You knew she dug Brecht and now Palmer's collaborated with her former drama teacher Steven Bogart and the kids at her former Boston-area Lexington High School to create "a play that uses music... not a musical." It's called "The Needle... CONTINUE READING AMANDA PALMER AND HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB STAGE NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL MUSICAL»
Posted on May 13, 2009 in (11 comments)
Tags: Amanda Palmer | Neutral Milk Hotel | The Dresden Dolls | Weezer
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy The weather's getting hotter by the day, but we refuse to cave: We arrived at the grounds when the sun was at its peak. Amrit's given to wearing shorts at this point, but Brandon... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA 2009: M.I.A., SUPERCHUNK, AND SO MUCH SUN»
Posted on April 19, 2009 in , , (15 comments)
Tags: Amanda Palmer | Ariel Pink | Band Of Horses | Bob Mould | Calexico | Coachella | Fleet Foxes | Glass Candy | Ida Maria | Jake Gyllenhaal | Mastodon | Paris Hilton | Perry Farrell | Reese Witherspoon | Superchunk | The Chemical Brothers | The Killers | Tinariwen | TV On The Radio
Microblogging service Twitter has signed up countless celebrities in recent months, and among them are some of our favorite musical artists: Trent Reznor! Colin Meloy! Ed Droste! Diddy! Stereogum Tweets too! But who can keep up with all that lunch... CONTINUE READING WE GOT THE TWEET: THE WEEK'S 50 BEST ROCK STAR TWITTERS»
Posted on March 24, 2009 in , , (50 comments)
Tags: Akron Family | Amanda Palmer | Beach House | Calvin Harris | Coldplay | Damien Jurado | Dave Matthews | Dave Navarro | Diplo | Glass Candy | Islands | Jane's Addiction | Lost | Mandy Moore | Neil Diamond | Nick Thorburn | Peter Bjorn And John | Q-Tip | Robin Pecknold | Saul Williams | Solange | Sonic Youth | SXSW | Ted Leo | Thom Yorke | Tricky | Yoko Ono
You don't want to see the words "Oasis" and "NSFW" appear on the same line, but no worries: This Michael Pope-directed clip doesn't involve living/breathing Liam and Noel, though they do make a surprise appearance. Breaking from previous installments of... CONTINUE READING NEW AMANDA PALMER VIDEO - "OASIS"»
Posted on October 29, 2008 in (27 comments)
Tags: Amanda Palmer | Fucked Up | The Dresden Dolls
The Who Killed Amanda Palmer video series rolls on with Part Four, which is really the Third Song (the first bit was just the intro credits, this is sort of like a TV series -- see David Lynch-y album title).... CONTINUE READING NEW AMANDA PALMER VIDEO - "RUNS IN THE FAMILY"»
Posted on July 29, 2008 in (6 comments)
Tags: Amanda Palmer | The Dresden Dolls
Dresden Doll Amanda Palmer's in the midst of her "Who Killed Amanda Palmer?" video series, which (obviously) is related to her forthcoming Ben Folds-produced album of the same name. The first one served as a brief intro/a chance to show... CONTINUE READING NEW AMANDA PALMER VIDEO - "AMPERSAND"»
Posted on July 24, 2008 in (3 comments)
Tags: Amanda Palmer | The Dresden Dolls
Amanda's been teasing out her solo debut for a long time now. The bits and pieces we've gleaned include the sessions' location (Nashville), producer (Ben Folds), and prospects for having at least one great song (very high, thanks to hearing... CONTINUE READING NEW AMANDA PALMER VIDEO - "ASTRONAUT"»
Posted on July 1, 2008 in (2 comments)
Tags: Amanda Palmer
Forget Who Killed Amanda Palmer?, we're wondering: Where's Brian?! Amanda's been up to so much by her lonesome recently, like far-flung covers (R.E.M., Rihanna, St. Vincent) and walking with the ghosts. And though it's more strictly Palmer here, it's well... CONTINUE READING NEW AMANDA PALMER - "ASTRONAUT" (LIVE)»
Posted on December 7, 2007 in (8 comments)
Tags: Amanda Palmer | The Dresden Dolls
Sure this would've been better yesterday, but while you're still nursing your Halloween hangover (from too much sugar or other such things), another clip of the fun-dead. Dresden doll and Drive XV alum Amanda Palmer holds a frightful face, finding... CONTINUE READING NEW AMANDA PALMER VIDEO - "NOT MINE"»
Posted on November 1, 2007 in (4 comments)
Tags: Amanda Palmer | The Dresden Dolls
As we mentioned in the original Drive XV post, nothing speaks to the influence Automatic For The People's had on the current crop of indie rockers more directly than the amazing number of high-caliber artists who expressed interest in contributing... CONTINUE READING AMANDA PALMER COVERS "EVERYBODY HURTS"»
Posted on October 3, 2007 in (17 comments)
Tags: Amanda Palmer | Gang Gang Dance | I.U.D. | Laurie Anderson | Music Go Music | R.E.M. | The Dresden Dolls
Really, we should be keeping a running list of all the "Umbrella" covers for posterity, 'cause clearly it's this year's "Crazy." We've already pointed the way to Mandy Moore's acoustic take but never pointed out My Chem's Gerard having his... CONTINUE READING TEGAN AND SARA, AMANDA PALMER COVER RIHANNA»
Posted on September 28, 2007 in , (8 comments)
Tags: Amanda Palmer | Rihanna | Tegan And Sara | The Dresden Dolls
