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AMANDA PALMER & MICHAEL POPE INTERVIEW DOS

Michael and AFP discuss filming at Lexington High School and its appropriateness for the lyrical content of the music. As well Michael talks about the timing affecting the treatment for each video. This interview comes from the Who Killed Amanda Palmer DVD: A Collection of Videos.

AMANDA PALMER & MICHAEL POPE INTERVIEW

Watch this interview with AFP and director Michael Pope as they discuss the creation of video for music, the beginning of filming for the Who Killed Amanda Palmer videos, and specifically the video for "Runs in the Family." This interview is taken from the Who Killed Amanda Palmer DVD: A Collection of Videos.

AMANDA PALMER DVD OUT ON 6/16 AT INDIE RETAILERS

Pick up your copy of the Amanda Palmer DVD release, A Collection of Music Videos, on June 16th exclusively at your local independent record store for a special low price!

Check out a different video each week from the forthcoming release HERE as well as a list of independent record stores in your area!

AMANDA PALMER "WHO KILLED AMANDA PALMER" REVIEW!

The music evokes a plethora of emotions such as madness, sadness, loneliness and love. There is a good mixture of upbeat songs and beautiful, slower songs accented with the tinkling of piano keys. The songs that are upbeat may catch you off guard. If you listen closely to the lyrics, the content isn’t nearly as buoyant as you may first think.

Check out the entire review HERE!

AMANDA PALMER CONFIRMS COACHELLA ON 4/18!

SATURDAY, APRIL 18: The Killers, Amy Winehouse, Thievery Corporation, TV on the Radio, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Atmosphere, Mastodon, TRAV$DJ-AM, Henry Rollins, Crookers, Turbonegro, Hercules and Love Affair, Superchunk, Glasvegas, Dr. Dog, Drive-By Truckers, Booker T & the DBT’s, Amanda Palmer, The Bloody Beetroots, Surkin, Para One (Live), Calexico, Liars, Bob Mould Band, Zane Lowe, Electric Touch, Blitzen Trapper, James Morrison, Drop the Lime, Glass Candy, Thenewno2, Gang Gang Dance, Billy Talent, Ida Maria, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Zizek, Cloud Cult, Tinariwen.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19: The Cure, My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Throbbing Gristle, Lupe Fiasco, Paul Weller, Peter Bjorn and John, X, Antony & the Johnsons, Roni Size, Public Enemy, Jenny Lewis, Groove Armada, Paolo Nutini, Christopher Lawrence, Lykke Li, The Kills, Okkervil River, M.A.N.D.Y., Clipse, Sebastien Tellier, Fucked Up, Perry Farrell, The Horrors, Late of the Pier, K’naan, Junior Boys, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Supermayer, No Age, Vivian Girls, Shepard Fairey, Themselves, Gaslight Anthem, The Knux, Mexican Institute of Sound, The Night Marchers, Marshall Barnes. (1/30a)

AMANDA PALMER EXCLUSIVE TOUR DOCUMENTARY

That's right Amanda Palmer fans!

Check out the two videos currently posted on YouTube for this exclusive footage!

The introduction video can be viewed HERE, and the first installment video HERE!

DID YOU KILL AMANDA PALMER?

Laura would like to know...

Or send an IM to WKAPFM or JUMPINGJACK672.

Your choice.

AMANDA SETS FIRE TO BROOKLYN

A video montage from Amanda's WKAP in-store at Sound Fix in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC September 19th, 2008. (Filmed by Chip Yamada)

Including a special guest appearance by Jason Webley! The show was unfortunately cut short due to a fire ordinance/complaint, but be sure to see Amanda when she comes through NYC this November with The Danger Ensemble...check out amandapalmer.net for tickets while they're still available!

NEW SITE CHANGES!

You may have noticed that over the past few months quiet changes have been made to the site. First we gave you new artist pages. Check out your favorite and you'll find widgets, videos, music, and much more. Plus they look great.

A few weeks back we also updated our Artists page. You'll see highlighted artists up top in blue. These change as artists are updated with news, video, and music. This is a great page to make your first port-of-call after the news section!

Today we've relaunched three other pages. Music and Video are all new. You can now embed all of our music and video posted to the site in your blog, web site, or MySpace/Facebook profiles. At the right of these pages you'll see charts driven by what YOU do on our site. You can also leave comments at all songs and videos, rate them, and favorite them in our new profile system (more on that in a sec).

The Releases page has gotten a huge makeover. Every album now has its own home page where you can see the available tracks, rate it, leave a review, or comment on others' reviews. Snazzy huh?

Finally, we just launched our new profile pages. If you're a subscriber to our email newsletters, you can log in, add your own picture, keep track of the latest updates on our site (and partner sites), follow your favorite videos and music, and tell us what bands you want to hear about.

Of course, many of these new features require that you be a member of the site to use them, so please join today!

We are, of course, in a beta phase and need your help to make the site work the best for YOU. If you see any problems or want to suggest changes to the new features, please send an email to webmaster@roadrunnerrecords.com with "NEW SITE REPORT" in the subject line. If you receive an error, please be as detailed as possible, including what page you were on, what browser you are using, and copy any error message you receive into the body of the email.

Please feel free to leave comments here below!

Cheers!

Jeremy Rosen

NEW! - ARTISTS TO WATCH THIS MONTH

The October round of Clear Channel's NEW! program is live today on Iheartmusic.com!

Amanda Palmer has been selected as an Artist to Watch for in the Alternative section here.

The program is live on 405 radio station websites.

Also, you can hit up Amanda Palmer's IHeartMusic.com music player here.

WHO KILLED AMANDA PALMER - REVIEWED!

ARTIST direct sure knows how to pick 'em!

This week's wonderful words came from Rick Florino who reviewed Amanda Palmer's Who Killed Amanda Palmer.

"The album's opening track, "Astronaut: A Short History of Nearly Nothing," possesses an epic sense of whimsy. The chorus reaches heavenly heights, allowing Palmer to flex her vocal prowess. The lyrics are both depressing and uplifiting, and one decisive mood can never be pegged. Palmer's gotten more illusory than ever, but that also makes for some of her most interesting output yet-check "Oasis" and "Runs In the Family." The latter bleeds sexual tension with a furious piano melody and speedy chorus."

Read it in full HERE.

NY FANS: SEE AMANDA PALMER LIVE

See Amanda Palmer Live performing new songs from her first solo release, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, produced by Ben folds.

Be the first to pick up the new album and meet Amanda after her performance:

Friday, September 19 8:00pm
Sound Fix
110 Bedford Ave
Brooklyn NY 11211
(718) 388-8090

GET THE NEW AMANDA PALMER ALBUM TODAY

The brand new solo album from The Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, hits stores today. Click the album artwork below to get it. GO HERE to stream tracks and watch videos from the album to see what this amazing release is all about.

ATTENTION NY AREA AMANDA PALMER FANS

If you love Amanda Palmer and didn't get a chance to grab tickets to her show tonight at the Spiegeltent at the Old Fulton Fish Market (New York, NY) begginning at 10PM, you're in luck.

TEN LUCKY WINNERS will get TWO FREE TICKETS to Amanda Palmer's show tonight. Here's how:

1. Join the Roadrunner Mailing List (sign up located in upper right hand corner of the homepage), by entering in the requested information.

2. Confirm you subscription by choosing option #1 UPDATE YOUR PROFILE in the confirmation email you immediately receive upon signing up.

3. Enter your email and temporary password

4. Enter the required information, and confirm yourself as an Amanda Palmer fan by checking the box next to AMANDA PALMER under SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS

5. Click UPDATE MY PROFILE and wait to be updated via email to see if you are one of the lucky winners.

You have until 6 PM EST TONIGHT, and will be notified if you are a winner by 7PM EST.

Get a free chance to see what Amanda has in store for you on her upcoming solo debut Who Killed AManda Palmer, in stores September 16th.

AMANDA PALMER & NEIL GAIMAN LOVE THE CAMERA

Amanda Palmer & Neil Gaiman (English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, and films. His notable works include The Sandman comic series, Stardust, and American Gods.) shot amazing photos together and have both posted them to Myspace.

Click here for the rest of the photos as well as Amandas blog!

AMANDA PALMER: SOLO (SORTA)

Don't just trust us on this, check out Amanda Palmer for yourself at any of these upcoming tour dates.

8/4 @ The Troubador in LA
8/6 @ The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco
8/8 @ The Lakeshore Theater in Chicago
8/9 @ Rivoli in Toronto
8/11 @ The Old Fulton Fish Market in New York

AMANDA PALMER ROCKS MY FACE OFF

The "Ampersand" music video is now up on YouTube.

This is Part 3 of the "Who Killed Amanda Palmer" video series.

From the new album Who Killed Amanda Palmer, produced by Ben Folds - Out September 16, 2008 on Roadrunner Records.

New videos and songs will be coming ALL summer long and high quality versions of the entire video series will be available soon...be sure to stay tuned for when/where!

JUST WHO DO YOU THINK KILLED AMANDA PALMER?

Multi-talented songstress Amanda Palmer is set to release her first solo album, Who Killed Amanda Palmer on Roadrunner Records on September 16th. One half of the creative force behind The Dresden Dolls, Amanda has amassed mountains of critical acclaim touring the world as vocalist, keyboardist and songwriter for her band. By experimenting with broader musical stylings on Who Killed Amanda Palmer, Amanda showcases endless creativity, exposing herself as a woman whose artistic endeavors have no boundaries.

Who Killed Amanda Palmer began as a minimal affair: Amanda decided to record a solo album for piano and voice, made in her bedroom, finished in a week. During a chance meeting with Ben Folds in Australia, the two bonded over mutual loves and suddenly the record was moved out of the bedroom and into Folds' Nashville-based, piano-filled recording studio. With Ben Folds acting as producer, the songs on Who Killed Amanda Palmer (a name initially meant as a Twin Peaks reference that has since come to take on new meanings for Amanda) began to come alive, resulting in what is some of the best recorded work of her multi-faceted career.

Mixing the magical and the macabre, the mundane and the sentimental, Who Killed Amanda Palmer is a musical tour de force, the culmination of nearly ten years' worth of songwriting. Some songs on the album pop and twist with the intensity of their own subject matter while others are soft and intimate, revealing sides of Amanda not usually seen within her work in The Dresden Dolls. Featuring guest turns from the likes of The Dead Kennedys' East Bay Ray (on "Guitar Hero"), St. Vincent's Annie Clark (on a warped take on Carousel's "What's the Use of Wondrin"), cellist Zoe Keating, and string arrangements by master composer Paul Buckmaster, Who Killed Amanda Palmer gives Amanda's compositions new color via expansive instrumentation and glorious arrangements.

Who Killed Amanda Palmer will feature liner notes written by celebrated graphic novelist Neil Gaimen, with whom Amanda will be collaborating on a photography book in tandem with the album's release. Amanda is set to embark on a tour in support of the album this fall.

The tracklisting for Who Killed Amanda Palmer is as follows:

1. Astronaut
2. Runs in the Family
3. Ampersand
4. Leeds United
5. Blake Says
6. Strength Through Music
7. Guitar Hero
8. Have to Drive
9. What's the Use of Wondrin
10. Melissa Mahoney
11. The Point of It All
12. Another Year

GET IN AMANDA PALMER'S BEDROOM

Amanda Palmer's Who Killed Amanda Palmer will be out this fall and to offer you a little clue on the album, Spinner.com tells you a little more about Amanda, producer Ben Folds, and future plans. Read about Amanda Palmer.

Don't forget to give some RR blog love to Chad Sugg, who points out a great Dresden Dolls photo at his site.

AMANDA PALMER TO PLAY WITH THE BOSTON POPS

The Dresden Dolls' songwriter/vocalist/keyboardist Amanda Palmer is set to play two very special, once-in-a-lifetime shows with the legendary Boston Pops on June 19th and June 20th as part of the BSO's Edgefest series, which continues to redefine the boundaries of rock and tradition. The shows will take place at Symphony Hall in Boston.

2008 has been an unbelievable year for Amanda Palmer thus far, and shows no signs of slowing down: in addition to starting an innovative fan-generated merchandise company called Post-War Trade, the Dolls released a new record entitled No, Virginia this May, full of new songs, b-sides and previously unreleased material from the last two years. Amanda and drummer Brian Viglione hit the road soon after the album's release for a string of phenomenal shows across the West Coast, and now Amanda is back in her hometown of Boston, preparing for one of the biggest, most prestigious musical undertakings of her career. As a lifelong resident of the city, constantly contributing to its ongoing aural history, Amanda is the perfect fit for this amazing opportunity.

Each of the shows with The Boston Pops will feature fan favorites from The Dresden Dolls' impressive catalogue, in addition to previews of new songs from Amanda's forthcoming solo album, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, due for release this September. The mixture of Amanda's incredible songwriting, her dynamic live performance and the 123 year-old institution that is The Boston Pops will certainly make for a show that is not to be missed!