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Amanda Palmer on Her Kickstarter-Funded Album, Boring
Fortysomethings, and Nudity  Since wrangling free of her
Roadrunner Records contract two years ago, former Dresden Dolls
frontwoman Amanda Palmer has refashioned her career as a grand
DIY experiment: announcing spontaneous concerts over Twitter,
recording as conjoined-twin performance artist Evelyn Evelyn,
marketing an album of ukulele Radiohead covers for 84 cents.
When she decided to make her first independently released studio
album, Theatre Is Evil, Palmer turned to her fans for help — and
startled the music industry by raising $1.2 million dollars in
one month via Kickstarter donations. The record, out this week,
does not disappoint. Accompanied by a new band, the Grand Theft
Orchestra, Palmer fleshes out her signature cabaret-rock
songwriting with flourishes of dark eighties pop. We spoke to
Palmer about leading the independent music revolution, how not
to tweet at your significant other