Friendly Fires

Summerstage 2011 -- complete NYC free show lineup

“SummerStage, a program of City Parks Foundation, presents performances of outstanding artistic quality, free of charge, to serve the diverse communities of New York City…

Wise Blood touring w/ Friendly Fires who are playing Summerstage w/ Cults who are touring w/ Writer (dates)

Friendly Fires @ Bowery Ballroom in Feb (more by Chris La Putt) Friedly Fires kick off a North American tour in Philly on May 24th. Joining them on that tour, including at their sold out May 25th Webster Hall show, will be Wise Blood (who maybe you caught open for Wu Lyf earlier this month)…

Friendly Fires & the Hundred in the Hands played Bowery Ballroom (pics & setlist)

Friendly Fires paid a visit to NYC to play a headlining show to an energetic crowd at Bowery Ballroom Monday night (2/7). They played a mix of old and new songs – about seven new songs, or eight if you count “Kiss of Life“…

Friendly Fires -- 2011 Tour Dates

Friendly Fires at Webster Hall (more by Paul Birman) Did you get tickets to the now-sold out Friendly Fires show at Bowery (happening 2/7)? If not, be patient, the SXSW-bound band will also tour North America in late-May/June which will bring them back to NYC to play Webster Hall on May 25th…

Friendly Fires released a mix on K7, visiting NYC & LA (dates)

Friendly Fires at Webster Hall in 2009 (more by Paul Birman) It has been just over a year since UK dance-punks Friendly Fires were last in NYC (at Webster Hall with the xx)…

Friendly Fires @ Webster Hall in NYC - more pics

Happy Holidays! I take on more than I can handle. That results in a lot of unposted content. In the name of catching up, while also taking it easy during this final week of the year, here’s some of that lost material…

Friendly Fires played Webster Hall with The xx (pics), releasing limited 12" w/ Joakim remix (listen now)

“Not that happy w/ the XX’s (too short) set tonight. But Friendly Fires blew me away. wow.” – TheGreyestGhost “Lots of cute frat boys at the Friendly Fires concert…

2009 mtvU Woodie Awards @ Roseland - pics (Passion Pit, Dead Weather, Matt & Kim, Clipse, Death Cab, more)

Indie darlings Matt & Kim kicked off the show — which celebrates the year’s best music as determined by MTVu’s college-centric audience — with an energetic performance of their breakout single “Lessons Learned…

The xx - Mercury show moved to Bowery (Best New Music), 2nd Webster Hall date added (CMJ w/ School of Seven Bells)

The xx @ South Street Seaport in August (more by Chris La Putt)”Strongly influenced by modern R&B– the made hay with an early cover of Womack & Womack‘s “Teardrops”, while UK copies of xx come packed with their version of Aaliyah‘s “Hot Like Fire”– the xx use a drum machine to complement their copiously tidy compositions…

The xx played Bruar Falls, Monkeytown, Pianos, Music Hall... playing Mercury Lounge (again) & Webster w/ Friendly Fires

DOWNLOAD: The xx – Basic Space (Micachu Remix) (MP3) The xx @ South Street Seaport on 8/14 (more by Chris La Putt)”The XX played 972 shows in NYC this weekend but the one we saw at Mercury Lounge after they played Ronson‘s on was mangled by bad sound until Ronson himself handed singer/guitarist Romy Croft a new guitar and the band played one more song…
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