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Title: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: joz on April 06, 2005, 09:34:00 am
i know there aren't too many fans on this board...maybe some of you have come around to them recently. anyone going to the show on friday?
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: nkotb on April 06, 2005, 09:43:00 am
I'm hoping to make it, but since I've missed every area date they've played due to work, I'm not holding my breathe.
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: markie on April 06, 2005, 09:46:00 am
I am a kind of fan. There is something about her voice and the way she sings that I find addictive. I meant to go to the other shows, but this will be my first FF show.
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: joz on April 06, 2005, 09:55:00 am
when they played the black cat last year, their whole set was a medley of songs. it was like they took blueberry boat and gallowsbird's bark and threw all the songs in a blender. most of the songs sounded completely different from the recordings, but were still really impressive. i'm interested to see if they do the same for a headlining gig at the 9:30.
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: markie on April 06, 2005, 09:56:00 am
That does sound bad.
 
 Kind of like indie "Jive Bunny".
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: SalParadise on April 06, 2005, 10:21:00 am
i'm not that into their albums...but fuck, they give great performances. something about how she barks out those lyrics non-stop for the entire set is sexy as hell. the drummer has this interesting style (sometimes he'll smack the cymbals from underneath...just all depends on how he's moving to the music) that's fun to watch.
 
 and then the brother kinda directing the whole thing.
 
 i'm there.
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: joz on April 06, 2005, 11:29:00 am
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Originally posted by Miss MaRpIe:
  That does sound bad.
 
 Kind of like indie "Jive Bunny".
uhhh...i was actually paying complement to the band's live performance. in fact, it was one of the best shows i saw last year.
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: suburbanstylee on April 06, 2005, 11:31:00 am
if tickets are still available friday night im sure ill be there.
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: calecp01 on April 06, 2005, 11:42:00 am
I bought Blueberry Boat back when it came out, only listened to it a little bit, sorta liked it, then picked up the EP the other day, started to like them more, and this morning on the way to work is when it really hit me.  Are they popular enough to sell out?
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: joz on April 06, 2005, 12:11:00 pm
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Originally posted by cale:
  I bought Blueberry Boat back when it came out, only listened to it a little bit, sorta liked it, then picked up the EP the other day, started to like them more, and this morning on the way to work is when it really hit me.  Are they popular enough to sell out?
doubtful...out of all of my friends that have listened to them, only a small handful like them enough to go see them live. i don't even think the black cat show sold out last year.
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on April 06, 2005, 01:11:00 pm
i dunno, i wouldn't count out a sell-out ... tons of critical acclaim / hype ... i'm not a big fan of blueberry boat, but every card carrying critic sure is ...
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: xcanuck on April 06, 2005, 01:41:00 pm
I'm thinking of trying to pick up a ticket at the door. I have to get tix for a bunch of other shows so the money I save on the service charges will more than pay to see FF.
 
 Any word on the openers?
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: bobcat1 on April 07, 2005, 01:31:00 am
The Ottobar show late last year almost sold out...just shy of selling out.
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: freddyadu on April 07, 2005, 09:12:00 am
What can anyone tell us about the openers?
 
 w/ Dios Malos & Blood on the Wall
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: ratioci nation on April 07, 2005, 09:19:00 am
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Originally posted by freddyadu:
  What can anyone tell us about the openers?
 
 w/ Dios Malos & Blood on the Wall
Dios Malos are the band formerly known as Dios, they  opened for everybody for a while, though I cant remember who they were opening for when I saw them
 
 the highlight of their set for me is when they cover the Pixies' Where is My Mind?
 
 i dont remember being impressed by any of their music
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on April 07, 2005, 09:32:00 am
I believe you saw them open for the band whose best album is The Coast is Never Clear.
 
 
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Originally posted by pollardteam2:
   
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Originally posted by freddyadu:
  What can anyone tell us about the openers?
 
 w/ Dios Malos & Blood on the Wall
Dios Malos are the band formerly known as Dios, they  opened for everybody for a while, though I cant remember who they were opening for when I saw them
 
  [/b]
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: ratioci nation on April 07, 2005, 09:54:00 am
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  I believe you saw them open for the band whose best album is The Coast is Never Clear.
 
 
but I dont know of any bands like that
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: K8teebug on April 07, 2005, 12:07:00 pm
I'm going!  But, you already knew that joz....I see some Harpoon IPA's in our future.
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: joz on April 07, 2005, 03:31:00 pm
FF post article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=entertainment/profile&id=1096022&typeId=17&type=musicevent&referrer=email)
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: ratioci nation on April 09, 2005, 11:56:00 am
didnt care for them live even though I like quite a bit of the recorded material
 
 odd crowd as well, very young, not what I expected
 
 I think the part when it was just the two of them proves they just write normal songs and then throw everything and the kitchen sink in to them, like noise music for people who dont like noise music
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: SalParadise on April 09, 2005, 03:51:00 pm
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Originally posted by SalParadise:
  i'm not that into their albums...but fuck, they give great performances. something about how she barks out those lyrics non-stop for the entire set is sexy as hell. the drummer has this interesting style (sometimes he'll smack the cymbals from underneath...just all depends on how he's moving to the music) that's fun to watch.
 
 and then the brother kinda directing the whole thing.
 
 i'm there.
and sometimes they don't give great performances. two major things: 930 seemed too big a venue for them...and his keyboard sounded like it was on the brink of blowing out the sound system the entire night (lower the mids!).
 
 i missed their non-stop sets from before too. oh well. drummer was still entertaining at least.
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: nkotb on April 10, 2005, 07:45:00 pm
I thought the show was fantastic.  The band was pretty tight live, and even though the keyboards and whatnot were so loud in the mix, I thought they sounded great.  They definitely rank in the upper tier of new bands, in my opinion.  Probably my favorite new act...and I'm wearing my pink t-shirt to prove it.  I know that somewhere lulu is wearing hers...
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: poorlulu on April 10, 2005, 08:01:00 pm
i wore my t-shirt all day today baba, and thought of you as i did so..........it was nice to have an excuse..........
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
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Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: poorlulu on April 10, 2005, 09:00:00 pm
poor monkey......
 
 your pics don't work..............someone should spank you..........
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Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: joz on April 11, 2005, 10:43:00 am
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Originally posted by pollardteam2:
  didnt care for them live even though I like quite a bit of the recorded material
 
 odd crowd as well, very young, not what I expected
 
 I think the part when it was just the two of them proves they just write normal songs and then throw everything and the kitchen sink in to them, like noise music for people who dont like noise music
i was a bit disappointed with this show actually.  the black cat gig was so good last year that it's really hard to top it. i thought the arrangements were really bland...sacrificing the melody that makes their music so catchy. oh, well.  it won't stop me from going to see them next time they come through. the new tracks sound interesting. still looking forward to the next album.
 
 ...and the crowd was really bizarre. very young and very yo-boy (i saw a handful of baseball capped and adidas tracksuit-wearin' teens).
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: ttuamy on April 11, 2005, 11:04:00 am
the crowd was a trip.  baseball caps and parents with little kids.  i can't decide whether i like their new live show or the black cat one.  i'm always blown away at how they arrange their songs for live shows.  i think their past shows were more listener friendly, but this show really got me thinking about their music.  this was also the first time i really watched the drummer.  that guy is hysterical.  overall i'd say i enjoyed the show.
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: K8teebug on April 12, 2005, 09:15:00 am
I didn't know whether to watch the drummer or the crazy guy in front of me "raising the roof" and freaking his girlfriend like he was in the 7th grade.
 
 Good show though.
Title: Re: Fiery Furnaces Friday
Post by: ggw on April 12, 2005, 09:30:00 am
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Originally posted by pollardteam2:
 odd crowd as well, very young, not what I expected
 
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Originally posted by prtybby:
 parents with little kids.
 
Fiery Furnaces = Off-key childrens songs
 
 You can download (torrent) a copy of Friday's show here:
 
 http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=36506 (http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=36506)