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The Dandy Warhols: …Earth to the Dandy Warhols...

Intermittent glimpses of the terrific band the Dandies refuse to be Since 2000’s rockin’ extravaganza Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia, Portland’s Dandy Warhols have played against their strengths as a dynamic guitar-rock band with defiant perversity. Album number six starts out promisingly: “The World The People Together (Come On)” sounds like a shoegaze mutation of Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love,” and “Mission Control” could be the answer song to Flight of the Conchords’ “Bowie,” while “Welcome to the Third World” is a wry blend of the Stones’ “Miss You” and Duran Duran’s disco funk. But after that, things go south...  read more