As the forerunners of the self proclaimed “Brechtian Punk Cabaret” movement the Boston based Dresdon Dolls are in a genre all their own. To quote one reviewer, “[Amanda] 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.” In other words, they are great.
Having spent my weekend thus far walking around Cambridge and Boston (where Palmer used to get by as a living statue), I felt a post about a band from it’s booming music scene was in order. Check out this live version of the Dresdon Dolls’ Good Day (especially once the drums really kick in around 1:30) if you’re not impressed I’d be “wicked surprised.”
