Chris Devers attended the first of Amanda Palmer's two shows with the BSO. We love the color and dramatic action capture.......

EdgeFest: Amanda Palmer Collaboration with the Boston Pops Symphony Hall 8 p.m. tonight Ticket information If you are passing by Symphony Hall tonight - or attending Palmer's EdgeFest collaboration with the Boston Pops - you will be able to see how Palmer's 2008 style fuses with the original plans hatched by Symphony Hall architects McKim, Mead, and White back in 1900. The Boston-based musician, who will close her two-night Pops partnership this evening, has long......

In late January, the Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer told fans on her MySpace page that she would soon be going under the knife. Nodes had formed on the pianist/singer's vocal cords, and it would require surgery to remove them and get her throat back into shape. As she wrote at the time: long story short: i'll be getting this done in march and they ask that you go easy on your voice leading up the......

Rob Vassegh of Cheap Thrills Boston sent Bostonist an interview he did with the amazing Titler, who will be performing tonight. For more about getting your kicks in Boston on the cheap, go to Cheap Thrills Boston. “Titler’s Oddville”at The Beehive, 541 Tremont Street, Boston (South End)$10 online / $15 door10pm to MidnightWhen you see the cross-dressing Hitler look-alike on Oddville's flyer, you know this is destined to be one of the edgiest performances Boston......

Music --The Dresden Dolls will be at the Orpheum. Meow Meow, whom Bostonist had the pleasure at seeing at Sxip's Hour of Charm, will open. It's hard to explain what Meow Meow does exactly, but she is on a mission of seduction. 7:30 pm. --Benefit for Jeanne Sheehy at T.T. the Bear's with Keys to the Streets of Fear, Meghan Toohey, Thalia Zedek, Buffalo Tom. 10 Brookline St., Cambridge, 9:00 pm. More info about the......

Have you played a show in Boston over within the last 18 months? Have you ever crashed on a Boston couch? Do you know someone who did? If so, check out the Boston Music Award nominations. You or they just might be nominated. Listen, we actually enjoy the fact that local musicians are honored once a year through the BMAs. Sure, it's always dominated by the usual suspects (Aerosmith, Dropkick Murphys, Dresden Dolls and, most......

We told you a couple of weeks ago about how Boston punk cabaret artist ("musician" doesn't seem to sum it up quite right) Amanda Palmer tried in vain to auction off her 1992 Volvo. It wasn't that Palmer couldn't find any takers - considering that the blue station wagon has been featured in Dresden Dolls video and held Palmer and fellow Doll Brian Vigilone as "Coin-Operated Boy" was conceived, there were a bunch of bids......

There may or may not soon be an interesting auction on eBay for Dresden Dolls fans. Earlier this evening, Bostonist was in the process of writing about the auction Boston rocker Amanda Palmer had put into motion on the online site. We were intrigued partly because it featured a neat bit of Dolls memorabilia: the 1992 Volvo 240 station wagon that Palmer has owned since 1999 and included into various band video footage (including the......

Because Akon obviously isn't getting enough exposure these days, Congress threw their weight around and has all but boxed the little guy out of providing radio service to rabid fans. Ever since midi files essentially died and MP3s rose from the ashes, streaming audio has been a source for many to listen to and discover new bands via the Internet. Locally, Sooz has been creating and updating Exploit Boston Radio featuring all local bands, all......

We could go on and on telling you about what's going on in the area for music this week. Sure, there are a few note-worthy shows noted below, but let pre-planning and sold out shows be damned just grab a scalped ticket to attend. Tourfilter is testing out a sweet new service that allows cell users to SMS (or txt whatever your preferred lingo) "tonight" to MSGME (that's 67463) and almost before you can......

Bostonist has been a fan of the Dresden Dolls for some time now, so we were quite excited when we learned of their collaboration with the ART for a play of sorts called "The Onion Cellar." We finally had a chance to see the performance this week. The first thing you'll notice on entering the theatre is that it feels much more like attending a night club or a concert than you'd expect from the......

If you ventured out after Thursday's holiday to participate in the great American tradition – shopping – you likely were subjected to all sorts of Christmas music. From Clay's Merry Christmas with Love to Nat King Cole's classics it's upon us. More and more radio stations are picking up the radio formatting. It may not be "too early" but it's certainly not what you'll find if you check out this weeks shows. And remember......

Don't peace out just yet. There's a music agenda to complete before you're off for the holiday. After you've stuffed yourself full of all the mashed potatoes, yams, and turkey – oh, and the cranberry sauce, come right back. Tuesday 11/21 Francisco Mela Quintet Drummer Fancisco Mela recently played sold out shows at the Blue Note in NYC with heavy weights Joe Lovano, Jason Moran, Mark Turner, and Paquito D'Rivera. Now you can catch......

The temperature heats up a little this week. There will be a bit more humidity in the air. But unlike last week we're not going to be engaged in the same mad-dash around the city every night to catch all the good music. This week we can take our pick, settle in with a pint, and catch the good tunes at a single venue. Fantastic line-ups mark this weeks picks. From the opening band......

In a world where there's nothing to do but watch movies. In a city full of theaters, museums, and libraries. One moviegoer who can be in three places at once. This week's films promise to be festive, well-attended events for their respective niches: Bollywood, science fiction, anime, and self-identified "Brechtian punk cabaret" enthusiasts. Bostonist is especially psyched that Krrish's Massachusetts premiere isn't a day later than its release in India, and that no amount of......

Bostonist had the opportunity to attend the Dresden Dolls show at the Orpheum Friday evening. It was quite the spectacle - a local act returning home after hitting the big-time. We arrived a little too late for the initial opening-act, Porsches on the Autobahn. Sadly, we can't say we were thrilled with the sideshow-acts that started the evening - a sword-swallower, hula-hoop-striptease, and a not-very-funny comedy piece or two. However, these didn't last very long......

Everyone is running around today. Well, mostly in a more or less straight path from Hopkinton to Boston. Watching people complete a marathon makes Bostonist feel proud that they’re strong and a little guilty that we’ve never even tried to make it the 26.2 ourselves. We’ll be watching, but when our spirits start to drop it will be time for some good music. An eclectic mix of shows make the picks this week –......

It seems everyone is talking about bib numbers, their knees, or the New Balance they hope are broken in by the time Marathon Monday rolls around. There’s not much time to train for the treck past Heartbreak Hill, but it’s not stopping lots of people out there. These bands aren’t on the run. They’re kicking up the amps and pumping pure, sweet decibels of goodness into our ears all week long. Tuesday 4/11 Shumai Indie......

Here at Bostonist headquarters, the staff may not agree on whether Valentine's Day is legit or whether it is just the creation of a card company to create a profit, (mostly due to the relationship status of the individual), but we do love music and have compiled some suggestions for you and yours on this special day. Find below a few suggestions from our staff for your evening of love, like, or lust. Josh......

We live in an iTunes nation. It's easy to pull a track down to your pod for under a buck. Bostonist still longs for cover art, liner notes, and that masterwork that is a multi-track collection of songs we call an album. Listed here is our much discussed, unbiased by payola, top 25 albums of 2005. After the jump you'll find where some of us stand individually on the subject of the years best. (Apparently......

Hey, remember when Bostonist was all "Whooo! Spoooooon!" and advised you to pick up tickets for their show? Bostonist sure hopes you did, because their Paradise show tonight is sold out, although craigslist tickets seem less jacked-up insane than normal. However, when your songs are on The O.C. and your album debuts at #40 on the Billboard charts, you can't sleep on buying tickets. Thanks, Josh Schwartz! There's a sold-out WFNX/The Boston Phoenix "Best Music......