Finished this LONG, LUSCIOUS article up JUST in the nick of time for Tiny Mix Tapes. It’s a bit long but I feel good about it, and the drawing my wife did turned out aww-aww-awesomely.
So snuggle up with a cup of hot cocoa and read to yr heart’s content. I’ll be watching you from a [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Fiery Furnaces, The’
December 16, 2009
Gumshoe year-end 2009: Standing in the Cheese Line [Cases of Note #4]
November 30, 2009
Fiery Furnaces live @ The Bluebird Theatre, Denver, Colo. [Live Wire #9]
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand HERE YOU GO; my review of The Fiery Furnaces at the Bluebird Theatre in Denver, Colo., with Young Coyotes opening up.
Be sure to check out the setlist and a show poster HERE. Cheers!
November 25, 2009
Fiery Furnaces / Young Coyotes – live @ Bluebird Theatre [Setlist #1]
Went to see The Fiery Furnaces last night and I’m too pooped to pop out new Gumshoe updates, seeing as I just cranked out a MAGICAL live review for Tiny Mix Tapes (which will run Monday).
I did, however, procure the setlist from Matthew Friedberger. Actually my wife did (I’m just not CUTE enough, dammit); either [...]
August 13, 2009
Henry Cow/Slap Happy – In Praise of Learning – Virgin Records (1972) [Past Blast #3]
Henry Cow (sample any of their songs HERE) are one of those bands that always get short shrift from just about everybody. Not as genre-specific as Soft Machine; not as cool as Gong, hip as Can, weird as Faust nor popular as Neu! and Kraftwerk.
If anything though, their relative obscurity lends them a certain credibility. While [...]
