Two cool rock acts combine forces for 2 big shows in San Francisco

The Dandy Warhols have long been one of the coolest acts on the planet.

It was true in the ’90s, as the group released its first two albums — “Dandys Rule OK” and ” …The Dandy Warhols Come Down” — the latter of which ranked among the finest indie-rock records of the decade.

It’s remained true in the 2000s, with the Dandys putting out such terrific platters as “The Dandy Warhols Are Sound,” “Welcome to the Monkey House,” “Odditorium or Warlords of Mars” and, best of all, “Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia.”

And the group’s most recent single, “The Summer of Hate,” most certainly sounds cool — in a retro rad kind of way.

“Musically, ‘The Summer of Hate’ became our homage to the sounds of The Damned, The MC5, and probably a bit of the Stooges in there as well,” singer-songwriter-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor says.

Fans will be hoping to hear that new single as well as so many of the band’s other great tunes — including “We Used to be Friends,” “Genius,” “Get Off and “Boys Better — when the Dandy Warhols perform two nights, Oct. 14-15, at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco.