THE DANDY WARHOLS’ 25TH ANNIVERSARY NORTH AMERICAN TOUR BEGINS MAY 3RD
NEW ALBUM “WHY YOU SO CRAZY” OUT NOW ON DINE ALONE RECORDS
Photo: Photo: Mike Morgan
The Dandy Warhols continue their 25th anniversary celebration next month with select North American dates. “The weirdest thing about it being our 25th anniversary is it doesn't feel like 25 years. Feels like about six. Or five,” muses frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor. Keyboardist/bassist Zia McCabe can’t help but wonder about the complications of building a set list around an entire career as opposed to an individual album; “Oh man, how are we going to fit something from each album into our set? Don’t worry, we’ll figure it out and it will be legendary. Get ready for a massive concussion of rock and roll that’s been a quarter of a century in the making.”
Whether you dig them gritty or glittery, their recently-released new album 'Why You So Crazy', delivers on all fronts, careening through classically off-kilter psych-pop (‘Be Alright’), high country-fried Americana (‘Motor City Steel’), and gothic piano-propelled rumbas (‘Forever’). Packing in references as far flung as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Don MacLean’s Chevy, and the church of Bowie’s ‘Modern Love,’ these 12 songs reflect the band’s surrealist visions of an alternate reality.
The Dandy Warhols are:
Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Zia McCabe, Peter Holmström, Brent DeBoer
May 4 Atlanta, GA Shaky Knees
May 6 Washington, D.C. 9.30 Club ** ^^
May 6 Washington, D.C. 9.30 Club ** ^^
May 7 Boston, MA Royale ** ^^
May 8 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel ** ^^
May 9 Toronto, ON CMW **
May 11 Chicago, IL Metro **
May 12 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue **
May 14 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre **
May 16 Los Angeles, CA Theatre at the Ace Hotel ** ^^
May 17 San Diego, CA The Observatory at North Park ** ^^
May 18 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore ** ^^
May 24 Napa Valley, CA Bottlerock
** w/ Cosmonauts
** ^^ w/ Cosmonauts, The Vacant Lots
"...dementedly delightful modern psych classics....enough to make you hope the entire planet isn’t controlled by the dark forces of greed and banality." Flood
“A real return to form…..lots of great turns and surprises.” NPR
“The veteran Portland four-piece has forged a sharper, more cohesive musical output on their latest album, Why You So Crazy.” Under The Radar
"With a robotic, futuristic sound added into their traditional mix of stoned rock soul, the band hypnotizes, washes away your transgressions and just flat out get down." Billboard
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