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Jun 11

This is now a Fiona Apple blog

Click to listen to Fiona Apple’s new album, streaming in full at NPR.org.

The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do is out June 19.

Several critics have labeled this a difficult record, a jarring, uneasy listen. And so, I won’t be partaking for another 12 hours, because I’m at work. BEST/WORST DAY EVER. You—you who are soulless multitaskers—enjoy it, and you keep your mouths shut until tomorrow.

Jun 10

While you were sleeping, the people at Sony posted Fiona Apple’s new video to her Facebook page. It’s fitting that this was released to the Internet at 2 a.m. EST—the video itself is like a harrowing anxiety dream. Fiona plays with a hula doll, then she is the doll. She throws fish to a hungry alligator, then finds herself swimming in a gravity-defiant pool (and then finds herself paddling on land, covered in snails—and defying gravity here once more). She’s cuddled by a faceless, skinless body, then curls up in bed with a man with a goat’s head. Strands of light beaming from Fiona’s heart chakra act as marionette strings in another scene, reference the temporal anomalies Fi has talked about in recent interviews, and reminds us of all that’s going on inside her idler wheel. Sometimes it takes you seven years to put out a record. But sometimes you’ve got ALL THIS going on in your head. And also there’s a squid on it.

Jun 7

Wowaweewah, here’s a teaser of Fiona Apple’s new video for “Every Single Night.” It looks as trippy and intense as the song itself—in this 15-second clip, there’s a shot of Fi in a messy, cluttered bedroom, paddling through a claustrophobic tank of water, attempting to swim on land in the grass and dirt among snails (her favorite thing), and dutifully traversing a bridge while what looks like a tentacled monster lurks in the background. There are several images of the Eiffel Tower, and focused beams of light appear in multiple shots. What does it mean? Fiona may not even know. “I told [director] Joey [Cahill] just to come up with a bunch of things and just do things to me and put me in situations and surprise me,” she tells Pitchfork.

The Sundance Channel premieres the video in full this Sunday at 8 p.m.

Apr 23

Presumably, the final mix of Fiona Apple’s “Every Single Night.” Posted to her Facebook page five minutes ago. You’re welcome.

Apr 19

This image popped up on Fiona Apple’s Facebook page a few minutes ago, along with a link to the handwritten lyrics. Could it mean “Every Single Night” will be The Idler Wheel’s lead single? It would be a wise choice, since the live version sounds pretty Florence-and-the-Machiney, and Flo has been nominated for no less than 5 dozen awards in the past 3 years.

I’m quite sure this is Fiona’s own artwork, as well. Stylistically, it fits with her original art that’s been showcased in music videos like “Limp” and that appeared on the wall in Claudia’s apartment in Magnolia. I just spent the past 26 minutes searching for these images so I could prove it to you, but haven’t found them yet. If anyone has any JPEGs, please send them!

Apr 11

Fiona Apple has tour dates, and aren’t you lucky, you North American jerks.

Fiflz, call me when you’re coming to EUROPE.

06.19.12 - Ithaca, NY - State Theatre
06.20.12 - Baltimore, MD - Lyric Opera House
06.22.12 - Mashantucket, CT - MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods
06.23.12 - Holyoke, MA - Mountain Park
06.24.12 - New York, NY - Governors Ball, Randall’s Island
06.26.12 - Washington, DC - Warner Theatre
06.27.12 - Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
06.29.12 - Danbury, CT - Ives Concert Park
06.30.12 - Boston, MA - Citi Performing Arts Center
07.01.12 - Portland, ME - State Theatre
07.03.12 - Montreal, QC - Olympia Theatre
07.04.12 - Toronto, ON - The Sound Academy
07.06.12 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Cain Park
07.07.12 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit
07.10.12 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
07.11.12 - Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre
07.13.12 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
07.14.12 - St. Louis, MO - Peabody Opera House
07.16.12 - Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
07.17.12 - Kansas City, MO - The Midland by AMC
07.20.12 - Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre
07.21.12 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah
07.24.12 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum
07.25.12 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
07.26.12 - Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
07.28.12 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
07.29.12 - Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Palladium

Apr 4

“Several outlets reported The Idler Wheel … is due June 26, but a spokesperson for Apple’s label, Epic, confirmed to MTV News that the 19th is actually the correct date.” MTV News

Apr 3

$And how, it’s the cover art for Fiona Apple’s new album, The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do. Fi’s cranked up the cray with this fractal self-portrait that totally makes sense with some of The Idler Wheel’s lyrical content, like “every single night’s a fight with my brain” (“Every Single Night”) and “while you were watching someone else, I stared at you and cut myself” (“Valentine”). Fiona* posted the image on her Facebook page today, along with an official release date - June 26, 2012 - and the album’s track listing: 01 Every Single Night 02 Daredevil 03 Valentine 04 Jonathan 05 Left Alone 06 Werewolf 07 Periphery 08 Regret 09 Anything We Want 10 Hot Knife *”Fiona Apple” the brand, not Fiona Apple the person. With the numerous times she’s said she avoids going online and/or reading any press about herself, I’m confident the artist is not the OP.$

And how, it’s the cover art for Fiona Apple’s new album, The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do. Fi’s cranked up the cray with this fractal self-portrait that totally makes sense with some of The Idler Wheel’s lyrical content, like “every single night’s a fight with my brain” (“Every Single Night”) and “while you were watching someone else, I stared at you and cut myself” (“Valentine”).

Fiona* posted the image on her Facebook page today, along with an official release date - June 26, 2012 - and the album’s track listing:

01 Every Single Night
02 Daredevil
03 Valentine
04 Jonathan
05 Left Alone
06 Werewolf
07 Periphery
08 Regret
09 Anything We Want
10 Hot Knife

*”Fiona Apple” the brand, not Fiona Apple the person. With the numerous times she’s said she avoids going online and/or reading any press about herself, I’m confident the artist is not the OP.

Mar 19

drownouturmind:

If this was an actual setlist (looks like it) We might have 3 new song titles from The Idler Wheel…: Werewolf, Daredevil & Periphery.

(In case you didn’t notice the image is flipped :P)

I don’t know anything about the legitimacy of this photo and I would like to think that Fiona Apple isn’t using Comic Sans for her set lists, so here’s video footage of three new songs debuted at SXSW. Thanks to Jason Jude for filming and uploading these in HD: 1) “Anything We Want” 2) “Every Single Night” 3) “Valentine”

Mar 9

Could this be Fiona Apple’s new album cover?

This photo appeared on Fiona Apple’s Facebook page yesterday, with no caption or leading information. The poem, it was announced earlier, is the title of her new, release-date-still-TBA record. Yes, another album title that’s an entire poem. I wouldn’t be surprised if this photo of notepaper turns out to be the new record’s cover art. The cover of her last album was a photograph she took of a flower, which she chose because, she said, it got her out of having to do another photo shoot. Homegirl’s never particularly enjoyed a photo shoot.

The more I live with it, the more I like this stanza she’s penned. Fi’s still playing with the nautical theme she’s often visited (see “Sullen Girl,” “O’ Sailor”), and still evincing her own theories about desistance propelling self-actualization (“Waltz,” “Extraordinary Machine”). I especially like the last idea, “whipping cords will serve you more than ropes will ever do.” Whipping cords or whipping knots, for all you landlubbers, are the special binding at the end of a rope that keeps it from fraying or unraveling. That Fiona Apple’s one smart cookie.

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This is now a Fiona Apple blog

Could this be Fiona Apple’s new album cover?

Music and pop culture bloggings from a non-vegan Brooklynite