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Eleanor Friedberger (born September 2, 1976 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American musician most well-known for being one half of the indie rock duo The Fiery Furnaces, along with her older brother Matthew Friedberger. In the band she contributes the majority of the vocals both on record and during their live performances. Friedberger grew up singing with her grandmother, Olga Sarantos, and family in a Greek Orthodox Church. On July 12, 2011, Merge Records released Friedberger's first solo album, Last Summer. The Spoon song "Anything You Want" and the Franz Ferdinand song "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" were both...

Eleanor Rigby was an '80s mod revival performer who released four singles and one LP. Her manager/apparent ex-husband Russell C. Brennan wrote the majority of her material and continues to promote her to this day despite the fact she left the music industry a long time ago. Two Eleanor Rigby 'best of' volumes were released in the '90s collecting almost all of her recordings. .

There are four bands with the name Eleanor. 1. Eleanor is a pop/rock/punk outfit from Queens. 2. A Japanese melancholic, gothic metal band formed in 2005, now under the label Black Listed Records. The band describes their music as "lyrical melody with a heavy guitar sound that will charm your heart." 3. Eleanor pulls the listener into close emotional orbit with metallic drumbeats and melting violin chords. Eleanor's music is experimental yet grounded, blending an original sound with cohesive, accessible melodies. But arresting and stirring harmonies reflect that, behind every toe-tapping note, there is an artist exploring his and our...

Matthew Friedberger, born 21st October 1972, is one half of the brother and sister band, The Fiery Furnaces where he plays the majority of the instruments and provides some vocals. Prior to starting The Fiery Furnaces, Matthew Friedberger played in various other bands, including Corndolly, Liquorette, The Mezzanines and The Grand Vizars. His first solo release is a double album entitled "Winter Women/Holy Ghost Language School" and was released on August 8, 2006. It is believed during the recording process Matthew played every single instrument himself except for a few drumbeats. "Winter Woman" has been described as a "breezy summer...

The music of Private Eleanor, who hail from the underdog city of Baltimore, has been called everything from “whisper-folk-pop” to “infectious indie-rock” to “moody, progressive pop.” At various points, they manage to conjure Mojave 3 produced by Wilco, or Simon & Garfunkel fronting the Dismemberment Plan, or Yo La Tengo tackling your favorite Neil Young and Big Star songs. Sweethearting, the band’s fourth full-length record, is the most confident and direct effort yet in a critically-acclaimed body of work stretching back to their lo-fi cassette days at the beginning of the decade. With the help of two of the nearby...