The Dandy Warhols returned to DC after releasing a new album last year to play a show at the Howard Theatre. Nalinee Darmrong was there to photograph the band in action!
The following article is adapted from a press release.
Following a triumphant 2024 with the release of their overwhelmingly critic-hailed 12th studio album ROCKMAKER featuring Frank Black, Slash, and Debbie Harry, a packed-to-the-gills national tour, and a completely sold out West Coast 30th Anniversary-as-a-band string of dates, Portland’s iconoclastic and always surprising alt-rock band The Dandy Warhols returned to the road for a handful of East Coast shows that included a date at the Howard Theatre in DC on May 13.
On their east coast dates, The Dandy Warhols have featured two songs from the new record — “Summer of Hate” and “I’d Like to Help You With Your Problem” — both performed in the middle of the set. To
Watch the official music visualizer for “Summer of Hate” by The Dandy Warhols on YouTube:
Forever changing the script on what a band should be, The Dandy Warhols continue to shift and evolve, never remaining stagnant or stale. Their latest album ROCKMAKER found the band exploring darker and more subterranean textures that opened their audience up to yet another vein of fresh blood: the post-punk world. Goth bible Post-Punk.com characterized the album as “a dark-rock manifesto about this chaotic moment in American history,” while Brooklyn Vegan announced “a new, heavier direction for the band.” Musically, playing homage to the sounds of The Damned, The MC5, and the Stooges, vocalist/guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor explained, “ROCKMAKER is the manifestation of our desire to hear a record of heavy raw punk and metal guitar riffs, but has its own alley.”
Formed in Portland, Oregon, The Dandy Warhols combined the best bits of shoegaze, alternative powerpop, and heavy rock with a wicked satirical pen, spawning alt-rock mainstays like “Bohemian Like You,” “Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth,” “Have a Kick Ass Summer (Me and My Friends),” and the synth-disco jam “We Used to Be Friends.”
The Dandy Warhols are Courtney Taylor-Taylor (vocals, guitar), Peter Holmström (guitar, keyboards), Zia McCabe (keyboard, bass, percussion), and Brent DeBoer (drums, backing vocals).
Here are some photos of The Dandy Warhols performing live at the Howard Theatre on May 13, 2025. All pictures copyright and courtesy of Nalinee Darmrong.
