14 years ago, underground legends The Dresden Dolls had gone on a long hiatus following three albums. Their cult following was devastated but not underfed considering lead singer Amanda Palmer
Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra performed two shows last week at Public Works in San Francisco, CA, as part of their pre-release tour behind Palmer's second solo album Theatre is Evil, due out on September 11, 2012. Glide staff photographer Joan Bowlen captured the two different shows– one of which was a plugged-in “rock” show (Friday, 07/13) and then a stripped-down, raw acoustic performance “art” show (Thursday, 07/12), which was open only to Kickstarter backers. The rest of the gallery focuses on the art Palmer commissioned for the record, which is being taken on tour with them this summer.
We’ve compiled this week’s Tour Dates announcements in one handy post.
Singer, songwriter, piano-slayer and blogger Amanda Palmer is preparing to release her first new studio album in four years, in conjunction with her new band, The Grand Theft Orchestra, featuring
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Will Jeff Mangum write again? Will fans of Neutral Milk Hotel ever hear more original songs? It may be highly unlikely in both cases; but then again, most would have said the same about Mangum’s return to music.
A new documentary captured last year’s Railroad Revival Tour.
Award-winning author Neil Gaiman and DIY-musician Amanda "Fucking" Palmer are embarking on a brief co-headline tour of the West Coast this Fall, starting with a Halloween engagement at Wilshire Ebell
On November 8, singer-songwriter Laura Veirs will release her first album of children’s music called Tumble Bee: Laura Veirs Sings Folk Songs For Children. Inspired by the birth of their
Prior to heading out on a massive summer tour, venerable road warriors the Dave Matthews Band announced that they’d be taking all of 2011 off, after twenty straight years of
