Order, Barfly Listings Guide
" Ace Swedish trash-rock garagey griminess from The Dandelions,
the latest Scandinavians to get over here and rock our asses into dimpled
wobbles of self-taut scrawny shimmer. To put it another way: THEY’RE
ACE. End.”
Rookie’04, Rockparty
"Det senaste året har The Dandelions fått
en hel del välförtjänt uppmärksamhet i England efter en
serie väl mottagna spelningar och varför är inte svårt
att förstå när man hör dem. Med sin catchiga garagerock
för de tankarna till såväl The Stooges som The Who och tidiga
Rolling Stones och har, inte förvånande, jämförts med
The Hives. Men låt inte det grumla ditt omdöme, för de här
rödklädda grabbarna står på sina egna ben och vi kommer
garanterat att få höra mer av The Dandelions framöver."
http://www.rookierockparty.se/dandelions.asp
Johnnie C, soundsxp:
"A cool, young Swedish group with a distinctive sartorial style, who
want you to listen to their songs and think, “Wow, Stooges, Who, Stones…”
The story of how The Dandelions’ first gig came to
an abrupt end after 40 seconds, when the owner of the establishment “pulled
the plug”, is a nice little piece of mythology that may endure and may
even endear them to the popular music press here. Quite what upset the proprietor
of the Stockholm bar in question is neither related in their biographical
notes nor especially apparent on this, their self-produced debut recording
for Hijack Records. What we do have here are five less than
terrifying, red-clad young lads playing four breezy, catchy and beautifully
concise pop songs.
Your biggest difficulty with this is going to be keeping the words “The
Hives” out of your head. For all that Dandelions are
less heavy and more poppy, ultimately they can only, truthfully, have been
influenced by their compatriots. The opening track, On The 54, could well
be Hate To Say I Told You So’s rascally little brother, with its driving
bassline, and killer, handclappy chorus; “shake it out now/ shake it
out now”. It could be a hit. Similarly, So Lonely’s madly infectious
“Oh! Ah!” chorus is designed to get those rent-a-muppet TOTP audiences
clapping along gleefully and inanely. Central Station and Mike, continue in
a similar, if less instant vein, the inclusion of a harmonica solo at the
close of the latter taking it over the hitherto uncharted three-minute barrier.
I would have hoped for at least one track showing a different dimension to
their work, but if this is all that they do then they do it very well. Live,
I’m sure they are formidable.
In a crowded indie rock scene they’ll need all the help they can get
to rise above the parapet, and I wish them luck. Existing Hives fans may just
say, “I’ve already got one…”
Check out On The 54 Mp3 and video at www.thedandelions.com
"
http://www.soundsxp.com/893.shtml
Neil Cole, XFM:
"Because a name like The WhoStoogeFaceYardStones is too cumbersome, these
smart red-dressed Swedish boys of varying degrees of prettiness have named
themselves after a persistent domestic weed. And the lawn from which The
Dandelions are irrepressibly sprouting is very much a lawn of garagey
howling, chang-a-chang Fenders & groovy handclaps. And that's a good thing,
so put away the weedkiller."
www.xfm.co.uk
Kultureflash:
"The Dandelions is our favourite amongst the bands coming
out of the new Swedish punk movement (swunk?) at the moment. .. their malevolent
Rock 'n' Roll is bound to soon get picked up by a major label and spread across
the world. Until that happens though, this mini UK tour with five gigs in
six days provides a foretaste of what is to come, with the five members of
the band churning out songs such as "Oh God!", "Get on"
and "Banned from Alain's" -- the latter telling the story of how
the owner of the club where they played their first ever gig had to pull the
plug after only 40 seconds because they were just too loud. Known for living
as fast as their music (drummer Mattias Bergqvist once played an entire gig
with a broken hand), The Dandelions might well have you fumble
for that main switch, too."
http://www.kultureflash.net/archive/46/default.htm#event914
Rough Trade Records:
"excellent 4 track ep from new swedish garage rock sensations,the dandelions.
tunes, looks and attitude in abundance. how these boys can still be unsigned
over here is a mystery! includes a cover of richard hell's "blank generation"
www.roughtrade.com
- go to Shop and search The Dandelions.
The Organ Magazine:
"The Dandelions - Ah at last, what took you ? The obligatory
band from Sweden are here – hate to say I told you so, a Swedish band
who sound like The Hives or the Yeah Yeah Yeahs or The Strokes or the blah
blah blahs..... We thought there'd be a million of these in Alan's bin, this is
the first - still, Alan doesn't know does he, he didn't even bother to open
the envelope, he just threw it away unopened with all the others. Hey The
Dandelions are good at their thing, I like this, they rock and they
stand out from the crowd - they've got the hand-claps and the chrome cheetah
motherfuker riffs in the right places and the trashy guitar and stabby skiffle
sound and the urgent howling garage vocals.... this is cool, The Dandelions
stand out from the crowd, they've got a kind of Yardbirds/Brian Jonestown
Massacre retro feel to their Stooged up garage rock - hey, you know what,
they should send this demo to Alan McGee' he'd love this, I’ll give
you his address if you want it, he makes out like he cares, I’m sure
he’s a good guy in it for his love of music and all that..."
www.organart.demon.co.uk/newdemo5.htm
