The Dandy Warhols at the Fine Line, Minneapolis (21 Nov 2015)
The Dandy Warhols just played the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis on Saturday night.
Dandy Warhols Setlist
Courtney Taylor-Taylor solo |
Tour Dates
12/02: San Francisco, CA – Great American#
12/03: Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom #
12/04: Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom #
12/05: Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom #
12/07: Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s Restaurant #
12/09: Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market #
12/12: Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom #
# – with Miranda Lee Richards
Some of my favorite songs were sung by the girl drummer of the group, including a Shangri-La-esque track “Gun In My Pocket” (revisited version), taken from their forthcoming Better Off Dead (set for release in February 2016 via K Records).
Although last Saturday was the band’s final stop with the Dandys, the band will continue to South Dakota, Utah, Colorado and ending their tour in Boise, Idaho at Neurolux on November 25th.
This was one of the most memorable The Dandy Warhols shows we’ve seen in a while, thanks to the fact that twenty years (and four days) ago, the Dandy Warhols’ very first Minneapolis show took place at the same venue (16 November 1995). It was the band’s very first national concert with Electrafixion (you may have remember that it featured Echo & the Bunnymen members Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant).
As explained on stage by singer/guitarist/songwriter Courtney Taylor-Taylor, the band’s van broke on that fateful night in November 1995 in Minneapolis. Since they had some downtime, the band called around and booked a last-minute house party that well spectacularly well. Since then, the band had a torrid love affair with Minneapolis. It inspired Taylor-Taylor to write “Minnesoter”, which they will always perform the song whenever they are in town.
Instead of following their setlist, Taylor-Taylor decided to just play “Minnesoter” on the third song. After a quick guitar tune-up, the band was good to go… and that just show you how talented these guys are at improvising.
In typical Dandy Warhols live shows, they have a tendency to build up and stretch out songs… and sometime, especially because they started later than scheduled, they will drop songs off their set list. On Saturday’s show, the band did not play their popular Veronica Mars song (“We Used To Be Friends”).
They also have their famous “Zia McCabe Potty Break” section, where Taylor-Taylor will play a few songs by himself. I think Taylor-Taylor wanted to play a Kirsten Hersh (from Throwing Muses) song, but settled for his traditional “Welcome to the Monkey House” and “Every Day Should Be a Holiday” so that everyone can sing along.
Of course, almost everyone there at the show was there for their most popular song “Bohemian Like You”. Once the chorus comes around, everyone in the audience sang back “whoo” and “whoo hooo“.
The song finale was “Pete International Airport” and “Boys Better” medley together. The band left the stage to drone-like noises, leaving only keyboardist Zia McCabe to play some funky techno DJ music.
Before closing out the show, Zia said, “Thank you for 20 years of coming out to see us and supporting us. Since this is the last night of the first leg of the tour, I’ll sing you a song.” With that, in acapella mode, Zia sang a traditional campfire song, “There’s a Daisy On My Toe”.
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 20 years for The Dandy Warhols. Look, Dandys rule, OK?
