Dandy Warhols @ Enmore Theatre Sunday 29 May

Yes they’re one of my favourite bands and yes their music is definitely in my top ten list of favourite artists and albums of all time. Does this make my opinion bias? Yes, it probably does but I’m still going to give you my 10 cents worth anyway.

When the Dandy Warhols announced their tour dates across Australia this May – I was excited! I’ve been a fan since 1995 when they release Dandy’s Rule Ok? and over the years they’ve produce six LP’s, all featuring their trademark, super funky, catchy tunes and odd spacey psychedelic freak outs making them so unique.

The best part about this tour meant that with no new album to promote, we’d be in for a rare treat of the entire back catalogue and hopefully a lot more of the long epic tracks that don’t usually get played by the band on tour set lists. With a vast majority of the tracks played from the albums Come Down and Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia the Dandy’s play a long and very loud two and a half hour set to their most adoring fans.

Starting off strong the band opens with ‘Mohammad’ and straight into ‘Solid‘ from the classic 1999 album Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia. The band members were all lined up in a straight row along the stage with Zia McCabe on keys and tambourine to the far left, drummer Brent De Boer and Courtney Taylor-Taylor in the middle and Peter Holstrom rocking out on guitar on the right hand side.

The music was loud, the lighting was dark and moody and the Dandy Warhols were pumping out tunes like ‘We Used To Be Friends’ and ‘Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth’ to get the crowd singing and dancing. It’s a sure sign of uber, indie coolness with the Dandy Warhols ability to produce alternative classic indie rock tracks that never seem to go out of date! People were shouting out requests for their favourite tunes and in a brief moment of silence someone calls out Kim Deal – Courtney Taylor Taylor acknowledges and the band slides into the track ‘Cool As Kim Deal’ from their second biggest album Come Down.

With the crowd and the performance gaining momentum The Dandy’s sample a new song called ‘The WOW Signal’. It’s a really good tune and everyone digs it but can’t seem to place it. I like it but I don’t recognise it. Courtney Taylor Taylor clarifys by saying “That’s one of the new songs to be released on our new album later this year so hopefully we’ll be back in Feb”. The news of another album and another tour receives a huge cheer, kicking the remainder of the Dandy Warhols party into high gear. At one point with over an hour left to play and no sign of a break, all but Courtney Taylor Talyor leave the stage for a quick toilet break. While we wait, CTT serenades us with an acoustic solo sing-along of ‘Everyday Should Be A Holiday’.

Now coming into the home stretch The Dandy’s turn up the heat with four of their power tracks from Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia. One after another the hits popped out – ‘Horse Pills’, indie pop anthem Bohemian Like You, the dreamy tranquil beats of ‘Godless’ and quick paced ‘Get Off’. In true Dandy Warhols style this barrage of musical genius in its sequence makes the crowd go crazy. Just before the end of the set, Courtney Taylor Taylor invites long time Australian friends The Vines on stage for a 10 minute jam session to ‘Fast Driving Rave-Up’  before closing the night with ‘Country Leaver’ and a quick thanks for coming and supporting us for the past 16 years.

I left the gig that night with a big smile of satisfaction and my ears ringing with ‘Bohemian Like You‘ stuck in my brain. Playing most tracks from Come Down and Thirteen Tales it was a really good simple show with the Dandy’s playing all the cool old favourites you always want to hear.

Verdict equals More Dandy Warhols! Can’t wait for that new album!

Set List:

Mohammed

Solid

We Used To Be Friends

Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth

Holding Me Up

Cool As Kim Deal

Good Morning

Rest Your Head

Lou Weed

The Last High

The WOW Signal (new track to be released)

I Love You

The New Country

(You Come In) Burned

Now You Love Me

Wasp In The Lotus

Everyday Should Be a Holiday

Last Of The Outlaw Truckers

All The Money Or The Simple Life Honey

Horse Pills

Bohemian Like You

Godless

Get Off

Pete International Airport

Boys Better

Fast Driving Rave-Up (Jam session with The Vines)

Country Leaver

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