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Watch Me: “Berlin Got Blurry” by Parquet Courts
Parquet Courts' newest single from Human Performance (out 4.8 on Rough Trade) may be called "Berlin Got Blurry," but I can't help but to think back to that time in music history when England got blurry, when white rockers began to integrate the island sounds of ska, dub, and reggae into punk rock and power pop.
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Watch Me: “Dust” by Parquet Courts
Parquet Courts released an EP at the tail end of last year. I know this because it's filed away with all of my other albums. I can't remember much about this particular EP aside from the fact that there was one song and a lot of four dudes fucking around with keyboards and synthesizers. It was like one of those contractual obligation releases except for the fact Parquet Courts have been on a continual rise since 2011.
I'd rather not talk about that last EP. I'd rather talk about this new video, "Dust," from their forthcoming album, a proper album, called Human Performance (out 4.8 on Rough Trade). Just one problem. I'm not sure we get to "Dust" without first having to go through four dudes fuck with keyboards and synthesizers.
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A Jam Packed Thursday with Nothing, Cult of Youth, Mr Gnome, Twerps, and Parkay Quartz
When the book is closed on 2014, or a month from now when music pubs start pushing their end of the year round-ups, a surprising release will likely top my list -- Nothing's Guilty of Everything. Upon it's release, I found it more diverse and more engaging than most modern shoegazer albums (your best comparison may be '90s alt-rockers Hum, a band who weren't afraid to go full metal during their atmospheric rock jams), yet, I also felt emptiness upon my initial listens. Here was a band fronted by an ex-punk, ex-con and I wanted more of the story to come through in the lyrics. Turns out, Nothing wasn't lacking. My patience was lacking. The title track kills me to this day.
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The Rockometer: Sunbathing Animal by Parquet Courts
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Sunbathing Animal
What's Your Rupture/Mom+Pop
Mocking is easy, even natural, when a band ...
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A Jam Packed Wednesday with Southern Comfort, Fucked Up, Godflesh, White Lung, and Parquet Courts
As one half of Ruined Fortune, Angie Garrick has already released one of the year's best punky, sludgy noise rock albums. Here, with Southern ...
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Jam Packed Wednesday feat. Sebadoh, Gap Dream, Parquet Courts, Heaven’s Gate, and TV Ghost
Those of you who were at the Grog Shop the last time Sebadoh made it to Cleveland should recognize the next track. On that particular night, Lou ...
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Play Me: “Borrowed Time” by Parquet Courts
photo by Heather Strange
Like Australia's Eddy Current Suppression Ring, the New York via Texas band, Parquet Courts, have a rock history ...
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