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
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
Next month the Dresden Dolls are releasing No, Virginia..., a collection of unheard material from the Yes, Virginia... sessions along with b-sides, compilation contributions, and previously unreleased winter '08 session tracks. One of those newer songs, "Night Reconnaissance," recorded in... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP VOLUME XXXIV: HEAR NEW DRESDEN DOLLS, WIN DELUXE REPLACEMENTS REISSUES»
Posted on April 23, 2008 in , (8 comments)
Tags: The Dresden Dolls | The Replacements
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
The Gossip and the Dresden Dolls both performed during the True Colors tour stop at Radio City in NYC Monday night, but this Palmer/Ditto duet comes from the afterparty, where shit gets wild and the ukuleles come out. "Creep" is... CONTINUE READING AMANDA PALMER, BETH DITTO, AND A PUPPET COVER RADIOHEAD»
Posted on June 19, 2007 in (9 comments)
Tags: Radiohead | The Dresden Dolls | The Gossip
Yep, it's been over a year since we first heard Yes, Virginia, but vids in homage to David Lee Roth's past glories take time to prepare, perhaps. Still no word on the official release date of Amanda's Ben Folds-produced solo... CONTINUE READING NEW DRESDEN DOLLS VIDEO - "SHORES OF CALIFORNIA"»
Posted on June 12, 2007 in (13 comments)
Tags: The Dresden Dolls
Internet television station downtownTV.com has a cute show called Puppet Music Hall, in which some fun artists drop by to sing a tune or two with a deep-voiced, red creature of some sort. The Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer hams it... CONTINUE READING THE MOST CONNECTED PUPPET IN INDIE ROCK»
Posted on March 2, 2007 (10 comments)
Tags: Devendra Banhart | Jenny Lewis | The Dresden Dolls
Our band-billing sensibilities have been assaulted a couple of times over the past few months, with Stereogum faves Bloc Party and Amanda Palmer taking slots opening for the Urie crew. For the Dresden/Disco tour, reports say each group's fans didn't... CONTINUE READING DRESDEN DOLLS SMACK DOWN PANIC!»
Posted on October 6, 2006 in (16 comments)
Tags: Panic! At The Disco | The Dresden Dolls
But first you have to talk shit about the Dresden Dolls, Streets or Sufjan. Posted Monday on Mr. Folds's MySpace blog:speaking of neediness in music or lack thereof... amanda of the dresden dolls, my new favorite band of all time,... CONTINUE READING BEN FOLDS WILL DRAW A DICK ON YOUR WALL»
Posted on August 30, 2006 (10 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Sufjan Stevens | The Dresden Dolls | The Streets
I'm new to this whole "karaoke verité" concept, but it sounds a whole lot more fun than getting evil stares from the bartenders at Winnie's. Here, Dresden Doll Amanda Palmer brings Aberdeen City's "God Is Going To Get Sick Of... CONTINUE READING AMANDA PALMER DOES KARAOKE VERITÉ»
Posted on July 24, 2006 in (5 comments)
Tags: The Dresden Dolls
Webster Hall, with its theatrically themed decor of velvet paintings and gold marionettes, was an ideal place for the traveling vaudevillian circus that is The Dresden Dolls. The duo's goth-gone-burlesque get up seemed the perfect accompaniment to the venue's schmaltzy... CONTINUE READING THE DRESDEN DOLLS @ WEBSTER HALL, NYC 4/22/06»
Posted on April 26, 2006 in , (18 comments)
Tags: The Dresden Dolls
We first had Dolls pegged as a novelty act (blame them costumes). In the years since, Amanda's live shows and the duo's canon of covers convinced me to throw expectations out the window. "Sing" (the last track on sophomore release... CONTINUE READING NEW DRESDEN DOLLS - "SING"»
Posted on March 22, 2006 in (13 comments)
Tags: The Dresden Dolls
Stereogum's been enamored with the Dresden Dolls since the "Girl Anachronism" and "Coin-Operated Boy" videos. Last night Amanda Palmer went solo (sans Kabuki make-up!) at Joe's Pub. While I didn't make the show, Jeff filled me in immediately after. Amanda's... CONTINUE READING DRESDEN DOLLS COVER P. FURS, QOTSA, NIN, MORE...»
Posted on February 4, 2006 in , (11 comments)
Tags: The Dresden Dolls
You may remember this debate about DD's "Girl Anachronism" video. Brilliant or trying too hard? We couldn't decide. Now there's a video for "Coin Operated Boy". Again I'm mesmerized. What is it about these Kabuki-faced cabaret punks?... CONTINUE READING DRESDEN DOLLS: 2 FOR 2»
Posted on September 9, 2004 (16 comments)
Tags: The Dresden Dolls
I LOVE it. Eliza HATES HATES HATES it. Dresden Dolls' "Girl Anachronism."... CONTINUE READING IS THIS VIDEO GOOD OR BAD?»
Posted on May 20, 2004 (29 comments)
Tags: The Dresden Dolls
