The Fiery Furnaces performed at Reading and Leeds festivals the past weekend. The first reviews are in, and the Fierys rocked again: 'The Fiery Furnaces Bring Down The House At Reading'.
 

The Fiery Furnaces are among the 73 artists nominated to the "Long List" of the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize, presented by XM Satellite Radio and MTV2. They have been nominated for the album 'Gallowbird's Bark'.
Nominations were selected by a panel of 20 “Listmakers” including recording artists and music journalists.
To be eligible for the prize, which has become an honor for outside-the-mainstream artists, albums must have been released between July 1, 2003 and June 30, 2004 and must not have been certified gold (for sales of more than 500,000 units) at the time of the nomination.
The 10 Finalists will be announced in late September, and the Prize will be awarded during a multi-artist concert at the Wiltern in Los Angeles on November 10th.
Last year's Shortlist Prize was won by Damien Rice for his album 'O'. To find out more, visit the official website.

AUG 23.04

Not much has been said about this date: The Fiery Furnaces are opening their US tour with an exclusive concert in Wellesley, MA, organised by WZLY (91.5 MHz), the Wellesley College-operated radio station.
The event takes place on September 8th at Molly's Pub, scheduled as follows: 

8 PM - WZLY's Best of Summer Party (DJ playing independent music including Les Savvy Fav, Wilco, Rogue Wave, The Concretes etc)
9 PM - The Fiery Furnaces

In related news, The Fiery Furnaces have managed to top last week's WZLY end of Summer chart for the second time with 'Blueberry Boat'.
 

AUG 23.04

Presented by Claire Sturgess and John Kennedy, X-Posure is London-based alternative radio station Xfm's showcase for all that's cutting edge. The show, which airs Monday - Thursday at 9pm features new music from up and coming acts, live recordings and album playbacks.
The Fiery Furnaces have recorded a live session for X-Posure with Claire Sturgess, which will be aired on August 24 from 9pm. This is a unique chance to hear The Fierys live and unplugged.
If you're in London, you can listen to Xfm on 104.9 FM.
For everyone else, you can listen to Xfm from their website.
Click to find out more about X-Posure.

AUG 20.04

As known, The Fiery Furnaces are playing the Carling Weekend this year: they are performing on the Radio 1 Stage on the morning of Friday 27th August in Leeds, and on Sunday 29th August in Reading.
If you won't be there, be sure to listen to Radio 1 on Friday and Sunday as the highlights of the Festival will be covered, and a special edition of Lamacq Live which on Monday 30th from 9pm - 1am, during which parts of the Fierys live set will be played.
 

AUG 09.04

Judging by press reports, the Fiery Furnaces were rapturously recieved in Australia.
They played a set of dates, some supporting Franz Ferdinand and some as headliners, at the end of July. Thanks to Bek at Smashmusic (The Fierys home in Australia) for providing us with a number of new live reviews from Australian press. Read them by clicking below:
Indie Initiative (Review, Ding Dong Lounge, 28th July)
http://www.indieinitiative.com/showHeadline.asp?ID=1715
Beat Magazine (Review, Ding Dong Lounge, 28th July)
http://beat.com.au/live_reviews.php
Time Off (Review, Splendour In The Grass, 24th July)
http://www.timeoff.com.au/archive/1183/reviews/live1.html
 

AUG 08.04

The Fiery Furnaces performed at the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan on July 31st, among bands such as The White Stripes, PJ Harvey, The Libertines, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Franz Ferdinand, Courtney Love and The Pixies.

The Japan Times published a review of the three-day festival, 'Three glorious days in musical heaven', which mentions the Fiery Furnaces as a 'pleasant surprise'. Click here to read the full review.
 

AUG 07.04

The Fiery Furnaces have already mentioned, in previous interviews, sketchy details about their ideas for the next record or two.
In the April 2004 issue of Q magazine Matt mentioned that two more albums were already being worked on.

In a recent interview to Pitchfork Media, Eleanor and Matt mentioned some interesting and more concrete details about the next two Fiery Furnaces records.
Matt told Pitchfork 'We're going to have one with our grandmother and Eleanor singing duets about the hopes that Eleanor has as a young person, and then my grandmother will tell her the failures and cruel blows fate delivered. [...]
The other will be a rollicking record with long verses.'

No details about a possible release date are available yet, though it has been suggested that the first album might see the light of day sometime in early 2005 already. The article was posted on this site on August 4. Click to read it.
 

AUG 06.04

To prepare Canadian fans for the two September dates (see tour schedule) , Soul Shine published an article on the Fierys. Click to read it.
 

AUG 04.04

Pitchfork Media published an interesting and rather informative interview with The Fiery Furnaces. It even mentions details on the forthcoming two albums. Click to read.
 

AUG 03.04

The Fiery Furnaces performed in Melbourne on July 27th supporting Franz Ferdinand. 'The Age' published a review of the gig, and they obviously liked the Fierys - click to read.
The Australian press has been covering other FF gigs - many reviews will be available here, so check newer new posts and the press/review section.