I think the Pavement comparisons are largely (but not wholly derived) from the album artwork. I hear a passing resemblance to Black Lips too I think.
― pssstttt, Hey you (dog latin), Monday, 18 March 2013 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone seeing them in London this week?
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Monday, 18 March 2013 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
OK, "Yonder Is Closer to the Heart" does kind of start out like it's going to be a cover of "Yr Killin Me" and for that matter non-standard orthography of "Yr No Stoner" also reminiscent of, well, "Yr Killin Me?"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 18 March 2013 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
I guess I would say -- there are a lot of moments where the guitar tone reminds me of Pavement but the drums NEVER remind me of Pavement so as a whole this doesn't sound much like Pavement.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 18 March 2013 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone seeing them in London this week?― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Monday, March 18, 2013 3:11 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Monday, March 18, 2013 3:11 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yup, going on thursday. Love this album - simple pleasure, spent 5 mins fretting about whether I was lazily indulging cognates of the sound of my youth but hahahahahaha dgaf this is fucking great.
― woof, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.nyctaper.com/2013/03/parquet-courts-march-7-2013-bowery-ballroom-flacmp3streaming/
― dmr, Friday, 22 March 2013 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
I enjoyed the Sebright arms gig, mostly. They sound great, but vocals coming up a bit short - there's that kind of scruffy charismatic (for indie readings of charismatic) delivery that's there on the record, but absent on stage.
Crowd was arms-crossed and sluggish, I thought, which dragged things down. A London thing maybe - large numbers there for the event, not up on the songs – but maybe to do with attracting slightly older audience.
― woof, Friday, 22 March 2013 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
I have had "Borrowed Thyme" stuck in my head since Monday afternoon, definitely need to give this a full listen ( I play tracks on my radio show cuz it is in rotation).
― the world's most impertinent web designer (sleeve), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
they are SO good
― the late great, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
Interviewed them last week. Was a little odd as we were being filmed by Vice and photographed by NME while I tried to interview them for another publication. Will post the results in here when it's online.
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
I spent about 5 hours today packing Parquet Courts records! Their label = best dude.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Thursday, 28 March 2013 02:46 (eleven years ago) link
Here's the interview I mentioned last month...I think it's a pretty good feature:
http://crackmagazine.net/music/parquet-courts/
Still digging the record too.
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Friday, 26 April 2013 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
This has definitely been growing on me as well - probably my favorite of the year so far. I'm not sure if I can tell the singers apart with 100% accuracy though I think the prefer the guy who doesn't sing in the high-pitched voice.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
saw these guys again, this time supporting the breeders. odd set, opening with a new song then tearing through some favourites before bringing things back down with a long slow cover (didn't recognize it) and then playing 3 new songs out of 5 to close. BUT new stuff sounded great and we accosted one of the dudes after the show and he said they have just recorded a bunch of the new material, which is exciting. couple songs sounded like wire to me, i dunno.
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 10 May 2013 11:47 (eleven years ago) link
coming in late. this fucking rules. pavement refs make sense to me cuz "master of my craft" has a definite pavement by way of modern lovers/early slashrecs vibe. not derivative, but suggestive of. they
dug a few fergus & geronimo songs early on (esp "blind muslim girl", the single version of "powerful loving" and "never satisfied"). this is much better though.
also: yummy fur! heard of but not heard. "deathclub" (linked way upthread) is astounding.
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Friday, 10 May 2013 12:20 (eleven years ago) link
they
i can't tell how much i like this band vs. how much i just miss bands that sound like this...
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, January 22, 2013 1:30 PM (3 months ago)
^^^ yeah, i was wondering earlier today how much of my enjoyment comes from just missing bands like this so much.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, January 22, 2013 1:43 PM (3 months ago)
this weirds me out a little, cuz there's no shortage of similar bands out there. first that springs to mind are/were the soft pack (who started out as muslims, a much better name). also whatever brains outta NC. not the same, but occupying an adjacent ballpark.
muslims:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMF5A2oMDeE
whatever brains:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mzymn_4B5o
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Friday, 10 May 2013 12:32 (eleven years ago) link
i like both those bands too, whatever brains more than the soft pack
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 10 May 2013 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
I'll have to check out Whatever Brains. I liked the last Soft Pack record. But I don't think they really have the same vibe as Parquet Courts.
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 May 2013 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
yeah soft pack are more like classic garage rock, whatever brains are more noise-punk weirdos, neither is quite as 90s-nostalgia-bait as parquet courts in my mind
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 10 May 2013 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
i like the soft pack ok but parquet courts is way more interesting than the soft pack
― call all destroyer, Friday, 10 May 2013 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
speedy ortiz are super 90s nostalgia bait in a different style from parquet courts
― mizzell, Friday, 10 May 2013 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
actually maybe not that different
― mizzell, Friday, 10 May 2013 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
hope y'all like my piece :)))))0
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Friday, 10 May 2013 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
heh someone was playing this in a record shop i went into this evening, and i thought it was a feelies alb i somehow didn't know, until i asked and was enlightened
they need anton fier, tho
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 10 May 2013 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
New EP is good. A little more muscular.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 27 September 2013 02:00 (ten years ago) link
Is that "Tally All The Things You Broke"? Seems like I heard this all before.
― I'll take the jangle-jangle over the throb-throb (brg30), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 23:17 (ten years ago) link
just bought it! i don't care if it's samey; i could listen to this sound forever.
― licorice om source (get bent), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 23:56 (ten years ago) link
"You've Got Me Wonderin Now" and "The More It Works" are both great.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 23:58 (ten years ago) link
On Jimmy Fallon tv show tonight
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 January 2014 15:34 (ten years ago) link
any idea what they'll be playing? stoned and starving i guess...
― arel, Thursday, 9 January 2014 17:07 (ten years ago) link
borrowed time ftw.
I can't tell if the long track on the new EP is awesome or garbage. Maybe it's awesome garbage.
― intimately bellowing (staggerlee), Thursday, 9 January 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link
that's the one that sounds kinda like beck? it's okay. i decided i like the first two tracks a lot but i can take or leave the rest.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 9 January 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link
playing here next weekend with destruction unit - weird match-up but i'm stoked
― the late great, Thursday, 9 January 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
they were so good last time i saw them live
both bands were good-to-meh
― the late great, Sunday, 19 January 2014 21:29 (ten years ago) link
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, September 26, 2013 7:00 PM
they were much louder and noisier at this show. more shouting, more punk. there was even a pit at this show. that might have been down to the venue.
― the late great, Sunday, 19 January 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
started with something slow, that i think was new. i thought it was painfully bad.
i have to admit i liked all of the old songs better than all of the new songs. they did a kind of motorik stretching-out of the ends of some of the old songs which was cool. i think it would be cool if they explored that direction a bit more.
― the late great, Sunday, 19 January 2014 21:35 (ten years ago) link
fuck, i love all thse records:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G78dxojn8I
― nurse with attitude (get bent), Monday, 2 June 2014 21:30 (nine years ago) link
wow never seen that Fall video before! did not know they worked with Clark that early.
― sleeve, Monday, 2 June 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link
I just heard about em, so the bloom should be coming off shortly
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 15:17 (nine years ago) link
“The music we play, it’s kind of like a quaint relic,” Mr. Brown said. “I feel a responsibility to show them, look what we’re doing. I’m hammered drunk right now and having a blast, and I’m playing a guitar, and there are no laptops onstage. It makes me feel old.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/arts/music/parquet-courts-proudly-hews-to-tradition.html
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 15:32 (nine years ago) link
Driving over to Memphis to see them tomorrow night.
Just gonna drop this here re: Stoned & Starving because it's the very first thing that came to my mind upon hearing and I haven't seen it referenced yet either in interviews or on the mixtapes of likes/influences the band has made avail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma0gZAgIkfw
― andrew m., Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
nice track
― skip, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
Fave part of the new album is the guitar solo on "Ducking & Dodging."
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
They really like to stay on one chord for a long time.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
that makes me even more excited for this release
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:25 (nine years ago) link
"Raw Milk" chorus is not just a Sonic Youth homage but a Dirty-era Lee Ranaldo Sonic Youth homage.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:36 (nine years ago) link
i had a similar thought (tho less specific than your thought)
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
It's like exactly halfway between "Theresa's Sound World" and "Sugar Kane."
I do like this band btw, if my tone was unclear.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:40 (nine years ago) link