Tag: Parquet Courts
“Listen In“ is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Sunbathing Animal, Parquet Courts’ new album, refines the Brooklyn band’s post-punk squall, slowing down and stretching out without sacrificing the energy that made their last two records so compelling. The approach works: “Instant Disassembly,” a […]
Last night Brooklyn’s own Parquet Courts dropped by Late Night with Seth Meyers to debut “Black and White,” a new song from their upcoming album Sunbathing Animal. Fred Armisen, Meyers’ bandleader sat in on guitar, and while he’s mixed pretty low, it looks like he was doing some serious feedback-making. Studio version is below. […]
A funny thing that no one seemed to notice when Parquet Courts “released” their new “single” “Sunbathing Animal” on sheet music last month: the song sits on one chord for almost its entire length, rendering all those notes on the page close to unnecessary (more efficient instructions might have simply read “Just play B Major”). Today, the […]
I was excited to see a press release in my inbox this morning announcing a new single from Parquet Courts, the best NYC band going in my book. It seems they’ve gone the Beck route, however, and are releasing new track “Sunbathing Animal” as sheet music and, for now, sheet music only. Things we know […]
I’ll be upfront here. Posting this video is mostly an excuse to get you to listen to “You Got Me Wonderin’ Now,” Parquet Courts’ 100% rad new single. It comes from Tally All the Things That You Broke, their forthcoming EP, which you can stream here, and it is smart and scrappy and catchy and the best […]
