[The Fiery Furnaces are set to perform at the sixth Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held April 30-May 1 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA. The Fiery Furnaces are set to play on May 1st (Day 2 of the festival), together with Bright Eyes, The Arcade Fire, Miss Kittin, Roni Size, New Order, The Prodigy and Nine Inch Nails as headliners. For full line-up and latest festival enws, go to the official Coachella 2005 website.
Tickets for Coachella will go on sale Saturday (Feb. 5) via Ticketmaster.
JAN 29.05
High Road Touring have updated and confirmed dates for the Fiery Furnaces US tour in April. Go to the tour page to view the dates. Most of the dates are as reported earlier, but with a few changes. The Fierys will play with Dios Malos.
There have also been some venue changes on the Australian dates in March, plus the opening band has been announced: Dappled Cities Fly.
JAN 20.05
Speaking to Billboard.com, Eleanor and Matt announced more details on the next [double] album, with the release date now being suggested as Summer 2005. A new track, "Zapped By The Zombie", is set to be featured on the first disc, "Garfield L", while the second disc, tentatively titled "Singing to Speak Chinese," includes new tracks "Teach Me Sweetheart" and "Nevers."
Additionally, Billboard announces the band are set to play California's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (April 30-May 1).
JAN 19.05
British alternative rock radio station XFM will air an exclusive Fiery Furnaces session recorded live in their studios on January 20th. The show will air 9pm - 11pm GMT (4pm - 6pm ET) and 11pm - 1 am GMT (6pm - 8pm ET). You can listen to it live on the XFM website, by going here. [thanks to Sarah at XFM]
JAN 18.05
Pollstar has just announced dates for a new North American tour this coming April. See the dates here. High Road Touring is still booking the band so expect more dates to be announced soon.
JAN 16.05
To show that they care about their British fans, Rough Trade will release The Fierys' singles/rarities compilation 'EP' in the UK on Monday, January 24th, 2005. The format will be identical to that of the US release.
JAN 16.05
'EP' was released in the US on January 11th, and is getting excellent reviews. Below is a selection: Pitchfork Media [8.9/10] The Stereo Effect Stylus [A-] The Globe and Mail [4/5]
Canoe Jam! Music [4/5]
Stop Similing Magazine have published a new, excellent interview with the Fiery Furnaces on their website. In the interview, among other things, Eleanor and Matt talk about creating music, the new record, playing live and (again) what they think of being compared with the White Stripes. A shorter version of the interview was published in Issue #19 of Stop Similing. [thanks to Christopher at Stop Similing]
'Blueberry Boat' has been named one of the top 50 albums of 2004 by Pitchfork Media. The album is one the list at a very high #4, beaten by latest outings from The Streets, Animal Collective and Arcade Fire. Rob Mitchum from Pitchfork writes, "[...] Blueberry Boat is so rich with ideas it keeps surprising me after hundreds of listens [...]". Go to Pitchfork for the whole list.
JAN 5.05
'Blueberry Boat' has been voted #5 album of
the past year by the Madison Capital Times. The
Times writes, "[Blueberry Boat is] one long,
flowing piece that changes direction every minute
or so." Go
here to read the whole list.
The Chicago Tribune has also voted 'Blueberry
Boat' as #5 album of 2004, by writing, "[The
Fiery Furnaces] have a ball pushing epic songs
to giddy extremes [...]". Click
here to see the rest.
'Blueberry Boat' is also mentioned as one of the
critics' picks of the past year by Rolling Stone,
Salon and The New York Times critics, though it
is absent from the end-of-year lists of the respective
publications.
The Wilco + Fiery Furnaces concert at the Norva in Norfolk, PA on September 27, 2004 was named one of the ten best concerts of the past year by the Dailypress.com. Read more.
