"BEST BAND IN BOSTON" - Boston Magazine "Best of Boston" 2003
"BOSTON'S HOTTEST ACT" - Improper Bostonian, June 2003
"BOSTON'S MOST ORIGINAL ACT IN AGES" - Rollingstone.com Dec. 2003
"They're ahead of their time, they don't sound like anyone else, and they're going to achieve greatness." - Oedipus (Vice President of Alternative Music, INFINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK), in THE BOSTON GLOBE, 9/26/03
"This is the first time I'm writing a review knowing that the act will be huge." - M. Idov, in PITCHFORK MEDIA, 7/8/2003
"[The Dresden Dolls] electrify audiences with their lusty sets, merging the playful eroticism of Weimar-era German cabaret with the intensity of modern rock opera. To call their performances provocative would be an understatement. Carnal is more like it." - Hayley Kaufman, in THE BOSTON GLOBE, 7/12/02
"Amanda Palmer has become an impresario of the underground...an original mix of Weill and Tori. As far as we can tell, there's nothing Palmer does that isn't worth checking out." -Tamara Wieder, in THE BOSTON PHOENIX, 11/8/02
"Kurt Weill meets Rocky Horror Picture Show minus the glam." - THE VILLAGE VOICE, 2/2/03
"Palmer is beyond potential star, she is the next rock and roll savior." - Jon Whitney, in BRAINWASHED.COM, 3/03
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Combine the smoky cellars of a Weimar-era cabaret with the rock n' roll fury of Joan Jett, PJ Harvey and The Violent Femmes and you have a remote idea of what to expect when experiencing The Dresden Dolls.
Ever since taking up arms in mid-2000, the über-dynamic duo of Amanda Palmer (Piano/Vox) and Brian Viglione (Drums) has been selling out clubs in Boston, New York and beyond. Palmer accompanies her confessional story-songs with a thunderous and shimmering piano style that rests on the shoulders of Jerry Lee Lewis and Nina Simone. Viglione's jazz and hardcore-influenced drumming and creative percussion are the perfect foil, providing in turns a delicate cradle of rhythm and a piercing bed of nails onto which Palmer lays her raw, tragicomic lyrics.
The recent release of their debut album, produced by Martin Bisi (Swans, Sonic Youth), has won the band accolades from both mainstream and underground media, and it appears that the Dolls are poised to transcend cult status and smash all commonly held ideas about what a rock band is supposed to be. Their awe-striking live energy and singular look has earned them opening slots for Beck, the B-52s and Jane's Addiction, a tour with the Legendary Pink Dots, a victory in the 2003 WBCN Rock and Roll Rumble and a quickly growing army of devoted fans from ages 5 to 85.
Ever looking forward, The Dresden Dolls are preparing to record new material with acclaimed local producers Sean Slade and Paul Kolderie (Radiohead, Courtney Love).
