Tour Dates
09/29: Charleston, SC - Charleston Music Hall *
09/30: Orlando, FL - The Social * 10/01: Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room * 10/03: St. Petersburg, FL - The State Theatre * 10/04: Ponte Vedra, FL - Ponte Vedra Concert Hall * 10/06: Atlanta, GA - Terminal West * 10/07: Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge * 10/08: St. Louis, MO - Delmar Hall * 10/10: Birmingham, AL - Saturn * 10/11: New Orleans, LA - Tipitina's Uptown * 10/12: Dallas, TX - Granada Theater * 10/13: Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall * 10/14: Austin, TX - The Scoot Inn * October 15: Austin, TX - The Scoot Inn * * - w/ Savoy Motel Read More
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Portland’s The Dandy Warhols is back on tour for their new record Distortland (Dine Alone); kicking off their tour at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis.
Nashville’s Savoy Motel, possibly named after the Savoy Hotel, opened up the show. The band featured bassist Jeffrey Novak, drummer Jessica McFarland, guitarist Mimi Galbierz, and guitarist Dillon Watson. I believe all of them sing, or takes turn lead vocals (although I found that the bassist often didn’t wander near the microphone). The band had a 70s look and sound to their music.
The band basically played their debut self-titled record, including new single ‘Souvenir Shop Rock’ on their 40-min set. The record technically isn’t available until October 21st via What's Your Rupture?... but they had copies for sale at their merch table.
Off topic, but in a recent discussion between Hotel vs Motel, they are the same - except the Motel was an abbreviation for “motor hotel” (you can park your car in front of a room... which meant the motel only had one ground level).
As for The Dandy Warhols, they are always fun. As previously explained, they have a relationship with Minneapolis and had always made sure they come to the city whenever they work out their tour itinerary.
Minneapolis was their very first national tour date (with Electrafixion) at the Fine Line Music Café on 16 November 1995.... and of course it went very wrong: their tour van broke down. They had to get their vehicle in working order, but in the meantime they played some house shows in the area. The whole lovely experience inspired singer / songwriter Courtney Taylor (he didn’t have that extra Taylor part back then) to write ‘Minnesoter’ - a song that the Dandies will always play in Minnesota! That is no except with last week’s show, which you can see, handwritten on the set “‘Soter”. If you ever wanted to see a Dandy show, make sure to see it at Minneapolis, as it’s always fun and unique.
With this new Distortland tour, I’m not exactly sure if they brought their own disco ball on tour (or if it actually belongs to the Varsity Theater), but throughout the show, they used the disco light in a sometime smoky and dimly lit room.
For this tour, there are some new songs, but fans who saw them last year should already be familiar with these shows. For example, ‘Some Things You Got to Get Over’ was played in November 2015.
The other new songs, ‘You Are Killing Me’ and ‘Catcher in the Rye’ were pre-release singles for people who preordered Distortland.
As with a typical Dandy show, Taylor-Taylor scheduled in a solo section for ‘Every Day Should Be a Holiday’ and a partial ‘Welcome to the Monkey House’. They’ve previously explained that these solo efforts were for the rest of the band to take a bathroom break.
Of course, ‘Bohemian Like You’ was a massive crowd pleaser. If there was only one song people knew, it was this one. I’ve previously mentioned that the song was the summer single of 2000 for me. It made on to many of my mixed tapes.
What really made this tour weird and special was that, for the first time I can remember, the band actually did a real encore. Even Taylor-Taylor explained, after coming back on stage, “We’re not the kind of band that do this sort of thing...”
The encore song was ‘Horse Pills’, which commanded a sing-back from the hardcore audience that stuck around (even after the “go home” music started playing after the set closer ‘Search Party’).
For the first night on the Distortland tour, I’d say it was a good one.
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Savoy Motel |
The band basically played their debut self-titled record, including new single ‘Souvenir Shop Rock’ on their 40-min set. The record technically isn’t available until October 21st via What's Your Rupture?... but they had copies for sale at their merch table.
Off topic, but in a recent discussion between Hotel vs Motel, they are the same - except the Motel was an abbreviation for “motor hotel” (you can park your car in front of a room... which meant the motel only had one ground level).
As for The Dandy Warhols, they are always fun. As previously explained, they have a relationship with Minneapolis and had always made sure they come to the city whenever they work out their tour itinerary.
Minneapolis was their very first national tour date (with Electrafixion) at the Fine Line Music Café on 16 November 1995.... and of course it went very wrong: their tour van broke down. They had to get their vehicle in working order, but in the meantime they played some house shows in the area. The whole lovely experience inspired singer / songwriter Courtney Taylor (he didn’t have that extra Taylor part back then) to write ‘Minnesoter’ - a song that the Dandies will always play in Minnesota! That is no except with last week’s show, which you can see, handwritten on the set “‘Soter”. If you ever wanted to see a Dandy show, make sure to see it at Minneapolis, as it’s always fun and unique.
With this new Distortland tour, I’m not exactly sure if they brought their own disco ball on tour (or if it actually belongs to the Varsity Theater), but throughout the show, they used the disco light in a sometime smoky and dimly lit room.
For this tour, there are some new songs, but fans who saw them last year should already be familiar with these shows. For example, ‘Some Things You Got to Get Over’ was played in November 2015.
The other new songs, ‘You Are Killing Me’ and ‘Catcher in the Rye’ were pre-release singles for people who preordered Distortland.
As with a typical Dandy show, Taylor-Taylor scheduled in a solo section for ‘Every Day Should Be a Holiday’ and a partial ‘Welcome to the Monkey House’. They’ve previously explained that these solo efforts were for the rest of the band to take a bathroom break.
Of course, ‘Bohemian Like You’ was a massive crowd pleaser. If there was only one song people knew, it was this one. I’ve previously mentioned that the song was the summer single of 2000 for me. It made on to many of my mixed tapes.
What really made this tour weird and special was that, for the first time I can remember, the band actually did a real encore. Even Taylor-Taylor explained, after coming back on stage, “We’re not the kind of band that do this sort of thing...”
The encore song was ‘Horse Pills’, which commanded a sing-back from the hardcore audience that stuck around (even after the “go home” music started playing after the set closer ‘Search Party’).
For the first night on the Distortland tour, I’d say it was a good one.
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Savoy Motel |
Savoy Motel: Jessica McFarland |
Dandy Warhols Setlist |
Zia McCabe |
Dandy Warhols |
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The Dandy Warhols at Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (23 September 2016) |
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