The Fiery Furnaces Archives

Matthew Friedberger (the Fiery Furnaces) Talks John Mayer’s Paradise Valley

By Matthew Friedberger | April 20, 2015

I won't argue it, I'll just assume: John Mayer is a mainstream guy, as I might have even seen him quoted as saying. The effectiveness of his...

By Eleanor Friedberger | November 7, 2014

The new album by The Artist Formerly Known as Cat Stevens is, wonderfully enough, of a piece with his earliest work.

By Matthew Friedberger | January 31, 2014

What a tremendous singer Paul Simon is! His rendition of "Biko" ends Scratch My Back... And I'll Scratch Yours, a (now) two-album set of

By Sean Nelson | June 7, 2013

Even though it’s kind of lazy and wishful to seize on an opening line to confer an overarching thematic intention on an album, it’s hard not to be...

By Matthew Friedberger | May 14, 2013

I won't mention the American Express UNSTAGED: Vampire Weekend with Steve Buscemi video comedy show. I typed "video comedy show" because it...

By Matthew Friedberger | March 21, 2013

Please don't get the wrong idea; this is a rave review. But the end of my second sentence is: the bad taste of a great artist is a tremendous...