The Dandy Warhols, April 26 at the Roxy

The Dandy Warhols might have hit their peak years ago but it doesn’t stop them from keeping the tours going.  They’ve already hit nearly every venue in L.A, from Universal and the Wiltern on down, so it was probably just time until they played the Roxy.  They had already been relegated to opening shows, though it got them to play Universal, but they could do a few nights at a (relatively) tiny club just to do it, if nothing else.  Promoters just slot them in at a place and they’ll pull a crowd, even years after they’ve made any music that had a significant impact.  Yet, it was still amazing that they were playing somewhere as small as the Roxy and that tickets didn’t sell out instantly.  As it was, I heard about it from a friend at work and who knew how long it had been been since the tickets were up.  We jumped on it, coordinating with Dayna & Carlos for an evening out with them.  Up to that point for some reason I had thought they were still touring to play Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia in its entirety and it was only at the show that I realized they weren’t.  They still put on a great show, as they do, and even better for being confined to such a small area they could fill with bohemia and rock n’ roll.  Also odd that they played there only a week after Coachella, which they played only once (back in ‘01), and didn't again.  Could they have been trying to get onto the festival bill and assumed they’d be in the L.A. area for it and when that didn’t happen they went ahead with a show anyway?  It didn’t seem to matter anyway and they still rocked it out.  They stuck mostly to ...Come Down and Thirteen Tales, at least knowing what the crowd was going to want, though they switched up the set-list most nights, at least for the first few songs.  We missed "Every Day Should Be A Holiday" -- yet again for me -- just the night before (and played solo by Courtney) but they made up for it with the rest, whatever they played.  Bonus: As we were mulling about after the show, most of the band members made their way out around the emptying floor and Zia was wandering, at least for a moment, on her own.  Yes, it was a good idea to leave, with Carla, as promptly as possible.

Dandy Warhols' set-list:
"Mohammed"
"Everyone Is Totally Insane"
"Ride"
"The Last High"
"I Love You"
New song? "Intensified"?
"Well They're Gone"
"Good Morning"
"Sad Vacation"
"All the Girls in London"
"Horse Pills"
"Bohemian Like You"
"Get Off"
"Godless"
"Pete International Airport"
"Boys Better"
"Daisy on My Toe" (Zia solo)