Brian Viglione

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The World/Inferno Friendship Society | The Anarchy and the Ecstasy

Chunksaah Records (2011)
Jack Terricloth once likened playing in a band to being married and having a full-time job. Hence, his World/Inferno Friendship Society fashion themselves a kooky circus punk co-op, not a band.
By BARRY THOMPSON | March 17, 2011

A talk with legendary producer and musician Martin Bisi

‘Tired of recording’
Since opening BC Studio in Brooklyn in 1979, Martin Bisi has recorded dozens of records on the fringe of the avant-garde scene, including early Sonic Youth, Michael Gira's Swans and Angels of Light, and the cabaret breakout debut record from Boston's Dresden Dolls.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | February 23, 2011

Franz Nicolay reboots

Lone troubadour
I’m a little worried that this interview could kill Franz Nicolay.
By BARRY THOMPSON | November 30, 2010

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Amanda Palmer bares all

Former Dresden Doll pulls the strings in the ART's Cabaret
I knew Amanda Palmer would show me her breasts. It was just a question of when.
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | August 23, 2010

Classing up the joint

World/Inferno Friendship Society at Paradise Rock Club, April 11, 2009
A substantial portion of the Paradise's clientele Friday evening wouldn't have looked out of place at a fancy dinner party. Thanks to the World/Inferno Friendship Society, punk rock and snazzy fashion sense are no longer mutually exclusive.
By BARRY THOMPSON | April 21, 2009

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Fun Funeral Rite

Amanda Palmer at the Paradise, November 24, 2008
Now it can be revealed: Amanda Palmer has a stage mom.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | December 02, 2008

All Dolled up

Amanda Palmer and the Boston Pops, Symphony Hall, June 19, 2008
Last night, Amanda Palmer kicked off this season of the Boston Pops EdgeFest.
By RACHEL HOLLIDAY SMITH | June 20, 2008

Boston, beer, and Bobby Brown

The 20th-Anniversary BMAs
Last weekend at the Orpheum, Bobby Brown was not indicted but inducted.
By JIM SULLIVAN | December 09, 2007

Boston music news: August 10, 2007

Notes on the Dresden Dolls-Aberdeen City connection
The Dresden Dolls played Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” tour this summer.
By JIM SULLIVAN | August 07, 2007

Panoramic pop

Cyndi Lauper and "True Colors," Bank of America Pavilion, June, 16, 2007
The Pavilion was P-town for a night.
By JIM SULLIVAN | June 19, 2007

All dolled up

Yes, Virginia, but there’s more to the local scene than Amanda and Brian
We have seen the face of Boston rock and roll, and it’s got painted-on eyebrows.
By BRETT MILANO | June 06, 2007

Working girl

Amanda Palmer reflects on the Dresden Dolls’ breakthrough year
It’s no surprise that the big local winners in our Best Music Poll tend also to be the hardest working bands and artists.
By MATT ASHARE | June 06, 2007

Boston muisc news: April 13, 2007

Notes on Amanda Palmer and the Mystery Tramps
The working title for Amanda Palmer's solo album is Who Killed Amanda Palmer? , but the Dresden Doll says she’s toying with another: That’s Amanda Fucking Palmer to You .
By JIM SULLIVAN | April 09, 2007

Eclectic collective

HUMANWINE emerge as Boston’s next big concept in rock
The house that HUMANWINE founders Holly Brewer and M@ (i.e., Matt) McNiss share in Jamaica Plain looks like a gallery that’s exploded. HUMANWINE, "Rivolta Silenziosa" (mp3)
By BRETT MILANO | March 27, 2007

Boston music news: March 16, 2007

Notes on Brian Viglione's many projects, plus Elaine O'Rourke and Guster
Amanda Palmer may be the public face of Dresden Dolls, but drummer BRIAN VIGLIONE is no shrinking violet.
By JIM SULLIVAN | March 13, 2007

Tracks of her tears

The Dresden Dolls rock The Onion Cellar
There are tears but no onions in The Onion Cellar. But who needs emotionally catalytic root vegetables when you have the Dresden Dolls?
By CAROLYN CLAY | December 19, 2006

Crying game

The Dresden Dolls and the ART grapple in The Onion Cellar
The Onion Cellar that Amanda Palmer envisioned is not the one that the ART will present at Zero Arrow Theatre.
By JIM SULLIVAN | December 07, 2006

We do too have celebrity sightings in Boston!

Gawking and stalking
Who cares about seeing Sacha Baron Cohen eat dinner with Rachel Weisz and Darren Aronofsky at Fiamma?
By CAMILLE DODERO | December 01, 2006

Boston music news: December 1, 2006

Notes on the Dresden Dolls and Girls Rock Camp
It’s no secret that, along with being a rock band, the Dresden Dolls are, well, theatrical.
By JIM SULLIVAN | November 27, 2006

NEMO and the Boston Music Awards

All’s well that ends well
It all started a week ago Wednesday at Avalon, where bands played, the audience mingled and schmoozed, a guy in a bear suit turned out to be Dresden Dolls drummer Brian Viglione (I think), and the NEMO music festival kicked off with the 2006 Boston Music Awards.
By MATT ASHARE | October 03, 2006

Life is a cabaret

The Dolls, the Rudds, d’Elf, and more shake it up this fall
The Dresden Dolls have been crazy busy since the release, earlier this year, of Yes, Virginia (Roadrunner), and their autumn itinerary ensures they’ll be applying the pancake make-up well into winter.
By JONATHAN PERRY | September 13, 2006

Tuned out

A guide to surviving High School Musical
Disney’s tweenpop smash is now the fastest selling TV movie on DVD, ever. Here’s five reasons not to hate the most disgusting show on television.
By CARLY CARIOLI | June 02, 2006

If it ain’t broke . . .

The local ballot reflects a stable, vital scene
For the past three years, the only real suspense in the local end of the Best Music Poll has been whether the Dresden Dolls or the Dropkick Murphys would win more categories.
By BRETT MILANO | May 26, 2006

Growing pains

The Dresden Dolls try to balance life and art
So much has happened for the Dresden Dolls over the past year that it’s no surprise the duo fared so well in this year’s Best Music Poll.
By MATT ASHARE | May 17, 2006

Sex, clubs and rock ’n’ roll

The Dresden Dolls shift into harder-rockin’ mode
The first thing you’d have noticed about the Dresden Dolls’ CD-release show at the Orpheum April 21 was how different it felt to be seated in a theater while the duo played.
By BRETT MILANO | May 02, 2006