Fanfarlo

Freelance Whales ' six-week tour with Fanfarlo ended on Friday (12/18) with their show at Webster Hall. Pictures from that show are currently stuck on a memory card in some distant airport after finally making on an airplane that was delayed due to the snowstorm. Read More

The temperature hovered below freezing on Friday night in New York City, but inside Webster Hall, the assembled crowd of bundled-up fans and the layered, autumnal melodies of folk sextet Fanfarlo conspired to keep things downright cozy. Read More

With a soaring sound and down-to-earth folk-pop songwriting, the London band Fanfarlo has spent 2009 in a rapid ascent, making the transition from self-released underground darling to major-label buzz band in the span of just a few months. Read More

In my review of Reservoir earlier this year, I immediately referenced Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and David Byrne within the first paragraph, either mildly pointing to my lunacy or, perhaps, marking that I was right on the money. Read More

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As previously reported , Detroit band Zoos of Berlin are in town this weekend -- playing Matchless tonight (12/18) and Cake Shop tomorrow (12/19) . Read More

This September, Freelance Whales were just a small glimmer on the horizon of buzzdom. Read More

Between our exhaustive end-of-the-year coverage and our exhaustive end-of-the-decade coverage , it's easy to forget that NPR Music's staff also needs to be exhausting itself with holiday coverage . Read More

Fanfarlo may only now be hitting your radar in 2009, but this London-based orchestral-pop outfit is no one's overnight discovery. Read More