Saw the Fiery Furnaces last night. Same line up as last time, but this show was at Webster Hall. Since that last show, they've posted a statement about the setup:

"Given that both Rehearsing My Choir and Bitter Tea were tack-player-piano records, Matt thought it best to play only guitar on tour, at least through August. He feels this quite simple change is needed to give the songs the necessary different cast. We don’t like bands that attempt to replicate-- or accidentally replicate-- their records at their live shows. And we feel well justified in this aversion to that sort of un-natural, un-necessary, mutant-izing or cloning. Eleanor will be playing her relatively new Stratocaster on this trip, not Matt's old, green, Japanese Univox. That guitar gets to rest at (someone's) home.
We hope to see you soon, close to your home."

Anyway, I thought this show was pretty good. The current lineup has gelled, and the beginning of the set was especially strong. A lot of songs from the first album, which translated well. Eleanor was in good voice, which wasn't always the case in the past. Setlist and etc at Fluxblog. I would have liked a stripped down encore; I thought the duo encore of some of the previous shows were a highlight.

Man Man opened. You really don't need to be familiar with their recordings to enjoy their set. You can get a pretty good idea by looking at the photo gallery from this Washington DC show recorded by NPR.

Standing Nudes played before Man Man. They played kind of long, kind of proggy that was interesting for a few moments, but then not so interesting and then a burst of interesting again.