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“American Specialties” CS available now from Night Moves

Parquet Courts is a band from New York City.  At the center of the group is A. Savage, who at this point is known for his collaborations with projects like Fergus & Geronimo, Teenage Cool Kids and Wiccans.  Savage is joined by three other musicians (“three quarters Texans and three quarters Pisces” he tells me) and describes the bands’ debut release as THE FALL meets NEIL YOUNG.  I would agree with this self-assessment, bizarre as it may seem, adding DEEP WOUND, GUIDED BY VOICES and “Bad Moon Rising/Evol” era SONIC YOUTH to the mix.  On the band’s debut release, “American Specialties”, this all makes sense. The quartet wonders through the American and British underground, picking away their favorite parts with confidence. The lyrics, when intelligible, are bizarre and dramatic. “She looked at me like a fry pan reducing,” moans Savage, from the same lustful subconscious built by the darker moments of psychedelia. Then at times, such as on the 70’s folkish “Square States”, thoughts are more sentimental and transparent. The setting for “American Specialties” ranges from a crusty Brooklyn bodega, to an endless Texas desert. If that sort of soundscape appeals to your wondering mind, then I’m sure you’ll stumble across Parquet Courts sooner or later.

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“Play some Skynard!” she said.

SIDE A

1. Sonic Youth- “Addicted to Love” (Robert Palmer)

2. Big Brother and the Holding Company- “Summertime” (Gershwin)

3. SSDecontrol- “No Reply” (The Buzzcocks)

4. DEVO- “Satisfaction” (The Rolling Stones)

5. Woods- “Military Madness” (Graham Nash)

6. Dead Moon- “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (Elvis Presley)

7. The Fall- “Victoria” (The Kinks)

8. Yussuf Jerusalem- “With You in Mind” (Marriane Faithful)

9. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan- “Ramblin’ Man” (Hank Williams)

10. Box Elders- “S&M Party” (Red Cross)

SIDE B

1. Pavement- “The Classical” (The Fall)

2. Butthole Surfers- “American Woman” (The Guess Who)

3. Nico- “These Days” (Jackson Browne)

4. The Rolling Stones- “That’s How Strong My Love Is” (Otis Redding)

5. Cheveu- “Ice Ice Baby” (Vanilla Ice)

6. The Mothers of Invention- “Valerie” (Jackie and the Starlites)

7. Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens- “Change is Gonna Come” (Sam Cooke)

8. 13th Floor Elevators- “It’s All Over Now Baby Blue” (Bob Dylan)

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AKA MONSTERS OF NOISE

SIDE A
1. The Anals- “Naked Dance” (2009)
2. Yoko Ono- “Touch Me” (1970)
3. Crass- “Yes Sir, I Will” (1983)
4. Mothers of Invention “Nasal Retentive Calliope” (1968)
5. Blues Control- “Behind the Skies” (2004)
6. Mayyors- “The Crawl” (2009)
7. Maurizio Bianchi- “Sordide Sentimental” (1981)
8. Zaj Mak Ta- “Cellophane Spill” (2010)
9. Thurston Moore- “Aerosol” (2009)
10. Robedoor- “Fire in the Hole” (2007)

SIDE B
1. Bruce Russell- “Recollections of the Golden Triangle” (1998)
2. Ghedalia Tazartés- “La Vie et la Mort Legenaire Du” (1979)
3. DNA- “Blonde Red Head” (1980)
4. Deviation Social- “Reality/Imagination” (1982)
5. Man is the Bastard- “Untitled” (1997)
6. Lou Reed- “Metal Machine Music IV” (1975)
7. Wolf Eyes- “Noise Not Music” (2006)
8. Peaking Lights- “Little Birds” (2010)

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“Other Desert Cities”

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BY WHO POWER?: Pre-Season Program ($10.9/)

By Who Power?  Good question.  This is a Parquet Courts curated* mix-tape which explores the various sounds that influence the fledgling stages of the band.  Hopefully will be available in hard copy at shows.  But for now, here it is streaming in all its hissy glory.  You can download it too.  By Who Power?  Listen, and you shall hear..

SIDE A

1. Blitz- “New Age
2. Cheveu- “Herman Choune”
3. Thanksgiving- “Where You Live”
4. Ol’ Dirty Bastard- “Shimmy Shimmy Ya”
5. Napalm Death- “You Suffer”
6. Brian Eno- “Taking Tiger Mountain”
7. Neil Young- “Harvest”
8. The Fall- “Paint Work”
9. Man Is the Bastard- excerpt from Reality #2 Comp (Slap-A-Ham)
10. Faust- “It’s a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl”
11. Saccharine Trust- “A Human Certainty”
12. Daft Punk- “Make Love”

SIDE B

1. GG Allin- “Carmelita”
2. Mike  Jones- “Got it Sewed Up” from “The Day Hell Broke Loose 2″
3. Sonic Youth- “She’s In a Bad Mood”
4. Dire Straits- “So Far Away”
5. Bob Dylan- “It’s All Over Now Baby Blue”
6. Adolescents- “Kids of the Black Hole”
7. Pavement- “Price Yeah”
8. Butthole Surfers- “Creep in the Cellar”
9. Country Teasers- “Panic Holiday”
10. Beat Happening- “Nancy Sin”
11. Guided By Voices- “Jabberstroker”
12. Dead Kennedys- “Moon Over Marin

*in New York things are curated.  Just a fancy word for made/produced.  ex. I curated a sandwich in my kitchen today.