Dandy Warhols

Like their iconic quasi-namesake, indie mainstays The Dandy Warhols live by the philosophy that art is most provocative when it makes fun of itself.

The Portland, Oregon band packs a whole lot of irony and disillusionment into a deliriously catchy mix of hooks that bounce along alt-rock’s fringes.

Formed in 1994, the Warhols snatched a major-label deal just a few years later and released 1997's The Dandy Warhols Come Down, a shambolic set of psych rock, shoegaze, and power pop, featuring the alternative hit “Not If You Were the Last Junkie On Earth.” Fronted by Courtney Taylor-Taylor—the breathy-voiced, keen observer of hipster culture—the band had a prolific run in the 2000s, highlighted by the punchy Stones-esque groover “Bohemian Like You” from 2000’s Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia and the electrifying electro-disco bop “We Used to Be Friends” from 2003’s Welcome to the Monkey House.