Amanda Palmer, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways… Not only has Amanda released a new Dresden Dolls record, No Virginia, she’s also got a solo record waiting in the wings (Who Killed Amanda Palmer, out 15 September), as well as her cabaret act, Evelyn Evelyn, in which she plays a conjoined twin with Jason Webley. We spoke to Amanda about her fans, Evelyn Evelyn and childhood trauma…

You’ve written songs about rape, masturbation and death. Is there anything you won’t write about?
Oh, of course there are things I won’t write about. I won’t write about anything that will really, truly hurt someone I know.