PARQUET COURTS: Stoned & Starving

SPIN: From the Velvet Underground to the Modern Lovers to Richard Hell to Jim Carroll to R.E.M. to the Dream Syndicate to Galaxie 500 to Pavement to the Strokes to countless others, there have always been heady rock bands trying to lock down an agitated, trance-like guitar-bass-drums groove over which some poetically inclined young man or other can intone cryptic lyrics with a flat affect and vaguely nihilistic/existential swagger. In 21st-century New York City, Parquet Courts are keeping the faith, shuffling nervously through Ridgewood, Queens, flipping through magazines, perusing junk food, playing scratch-offs, and savoring the feedback loveliness of the extended outro. MORE

PARQUET COURTS PLAYS MORGAN’S PIER TONIGHT WITH WOODS