The Dandy Warhols @ The Enmore Theatre, Friday 31 October, 2008

New album: Earth to the Dandy Warhols

Playing only one Sydney show to a sold out crowd at the Enmore Theatre, The Dandy Warhols seemed to live up to their reputation of being a quirky must-see live band of the times. Unleashing their eighth studio album, ‘Earth to the Dandy Warhols’, this space-themed modern day psychedelic pop rock musical journey clearly did not disappoint.

As the crowd waited in anticipation after the half hour support act Downhill’s Home, the Dandy Warhols slowly entered the room, callously headed straight for their instruments and designated areas on stage. For the first few songs the band played with an almost ‘too cool for school attitude’ until the old favourite Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth, an obvious crowd pleaser, energised keen punters to start grooving to the playful quasi-psychedelic tunes ahead.

With both the band and the crowd now starting to relax and cut loose, frontman Courtney Taylor Taylor eased into some of the new tracks like Welcome to the Third World and Mis Amigos, showcasing his sharp-witted lyrical genius. At the halfway mark the Dandy’s hit hard with the popular track Bohemian Like You, taking the whole performance and the concert vibe to another level.

Towards the end of the two hour set The Dandys hit the home stretch with Courtney Taylor Taylor on percussion for (You Come In) Burned. By the end of the show both the band and the crowd were electrified with excitement, bopping and dancing around as if there were no gravity force to keep them from moving.

Unlike most musical acts The Dandy Warhols did not play an encore, however this live music habitual routine could easily be forgiven by the fact that every song played was so skillfully chosen just to keep the audience on a pleasurable, psychedelic high throughout the whole set. Musically, the band were sound playing right on the mark throughout the whole night, producing a crisp and effortless, fun-fused sound in perfect harmony leaving all who attended wholly satisfied.