The Dandy Warhols

On their third full-length (released in 2000) the Dandy Warhols sound the tightest since their inception. This is as good as they are going to sound, successfully cross-cutting and appropriating the best elements of stylish guitar rock into one fully functioning Frankenstein's monster of hip-titude.

Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia signals a departure for the Dandy Warhols, a Portland,
Oregon, quartet best known for its spaced-out Brit pop. The Dandies can still harmonize
you into a trance, but they've replaced the dreamy drone of 1997's . . . The Dandy Warhols
Come Down with more diverse atmospherics. On "Country Leaver," vocalist-guitarist
Courtney Taylor drawls his way through an archetypal country backdrop -- com... More >

Dandies have feelings too--no, strike that, tunes too ("Shakin'," Godless"). (Grade - **)