Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: The Thawing Dawn of Andrew Savage | October 22, 2017 |
Douglas Martin takes a look at the unlikely collaboration between Parquet Courts and Bun B.
Will Schube’s grit and determination will start Game 7 for the Kansas City Royals Having seemingly exhausted the pervasive Velvet Underground influence, Parquet Courts have re-invented themselves as Parkay Quarts and are now intent on exploring the sonic multitudes of Bob Dylan. Well, it’s not quite so simple, but the band has never been […]
Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Yuppies, Parquet Courts, and the Return of Smarty, Arty (Indie-)Rock | October 14, 2013 |
I. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO INDIE-ROCK? It’s telling that Parquet Courts are routinely described as a “punk” or “punk-influenced” band instead of an indie-rock group, because we’ve rendered the term absolutely useless. We’ve left it for the mainstream types to use the term on groups as disparate as Grizzly Bear and Beach House. Instead, the more […]