Last night, Fiery Furnaces

Blood on the Wall opened. The first song was very pixies, the next few maybe somewhat less so. Seemed fairly raw. Here is what I learned about them online. I thought the drummer bore resemblance to the drummer of White Magic. Turns out it's the same guy. Also the other two are brother and sister.

I thought Dios Malos were good. Somewhat grandaddy-esque, is what I had heard and they have a similar thing going on with the keyboards but the scope of the lyrics is very different.

An interesting set from the Fiery Furnaces last night. I think they abbreviated their performance because Eleanor couldn't really sing. It wasn't overwhelmingly evident during the first 40 minute Gallowsbird/Blueberry remix set, when she could mostly get away with sing-speak-rapping. They then played a few new songs, with only Matt and Eleanor. They finished with a couple of EP songs. By the end, Eleanor was clearly exhausted and it the problem with singing was obvious. Overall, I am glad I went to the show but it was a disappointing performance considering how good they have been other times I have seen them. I wonder if this is the end of the nonstop shows...The songs from EP and the new songs seem like they need to be delivered more conventionally.