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- Summary: The latest full-length release from alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols features guest appearances by Black Francis, Debbie Harry, and Slash.
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- Record Label: Sunset Blvd Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Mar 18, 2024While there are no big surprises on Rockmaker, most of the tracks on the album are as instantly addictive as in their heyday.
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Mar 18, 2024‘Rockmaker’ is an experience of the addictive kind, a fitting reminder of what’s terrific about the Portland band, and it offers something novel, something blistering.
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UncutMar 18, 2024Rockmaker's rude vigour and bounty of hooks will reassure the faithful, as should the ample supply of snark from Courtney Taylor-Taylor. [Apr 2024, p.31]
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Mar 18, 2024The group tried something different here and it really works. Overall, ROCKMAKER stands as one of the group’s most cohesive LPs in a long time, automatically making it easier to follow through and digest.
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Classic Rock MagazineMar 29, 2024Alcohol And Cocainemarijuananicotine, is borderline endearing, while Love Thyself reminds us that Taylor-Taylor can still write pop hooks whenever he can be bothered. [May 2024, p.77]
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Apr 1, 2024As a riff rock mood board, most of the album passes by nicely enough, with the occasional embarrassing lyric (the aforementioned refrain in "Must've Always Been a Thing," repetitions of "Ring dong / Ring-a-ding dong" on opener "The Dooms Day Bells") being the only moments that are actively unpleasant to listen to.