from Tony Naylor in the July 26th Guardian -

Hedford Vachal, Toys

(Tirk)

Years ago, Eric Hedford used to play drums with the endlessly awful Dandy Warhols. Thankfully, he saw the error of his ways, and, one day, when his bandmates were all doing something completely outrageous (probably involving drugs and nudity), he escaped through the toilet window, and ran for his life. At least, that's the way I like to imagine it. Nowadays, with his mate Brad Vachal, Hedford makes fabulous, tripped-out, DFA-style indie disco: all fat, crisp live drums and bass, morse code riffs and conversational vocals. Call it restorative justice, if you will, but we're all for it. Next week: the bassist from Jet unveils his minimal techno masterpiece.