Amanda f**king Palmer (the tour)

Amanda Palmer, avant-garde-cabaret-piano-player extraordinairre, is half of the band the Dresdon Dolls. Lately though, she's been doing her own solo thing. Including the incredibly random CD that is Amanda Palmer Performs The Popular Hits Of Radiohead On Her Magical Ukulele. It's bloody good though. Check it out.

She's also got a new album coming out at the start of next year, called Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under. I have a feeling it has something to do with our country, especially since she now comes here a few times a year.

As part of the album, she's doing a tour.


February 12. The Old Museum.

No word yet on if she's going to do her Dresden Dolls songs, but she's such a performer that it's worth seeing her no matter what she's performing. I saw her on the first Dresden Dolls tour, and it was just amazing.

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One sentence album reviews (#2)

So I've migrated my one sentence album reviews across the road to Twitter. You can catch them here during the day: http://twitter.com/moshpitson buried amongst my other ramblings and silliness.

The sentences are a lot shorter now, due to the character restriction. And some albums I just cut the titles out, because they are stupidly long like Bring Me the Horizon's new album. And don't worry, I try my best to keep grammar and spelling perfect.

Here's a summary of the last 2 weeks. If you're too lazy to even read one sentence, I recommend After the Fall, Bars of Gold, Belle and Sebastian and Amanda Palmer.

Bars of Gold - Of Gold (2010): former hardcore kids now mix indie, mathrock, 70's psychedelia (love the synth), punk & Modest Mouse. 4.5/5

Bring Me The Horizon (2010): would be a good metalcore album if they got rid of the electronica and kid's choir; but it's saturated. 2/5

Avey Tare - Down There (2010): What's the use of recording a solo album when it sounds identical to your band (Animal Collective)?! 2.5/5

The Chariot - Long Live (2010): absolute chaotic heaviness that manages to make good mathcore; not for people with weak eardrums. 4/5

Bad Religion - The Dissent of Man (2010): sounds like every other Bad Religion album ever made: as recycled as Gillard ranga jokes. 2.5/5

Amanda Palmer - Performs the Hits of Radiohead on her Magical Ukulele (2010): The title says it all, she nails it with 1 tiny instrument 4/5

Atreyu - Covers of the Damned EP (2010): This has ruined 5 perfectly good songs as well as any lingering respect I had for Atreyu. 0.5/5

After the Fall - Eradication (2010): Not the boring Australian band, but a great old school hardcore punk album from New Jersey. 4.5/5

Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love (2010): Quieter than their last few albums, but it's classic B&S: beautiful music & lyrics. 4.5/5

Abe Vigoda - Crush (2010): Kind of spacey chill music, at times a bit surf rock. 2.5/5

Abandon All Ships - Geeving (2010): generic post-hardcore with too much crappy electronica. 1.5/5