Dresden Dolls Compile Odds and Ends on Comp, Tour

Amanda plays with Boston Pops, Brian plays with Franz Nicolay
Dresden Dolls Compile Odds and Ends on Comp, Tour World, meet No, Virginia, a kinda-sorta-companion piece to the Dresden Dolls' 2006 album Yes, Virginia... (see what they did there?). Amidst four new tunes-- "Dear Jenny", "Night Reconnaissance", "Sorry Bunch", and "The Sheep Song"-- the set collects a handful of demos, unreleased cuts, B-sides, and compilation tracks. It's due May 20 on Roadrunner Records.

In other Dresden Dolls news, "Girl Anachronism" will turn up on the digital-only soundtrack to the third season of that "Weeds" show, due June 3. Amanda Palmer has a handful of solo gigs in the works, including a pair of shows with the Boston Pops in June. Brian Viglione joins the Hold Steady's Franz Nicolay in Major General at the Music Hall of Williamsburg over the weekend. And there's a full-blown Dresden Dolls tour on the way, with Stateside dates in May and June and a few festivals well into the summer.

No, Virginia:

01 Dear Jenny
02 Night Reconnaissance
03 MouseAndTheModel (demo)
04 Ultima Esperanza
05 Gardener (previously unreleased take from the Yes, Virginia sessions)
06 Lonesome Organist Rapes Page Turner
07 Sorry Bunch
08 Pretty in Pink
09 The Kill (previously unreleased take from the Yes, Virginia sessions)
10 The Sheep Song
11 Boston (previously unreleased take from the Yes, Virginia sessions)

Dresden Dolls:

05-18 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
05-21 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre
05-22 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
05-23 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
05-24 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
05-27 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
05-28 Kansas City, MO - Beaumont Club (Outdoors)
05-30 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
05-31 Dallas, TX - The Palladium Ballroom
06-01 Austin, TX - Stubb's Bar-B-Q
07-03 Rothbury, MI - Rothbury Festival
08-15 Erfurt, Germany - Highland Festival
08-16 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival

Amanda Palmer:

05-09 Providence, RI - Providence Piers
05-10 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
05-16 Boston, MA - Sheraton Hotel
06-19 Boston, MA - Symphony Hall ^
06-20 Boston, MA - Symphony Hall ^

* with Death Cab for Cutie
^ with the Boston Pops
Posted by Paul Thompson on Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 3:30pm