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Amanda Palmer

Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts, US
Tags: female vocalists, piano, punk cabaret

Amanda Palmer is the singer and pianist of The Dresden Dolls. Born in 1976, she grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts and received her B.A. from Wesleyan University. She attended Lexington High School, where she was very involved in the drama department. Amanda sometimes has Lexington High School students perform drama pieces at her shows. Before she was in the Dresden Dolls she was in a band called “Amanda Palmer and the Void”. In October of 2000 she met Brian Viglione, a drummer; together they formed the Dresden Dolls.

In the 2005 WNFX/Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll Amanda Palmer won Best Female Vocalist. Amanda has performed as a living statue called “The Eight Foot Bride” in Harvard Square as well as in many other locations. Her solo album entitled “Who killed Amanda Palmer” was released in September 2008, and was produced by Ben Folds, who is also appearing on the album. Zoë Keating also appears on several tracks. Listen at Last.fm

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  • Buzz Bands LA

    Buzz Bands LA on Amanda Palmer

    3 months ago

    Tuesday things: ► Amanda Palmer headlines the Echoplex in support of her latest album "Theatre is Evil." ► It's an eclectic L.A. lineup upstairs at the Echo with eccentric singer-songwriter Dorian Wood , local music collective Killsonic and live contemporary dance and animation group Wife . Dorian Wood celebrates the release of his new album "Rattle Rattle Release." ► Australia's electro-pop six-piece Alpine plays their second L.A. show at the Bootleg. [ Check out Alpine's "Gasoline." ] Sea Lions support. (9:00 P.M.) ► Later on in more here

  • Amoeba Music

    Amoeba Music on Amanda Palmer

    7 months ago

    Amanda Palmer, Theatre Is Evil (CD) Given the theatricality of her voice as a solo artist and the frontwoman of The Dresden Dolls, it’s funny that Amanda Palmer has named her latest album Theatre is Evil. But, given the reverb-laden rock and synth-dance treatment of her latest album, it’s also perhaps a breaking with her past. Her low-registered vocal still cuts through with the exactitude of a scalpel, and her lyrics like “Do It With a Rockstar’s” “Do you want to get drunk and stay the night” refrain are still irresistibly confessional, but that song’s grand, ethereal opening and lush chorus are...more at amoeba.com

  • Buzz Bands LA

    Buzz Bands LA on Amanda Palmer

    7 months ago

    Your shows for Wednesday: ► Singer, songwriter, provacateur and online sensation Amanda Palmer , her new album "Theater Is Evil" due Sept. 11, swings through L.A. for two events this week. Tonight, Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra play to a sold-out Roxy Theatre, and on Thursday she'll appear at the Pop Tart Gallery, where work commissioned for the album (Shepard Fairey, David Mack, Kristin Hersh, Molly Crabapple, Tao Lin, Robyn Hitchcock and DJ Spooky are among the artists) is being exhibited through July 26. ► Ferraby Lionheart, with a new more here

  • Buzz Bands LA

    Buzz Bands LA on Amanda Palmer

    7 months ago

    Pop provocateur and reigning queen of all things fan-funded Amanda Palmer is back ... provoking. Her first album in four years, "Theatre Is Evil," made with her new band the Grand Theft Orchestra, is out on Tuesday ( her record-release show in NYC will be webcast live ), and today she released this video for "The Killing Type." Warning: It does not remain white for very long, and this is the uncensored version. ||| Live: Amanda Palmer plays Sept. 25 at the Music Box. more here

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