Welcome to the Monkey House by The Dandy Warhols

Pros: Uh-huh

Cons: Just as many

The Bottom Line: This isn’t an attention grabbing album, but it is an intelligent social comment

Review: Welcome to the Monkey House introduces the world to The Dandy Warhols’ latest effort, the extremely atypical fourth album. Atypical in that you wouldn’t necessarily have expected the Stones influenced rockers to emerge with...

Pros: Worth the wait - some great new songs

Cons: Takes a bit of getting used to the new sound

The Bottom Line: Never boring, The Dandy Warhols risk all with a trippy return to the 80's and more.

Review: Welcome To The Monkey House is the 4th album by the Portland, Oregon based quartet The Dandy Warhols. Members Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmstrom, Zia McCabe and Brent DeBoer have in the past been called the most British band to not come from Britain...

Pros: At turns fun and funny, but always musically competent. Great hooks.

Cons: If you have an aversion to synths and/or Duran Duran do not buy this album.

The Bottom Line: Welcome To The Monkey House is a quality party album but won't exactly sate your more cerebral urges. Lucky we have Raidohead for that.

Review: come on come on come on you... monkeys Friend of Jaxvill without spark: 'There aren't many ...