The Dandy Warhols ARE Sound
Posted on 07. May, 2009 by spencer in Music
Now free from Capitol Records, the Dandy Warhols can do whatever the fuck they want. Here's to hoping they'll want to put out some good new songs and play with my friends' bands more. In the meantime, they're re-releasing their fourth album the way the intended it.
Prior to the release of Welcome To The Monkey House, the band had been pressing for a version mixed by Russell Elavedo, a GRAMMY-award winning soul mixing engineer whose credits include D'Angelo's Brown Sugar, The Roots' The Roots Come Alive, Common's Like Water for Chocolate, and Alicia Keys' Songs in A Minor, among others. But contrary to the band's wishes, the Elavedo mix of Monkey House was shelved by Capitol Records, and an alternate mix the label had arranged was put out instead.
Now, in 2009, established as owners of the label, Beat The World Records, the Warhols, as independent artists, have the freedom to release the original Elavado mix of Monkey House, aptly titled The Dandy Warhols ARE Sound (out July 14).
They've definitely penned a few great tunes in their time, bt I'm still take-it-or-leave-it when it comes to their catalog as a whole. But the Dandys will always have aplace in my heart because Peter Holstrom was one of my very first interviews. Ah, nostalgia.
