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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
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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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
speedy ortiz are super 90s nostalgia bait in a different style from parquet courts
― mizzell, Friday, 10 May 2013 15:19 (ten years ago) link
actually maybe not that different
― mizzell, Friday, 10 May 2013 15:24 (ten years ago) link
hope y'all like my piece :)))))0
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Friday, 10 May 2013 15:24 (ten 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 (ten 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
"instant disassembly" reminds me of stoner-cowboy '70s dylan. it's a good look.
― nurse with attitude (get bent), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 22:07 (nine years ago) link
here's what i say about "duckin and dodgin" in my review, which will be up this week:
“Duckin and Dodgin,” which appears late in the album, is a dark horse: it’s the one people may forget about since it’s immediately after “Instant Disassembly.” The structure of the spoken-word meter has shades of Sonic Youth’s beatnik-cum-tribal “Making the Nature Scene” but has more spiritual connectivity with John Doe’s barkier moments with X. Parquet Courts’ biggest musical signifier, as diverse as the sounds can be, is first-generation punk, and that’s what “Duckin and Dodgin” gives us — the speed and lean build of those early UK singles, triple-filtered through someone’s memories of Dylan busting through pop culture and language conventions in the haze of an amphetamine binge.
― nurse with attitude (get bent), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 22:09 (nine years ago) link