Parquet Courts - Noise Island Tour

Parquet Courts, or Parkay Quarts or whatever, are playing four New Zealand cities next March.
All the classic young-dude frustrations are present in a band like Parquet Courts, dealt with directly by way of American casualness. I mean casual, but not in the pretty way like the Beach Boys, and probably less self-absorbed than ol’ Bob Zimmerman -- but ah well, they’re up there with both. Here’s why: It’s hard to do populist geetar riffs without coming off as condescending to anyone, or worse, making it a novelty – yet amazingly (!), a band so full o’ riffs like this has pulled it off, and that’s a move that hasn’t really been heard by us New Zealanders since the Mint Chicks.
Maybe enticed by their loose regard for convention, or just because we heard they’re fellow Gordons fans, we at the Melted Ice Cream Tribunal figured it best to bring Parquet Courts to New Zealand at once. (100% GOOD was 100% on board with the idea.) And being the record-crawling antipodean-enthusiasts that they are, the ‘Courts did jump at the opportunity to see some New Zealand bands: Salad Boys is one, a band hand-approved by their guitarist, Andrew Savage.
Parquet Courts will be performing in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch City and Dunedin.
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