Lizz talks to the Fiery Furnaces' frontwoman in advance of her show tonight at the Hideout. more ›

Relaunched MP3 site Epitonic and Logan Square-based record store Saki are teaming up for a new online performance and interview series called Epitonic Saki Sessions, according to a press release. more ›

Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, known to strangers and loved ones alike as hyper-prolific indie-prog duo The Fiery Furnaces, will start recording their next album sometime before Christmas, according to a newsletter from label Thrill Jockey. Bets are 50/50 as to whether the album, their ninth overall since 2003, will be thrilling like 2005's EP or totally out-there and irritating, like Rehearsing My Choir. But give the duo this: Not many people have the artistic gumption to record an entire album with their nana, much less release it. That kind of musical fortitude is no doubt what informs Furnace-man Matthew’s decision to release not one, not two, but eight official solo albums in the next year. more ›

The Fiery Furnaces may now hail from Brooklyn but they were born in Oak Park, sprouting from the fertile crowns of brother and sister team Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger. They've made their name creating markedly disjointed music, only recently cutting the artifice with steadier and more traditional drumming alongside the occasional glam chord. Their last album, Widow City, found the band finally channeling their weirdness through undeniable pop structures pocked with indelible melodies. To be honest, it was the first Fiery Furnaces album we honestly liked from start to finish. more ›