Smug's Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia review
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Smug
Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
by Nina Pearlman
July/August, 2000
The Dandy Warhols have always thought highly of themselves. Suffice it to say that when the Portland, Oregon quartet walks into a room, it enters ego first. But for all its posturing, the psychedelic pop band has never been good enough to justify its aggrandized sense of self. With the phenomenal Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia, however, the Dandys have actually lived up to their egos. Urban Bohemia still contains its share of '70s psychedelic pop filtered through early '90s grunge. But it houses a number of surprises as well: the dusty plains of "Country Leaver"; Courtney Taylor's Lou Reed-like vocals on "Solid"; the un-self-conscious beauty of "Mohammed" and "Sleep." With these latter touches of humility, it's as if the Dandys have channeled their energy away from their megalomania and into their music. In doing so, they've become as good as they always claimed to be.
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