Pitchfork: Fiery Furnaces: Rehearsing My Choir
- Rated 4.0 out of 10 by Amanda Petrusich. "A sprawling piano opera starring Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger's grandmother, Olga Sarantos, and it's every bit as terrible and fantastic as it sounds."
- http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17931/Fiery_Furnaces_Rehearsing_My_Choir

Pitchfork: Fiery Furnaces: EP
- Rated 8.9 out of 10 by Rob Mitchum. "Comes off like a quick appendix to the band's work so far, concentrating their strengths in parts while elsewhere lovingly dumping the stray ideas that may not fit into their next conceptual flight."
- http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17930/Fiery_Furnaces_EP

Pitchfork: Fiery Furnaces: Bitter Tea
- Rated 7.6 out of 10 by Mark Richardson. "Nothing else going sounds like the Fiery Furnaces' carefully considered babble."
- http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17932/Fiery_Furnaces_Bitter_Tea

PopMatters: The Fiery Furnaces: Blueberry Boat
- Positive review of their second album by Jason Korenkiewicz. "Although the early part of Blueberry Boat is disjointed and difficult to absorb the album is still a triumph."
- http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/f/fieryfurnaces-blueberry.shtml

PopMatters: The Fiery Furnaces: EP
- Rated 8 out of 10 by Dave Dierksen. "The material not only stands up to the stellar tracks on the band's two previous releases -- it surpasses them."
- http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/f/fieryfurnances-ep2005.shtml

PopMatters: The Fiery Furnaces: Gallowsbird Bark
- Positive review of their debut album by Devon Powers. "[They] remain a band with the sound and vision to powerfully tear the roof off, raise hell, get the party started, whatever...."
- http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/f/fieryfurnances-gallowbirds.shtml