Wednesday, January 28, 2009

REVIEW: The Dandy Warhols - Dandys Rule, OK?

5 out of 10

The Dandy Warhols are a pop punk band if they'd been raised on Velvet Underground and psychedelia. If you love 90's pop via Greenday, but also love psychedelic this is the perfect meeting ground for you. Most of the Songs have a Velvet Underground simple-ness to them (they even have a song called "Lou Weed") and others are jammy; lasting fifteen plus minutes (It's A Fast-Driving Rave-Up With..).

It's good music to play in the background of a party, or drive to. The major failure of this record is it doesn't pull you in like it should. The songs aren't always memorable, and certainly not as catchy as they could be, but I like the idea of pop-psychedelia. I definitely wouldn't mind hearing them on the radio, which is what they were aiming for. If you've never heard the Dandy's, let me tell you, you've heard the Dandy's. Look up their soundtrack credits, it's crazy. Also if you've never seen they're acclaimed documentary "Dig!", I highly recommended it. If the Dandy's will be remembered for that film.

Standout Tracks: Lou Weed, Ride, The Coffee And Tea Wrecks, Finale: It's A Fast-Driving Rave-Up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes

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