overwhelming them. In a few years the Friedbergers have gone from promising upstarts (on “Gallowsbird’s Bark”) to celebrated indie favorites (with “Blueberry Boat” in 2004) to polarizing iconoclasts (with “Rehearsing My Choir” from 2005, a song cycle starring their grandmother, Olga Sarantos) to respected veterans. If that means they’re now playing Hiro Ballroom a few years after playing for a much bigger crowd at Town Hall — well, neither of them seems too worried. [NY Times]NYC Taper taped the show. The Fiery Furnaces also recently played live on KCRW. Listen to, or watch, that. Their new album Widow City is out now. Related videos, below....
The Fiery Furnaces - "Ex-Guru"
The Fiery Furnaces recording Widow City
The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City Promo
Fiery Furnaces - 2007 Tour Dates
Nov 6 - Stealth Nottinghman
Nov 7 - Nice N Sleazy Glasgow
Nov 9 - Barfly Birmingham
Nov 10 - Night & Day Manchester
Nov 11 - Koko London
Nov 12 - Whelans Dublin
Nov 14 - Audio Brighton
Nov 15 - Nouveau Casino Paris
Nov 16 - Dampfzentrale Bern
Nov 17 - Musicdrome Milan
Nov 18 - 59to1 Munich
Nov 19 - Flex Vienna
Nov 21 - Gedaube 9 Cologne
Nov 22 - Lido Berlin
Nov 24 - Knust Hamburg, Hamburg
Nov 25 - Vega Copenhagen
Nov 26 - John Dee Oslo
Nov 27 - Debaser Malmo
Nov 29 - Bitterzoet Amsterdam
Nov 30 - muziekcentrum TRIX Antwerp
Previously
* more Fiery Furnaces
Posted on November 5, 2007 1:21 PM
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their time is definitely up, thank god
Posted by Anonymous | November 5, 2007 2:08 PM
"Thank God"?
Get a life. And so the hipster tide turns again...
Posted by Anonymous | November 5, 2007 2:42 PM
They put on an incredible show at Maxwell's a few months back.
Posted by qweebaroo! | November 5, 2007 2:45 PM
They're also playing the Music Hall of Williamsburg next month. Tix on sale this week.
Posted by Anonymous | November 5, 2007 3:07 PM
tides turn all the time. get over it. the only thing in life that is constant is change itself. get used to it. get over it. move on.
Posted by Anonymous | November 5, 2007 3:07 PM
Not sure how their "time is up". They just put out an amazing album, which has received almost universally excellent reviews. They're in the middle of a tour playing good-sized venues to large crowds. The band is playing tight sets with a good representation of their material.
At this point, Fiery Furnaces are at the top of their game. If their "time is up" to have idiot fake-hipsters show up at their shows to see-and-be-seen, and spend the entire show texting their fake friends, then that's probably a good thing.
Posted by nyctaper | November 5, 2007 3:08 PM
I didn't like the new record so much. still a good band... just not enjoying their latest. I hope i'm still cool.
Posted by Anonymous | November 5, 2007 3:10 PM
what's with all the talk about cool and hip and hipster and idiot fake-hipsters. will it ever cease? can't we just focus on the music people (hip, and non-hip, and all those in between)?
Posted by Anonymous | November 5, 2007 3:18 PM
"what's with all the talk about cool and hip and hipster and idiot fake-hipsters. will it ever cease? can't we just focus on the music people (hip, and non-hip, and all those in between)?"
A VOICE OF REASON in a sea of poo poo and poo pooers.
Posted by Anonymous | November 5, 2007 4:21 PM
Well sorry to be a poo-poo'er of the poo-poo'ers, but the annoying "time is up" comment really did piss me off.
Posted by nyctaper | November 5, 2007 4:44 PM
^^^^^
What he said.
Posted by Anonymous | November 5, 2007 4:57 PM
you haven't been enjoying this record (inferring you've enjoyed the last two pieces of shit?)???
REALLY?
the new record is the best thing they've done since Blueberry Boat.
Posted by Anonymous | November 5, 2007 5:08 PM
i thought bitter tea was great. and some of the songs on choir, as well, believe it or not. faster hammers.
Posted by Anonymous | November 5, 2007 6:14 PM
Wow. Not one mention of The Sonics or Cavestomp anywhere on this blog. 2 packed nights at Warsaw warrants nothing? I like the Furnaces to but will they be greeted as liberators forty years from now?
Posted by noisejoke | November 5, 2007 8:13 PM
I wanted to see Cavestomp out of curiosity but couldn't. How was it?
Posted by GOPster | November 5, 2007 9:55 PM
"Greeted as liberators"? Um, world war two is over. Oh, and the Fiery Furnaces are a band, you dramatic asshole
Posted by Anonymous | November 8, 2007 1:00 AM
"Greeted as liberators"? Um, world war two is over. Oh, and the Fiery Furnaces are a band, you dramatic asshole
Posted by billy zane | November 8, 2007 1:00 AM