The Dandy Warhols – live At Bristol Academy 2003 – BBC 6 Music –
The Dandy Warhols this lunch hour. Recorded live at Bristol Academy in 2003 by the venerable BBC. With ten albums to their credit and no end in sight, The Dandy Warhols have been swinging away and punching holes since 1994. Considered something of a mashup of Neo-Psychedelia, alternative rock, garage Rock and Synthpop, they have gained worldwide popularity, and thanks to an ad for Vodafone utilizing a track, Bohemian Like You, they gained a foothold on the collective consciousness of America by way of Advertising.
But that’s just part of their story. Together since 1994, the band has achieved a distinction not many artists can lay claim to; reaching out and grabbing new audiences while maintaining their experimental nature.
Here’s what they’ve been up to the last ten years or so:
On January 28, 2014, The Dandy Warhols announced plans to release their first live album, which was recorded at The Wonder Ballroom during the band’s thirteenth anniversary tour of Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia. The album, entitled Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia Live at the Wonder, was released on March 25, 2014.
The band released the single “Chauncey P vs. All the Girls in London” in March 2015.
On January 29, 2016, the band announced their ninth studio album, Distortland. It was their first release for Dine Alone Records. It was released on April 8, 2016, in time for their promotional tour starting in the United States. The track “You Are Killing Me” was released as a single. A music video was produced featuring noted Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro.
On February 11, 2017, the band released a new single, “Thick Girls Knock Me Out (Richard Starkey)”, to streaming services. The band has returned to the studio after the end of the promotional tour for Distortland and intends to spend the rest of the year recording new material.
On October 12, 2018 The Dandy Warhols released a collaboration with Logan Lynn titled “Like Before”, which appeared on Lynn’s multi-media double album My Movie Star, produced by Jay Mohr. On October 24, 2018, the band released a new single, “Forever”, to streaming services. This is the first single off their 10th studio album, released in January 2019, titled Why You So Crazy. Two more singles preceded its release, “Be Alright” and “Motor City Steel”. During the same month, the band started their 25th anniversary tour with a string of dates in Europe & UK.
In May 2023, the (digital) EP “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” was released. The title track, originally written by Gordon Lightfoot, was a leftover for the 2004 Black Album sessions. The other two tracks, Untitled 1 and Alien, remained unreleased at the time.
IWNSLY is the title of the track released in July 2023. The song is a collaboration with Debbie Harry and NALA.
Well you know – and you’re all caught up – next thing for you to do is hit the Play button and unpack your lunch.
