Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Local Dishes: Fox's U-Bet Chocolate Egg Cream, Tottono's Pizza
Record Label: Rough Trade
Website: www.thefieryfurnaces.com

Critical Jargon: Chicago-bred, Brooklyn-transplanted rival Friedberger siblings Eleanor and Matthew spin sparse and shambling music concrete lullabies. Simultaneously old timey and contemporary, it's kinda like listening in on a conversation between two tin cans connected by a fire wire cable.

Quoth the Band Member: "We'd like to play for little kids and in old folks' homes, and play in nasty bars as well." - Matthew Friedberger, guitar, keys, vocals, etc.