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Friendly Fires Bring Some Necessary Euphoria to Summer with 'Inflorescent'

Friendly Fires' first album in eight years, Inflorescent, brings the band's poppy, vibrant sensibilities to their full blast, a euphoria people definitely need in 2019.

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FaltyDL: Hardcourage

The veteran, hard-to-pin-down DJ releases his first album for Ninja Tune, and finds love in the process.

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The Wombats: iTunes Festival London 2011

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Jedd Beaudoin

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Friendly Fires + The Naked and Famous + Cults - Live at SummerStage in Central Park

On record, Friendly Fires are a kinetic blend of dance rhythms, massive washes of synthesizers and guitars and the blue-eyed soul yelps of frontman Ed Macfarlane. Live, however, they’re even better, a frenzy of motion from which the noise escapes.

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Friendly Fires: 10 June 2011 - Hollywood

Though the trio of disco-punk kings known as Friendly Fires aren’t yet a household name, the boys are rock stars of the finest sense.

Melissa Bobbitt

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Friendly Fires: Pala

The dumb joy of Friendly Fires’s ecstatic celebration should be more than enough though to sustain those who are wise enough to not confuse this for anything other than a pop album.

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Another Great Taco- and Tune-Filled SXSW: A Long Weekend Photo Essay

Another great South By weekend. Thanks for the tacos, the drinks and the music... delicious.

Michael Ritchie

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Slipped Discs 2008

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Part 1: AmpLive to Damien Jurado

From AmpLive to Damien Jurado, PopMatters offers up the first batch of Slipped Discs, 40 great albums that didn't quite make our year-end list in 2008, but our writers thought belonged there.

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Lykke Li + Friendly Fires

Live, Lykke Li is a show of force, and during an hour of mesmerizing, artfully arranged originals and a few covers, she confirmed there's plenty of teeth behind her tweeness -- and piquancy, too.

Chad Berndtson

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Friendly Fires Bring Some Necessary Euphoria to Summer with 'Inflorescent'

Friendly Fires' first album in eight years, Inflorescent, brings the band's poppy, vibrant sensibilities to their full blast, a euphoria people definitely need in 2019.

FaltyDL: Hardcourage

The veteran, hard-to-pin-down DJ releases his first album for Ninja Tune, and finds love in the process.

Friendly Fires Release Video for "Hurting"

The Wombats: iTunes Festival London 2011

How many souvenirs does it take to create a junk drawer?

Friendly Fires + The Naked and Famous + Cults - Live at SummerStage in Central Park

On record, Friendly Fires are a kinetic blend of dance rhythms, massive washes of synthesizers and guitars and the blue-eyed soul yelps of frontman Ed Macfarlane. Live, however, they’re even better, a frenzy of motion from which the noise escapes.

Friendly Fires: 10 June 2011 - Hollywood

Though the trio of disco-punk kings known as Friendly Fires aren’t yet a household name, the boys are rock stars of the finest sense.

Friendly Fires: Pala

The dumb joy of Friendly Fires’s ecstatic celebration should be more than enough though to sustain those who are wise enough to not confuse this for anything other than a pop album.

Friendly Fires - "Live Those Days Tonight (Back to '89 Rave Montage)"

Another Great Taco- and Tune-Filled SXSW: A Long Weekend Photo Essay

Another great South By weekend. Thanks for the tacos, the drinks and the music... delicious.

Friendly Fires - "Kiss of Life" (video)

They're Not Rock and Roll Animals, They're Rock and Roll Athletes: The Soft Pack Interview

Slipped Discs 2008

Part 1: AmpLive to Damien Jurado

From AmpLive to Damien Jurado, PopMatters offers up the first batch of Slipped Discs, 40 great albums that didn't quite make our year-end list in 2008, but our writers thought belonged there.

Lykke Li + Friendly Fires

Live, Lykke Li is a show of force, and during an hour of mesmerizing, artfully arranged originals and a few covers, she confirmed there's plenty of teeth behind her tweeness -- and piquancy, too.

CMJ Music Marathon 2008 Day 1: Friendly Fires

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Hip-Hop Legend Kurtis Blow: The Interview

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Delush Reminds Us to Appreciate the Good Times on "The Greatest Gift" (premiere)

Noise Rock's Buildings Urge You to "Sit With It" (premiere)

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Brooklyn Funk Essentials Go Space Age on "Funk Ain't Ova" (premiere)

Bersarin Quartett Create Stunning Forward-Looking Ambient with "Wenn wir nur wollen" (premiere)

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Winterpills' Frontman Philip B. Price Issues New Solo Album 'Bone Almanac' (album stream + interview)

Rebecca Turner Returns with 'The New Wrong Way' (premiere) (interview) (album stream)