How often does it happen that unadulterated Stones rock is in the charts? The Dandy Warhols succeeded with the great single Bohemian Like You and for that feat alone they deserve our respect. Welcome To The Monkey House, their fourth CD again, seems a bit flat at first, but after a few spins it turns out to contain some addictive tracks such as We Used To Be Friends and You Were The Last High, songs
… that you will not hear at first. make a great impression over and over again. And although the band's sound has been electronically varnished by producer Nick Rhodes (yes, Duran Duran's) and Courtney Taylor-Taylor seems to have lost his unique sense of understatement in the lyrics, no other band knows better how to find the balance between art and kitsch. It is and will remain disposable doll, but made with intelligence and just the right supercooled attitude. And come to that, today. (MS)more
