Dandy Warhols

I interviewed Courtney before their Metro gig in Chicago for "Monkey House" or whatever that snoozefest was called. Courtney was very "out of it" shall we say, and was just droning on and on as he answered questions for the interview. He had the longest pauses ever and was very indifferent to everything--what he was saying, his music, where he was, everything he discussed had this cloud of indifference over it.

The funniest thing was when he instructed the photographer I was with on how to specifically shoot him. He was like a film director and more than a tad rude to the guy I was with. I didn't mention that in the interview as it wasn't relevant, but I did dance around his being "spacey" a tad and word travelled back to me that he wasn't at all happy with me for what I wrote (even though I was more positive than negative. and despite that last album really blowing---I've revisited a few times since its release and still can't get into it).

So, besides the potential fireworks of them running into Anton Newcombe at Lollapalooza later this month (are they even playing the same day?), the notion of running into Courtney fills me with glee (but I honestly doubt he'll remember me at all).

http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=7031

He's like the Vincent Gallo of the Pacific Northwest.

I posted the link not because I was outraged about his behavior. I just thought it was the same old boring fucktarded hijinks that I thought went away a looong time ago. Is he trying to reenact some sort of Lou Reed/Lester Bangs-style skirmish?

Though I did get a kick out of the line, "All right guys, I hate to tell you this, but what I'm going to do with this mnoney is find out where, between a jackhammer and 'Bridge Over Troubled Water,' does sound beome organized enough to be music."

What a dick.

I interviewed him (again) this summer (because I'm always happy to snicker at him on the phone and make faces at him when he can't see me) and I meant to ask him about his fake last name. He bragged on and on about their studio and how rad it was, how he was living the rockstar life etc etc etc. When he dies friendless with a needle in his arm, nobody is going to give a shit except for Ondi.

They will have a nice greatest hits record, but only if they do not include one note from Odditorium.

What do you guys think?

But, Odditorium and Monkeyhouse or whatever really had a hard time holding my attention for even a few songs. Blah. One good album, the rest OK to forgettable.

There are way more BJM albums that I like. At least their douche-i-tude isn't quite as in your face. But, I haven't seen Dig! yet.

Dandys Rule OK is really doing it for me, although weirdly my favourite DW track is still 'Love Is The New Feel Awful'. It's the only track from Odditorium I've heard, and it does the whole droney pop thing exquisitely.

'godless' and 'nietzche' are excellent tracks. some of the other stuff is mildly interesting. a lot of it bland. there's a lot of lazy songwriting going on with this band. they tend to play out the one hook and try and ride on some sort of extended stoned vibe. gets old quite quickly

'genius' is brilliant. worth it alone for the MBV-esque distorted vocal sample kicking in just before each chorus.

"Get Off" is my favourite tequila drinking song.

What happened to Brave New Login?

lol hungover

thx for pointing that out dude :D

Hey, "Get Off" is my favourite tequila-drinking song too!

lol isn't genius amazing, especially that vocal sample just before the chorus

i agree

BAN THE OBVIOUS POPSCOURING SPACE GOURMAND OTHERWISE KNOWN AS LOUIS JAGG3R

ban noodle vague

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/presentations/AHIMA_clinical_voc_2005_oct/proposals/img022.jpg

Louis, if you'd used that mental long name in the first place the BAN meme wd never have taken off.

I only used my real name for something like 3 days (which is about how long it took for me to get off my 'emulate Ned Raggett' fixation), but the damage was done. Your first mistakes are always your worst.

Funnily enough that's what my first wife says.

looool

you could make a case for subsequent mistakes, but they'd have never been mistakes if i was incognito

aw, <3 NV

Anyway. "A Loan Tonight". I don't know if I'm crazy, or stupid, or both, but to these ears, this song would seem to be absolutely wonderful. And yet, the vitriol thrown at it by virtually every critic is surely of sufficient valency to dismiss my claims as utterly fantastical? I barely trust myself.

Its parent album is, as far as I can verify, pretty damn wonderful as well, despite barely containing an ounce of songwriting. I just love the sounds. The spiralling melancholia. The fizz and weightless sexy cool. The bleeping, blooping layers. I mean, the first two actual songs spend 17 minutes going nowhere fast, but given space to swell and pulse, they're totally damn wonderful (and catchy!) hi-tech drug-rock jams. The rest follows close suit, and "A Loan Tonight" is up there with "Love Is The New Feel Awful" in the "holy christ this is some kickass aural narcotic" stakes.

And yeah, those first two records (plus the first 3 tracks of 13 Songs) were great as well. They really nail this grand, slightly ridiculous sadness, this awareness of mortality that can only be conveyed through massive guitar drones and keening pop glaze.

Talk normal

man i fucking totally adore Odditorium, give or take the (deliberately offputting) minute-long brainfarts

however catchy it may be, if it's not "Sad-eyed Lady of the Lowlands," keep it at four minutes, please

god, Popmatters sucked ass

There was a time when I thought they were really great, but with precious few exceptions, i don't think I could hum a tune of theirs if you paid me to.

It was oh so true in `05, and it's only more true now.

Agreed, not very good. I'll have to listen to "Doves" again -- by the time it gets to that track I've pretty much tuned out so can't call that one up from memory. Actually thinking about it now I don't think I can call any of it up from memory other than "You Are Killing Me" after at least half a dozen plays. Sort of expected after four years they'd feel like they needed to prove something and would've done something more interesting. But maybe they're all living comfortably now and don't feel the need to prove anything? I don't know. Still would've been happy to see them last week if I could've made it to the show.

They were great live a few months back but this new album is very 'uh?' up there with the new Primal Scream. Essentially both are: "Well...you could do this, and you went ahead and did it, but why did you do it again?"

Oh yeah, that Primal Scream is a dud too.

Doves IS really good tho

it is hard to convey just how wrong the new album sounds. it genuinely feels like they're trying to create anti-music, but not in a particularly good way

stand by for my deciding it's somehow good at some point, but if this isn't good, it's just about the worst music ever made

id no idea they were still going tbh

i really want to hear what "the worst music ever made" sounds like

fire up spotify and enjoy

I thought the revive would be for this hot content everyone's been craving: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jan/22/how-we-made-the-dandy-warhols-bohemian-like-you

Desperate Dan clickbait.

in the entire history of r'n'r, has there been anyone HALF as thirsty as Courtney Taylor?

maybe Ryan Adams

don’t worry nobody died


https://music.dandywarhols.com/album/tafelmuzik-means-more-when-youre-alone

i actually have a lot of time for the warhols, but $1 per sale for charity.
really.
hmmm ..

do you have three and a half hours for them, is the question