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Looks like the boys signed to Rough Trade, and have a new EP out later this year. Big things! http://www.stereogum.com/1821328/parquet-courts-sign-to-rough-trade-announce-new-ep/tour-dates/

Anyone here dig Protomartyr? Gritty, post-punky, goodness out of Detroit. They're releasing their third record this fall and I'm really looking forward to it. You can check out the first single (and totally rad album art) here: https://soundcloud.com/hardlyartrecords/why-does-it-shake

Yeah this resonates with me as well. Before this new record popped up, I expressed a hope for less Tom Petty and more Tom Verlaine, and I think that's what they delivered for the most part. I sincerely hope they keep this trajectory. I'm a 25 year old Wilco fan, and the truth is most of my peers seemed to be of the mind that Wilco is easy-going, predictable, soft, whimsical etc. and I was beginning to agree. WTA and TWL were mostly just like...folk/country-rock with a thin layer of Beatle-y psychedelia spread across the top. That's fine for a lot of folks, but I got into Wilco because they did

I thought it looked familiar...that Deep Dream Kitty print on the pre-order store is one of these: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/googles-image-recognising-robots-turned-on-themselves-making-weird-dreams-that-could-show-why-humans-are-creative-10330996.html Everything surrounding this record is super internet-y

The sequencing is killer on this record. All the odd numbered tracks seems to be the noisy, damaged songs and the even tracks are a little bit more pleasant and positive kind of tunes. I think that's part of why it plays through so seamlessly for me EDIT: or maybe I just dig all the odd number tracks the most

Just gave it another listen, this time with headphones. Woooofta. Some crazy sonic blippeez and gurgles and channel slides and a lot more going on than through computron speakers. It’s good either way, but a lot more fun with headphones on.

The link takes a bit of time to send. If you're REALLY jonesin' though, the band is streaming the record on Youtube and other spots as well it looks like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n36fehFSiA

I feel like maybe Jim O'Rourke might've actually had a hand in this thing after all? Maybe not. I don't care right now. This is a very good record.

Pickled Ginger is THE jam.

I want the new Wilco record to feature less Tom Petty and more Tom Verlaine.

I hope the new record is just Jeff playing 13 guitar solos

This seems like a good spot to make some local recommendations out of Minneapolis. - Pretty much the whole lineup on NO PROBLEM RECORDS (started this year) is really rad: http://noproblemrecords.bandcamp.com/ - This compilation from FORGED ARTIFACTS contains a few of the same acts, plus a ton more great Twin Cities bands (AND INCREDIBLE COVER ART): http://forgedartifacts.bandcamp.com/album/the-greatest-of-all-time-1 - Waveless, Hollow Boys, and The Velveteens also put out really great records for fans of sometimes blurry, dreamy, crunchy, cool rock: WAVELESS - s/t : http://wvlss

Here's a post I made highlighting 25 of my favorite releases this year. First year since I've started doing these that I didn't bother ranking them in any way. http://alxhanson.tumblr.com/post/105376609152/best-records-of-all-time-forever-this-year-the

Looks like we're getting a second record from these guys in 2014... http://www.stereogum.com/1712150/parquet-courts-uncast-shadow-of-a-southern-myth/mp3s/

That's cool he mentioned Parquet Courts/Ty Segall. While I'll always love Wilco, Parquet Courts have dethroned them (at least temporarily) as my favorite band in the past few years.

I think it's a refreshing track. I've come to the realization that the last few Wilco records have just felt overly stacked/bloated for me in some ways. Jeff's voice is so badass, and I think it really hits hardest when it's laid over sparser arrangements. I don't mean quieter, or folky-er. Just... less. Structurally speaking, there haven't been many radical shifts in the Jeff/Wilco songbook over the last decade or so, and that's okay, but I think the sonics could use a different approach, and this track hints at something like that. Dig it.

Yes. Tops my list (as did their last record for that matter). These guys have the potential to be seriously great.

1. Parquet Courts / Sunbathing Animal 2. White Fence / To The Recently Found Innocent 3. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks / Wig Out at Jagbags 4. Mac Demarco / Salad Days 5. Eagulls / Eagulls 6. St. Vincent / St. Vincent 7. Damien Jurado / Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Sun 8. Angel Olsen / Burn Your Fire for No Witness 9. Thee Oh Sees / Drop 10. Sharon Van Etten / Are We There

I hadn't heard anything beyond the single until this morning, but I found a compilation of (really excellent quality) live recordings from the band. Pleased with what I'm hearing so far. While I enjoyed the most recent Wilco releases for the most part, I'm happy to hear the noise and weirdness and oddly structured songs employed more broadly. I think we've had enough time to cry on the sonic shoulder. More jagged guitar and drone-y goodness, please. Some of it feels like it could fit on an imaginary, stretched-out version of the More Like the Moon/Australian EP. Which for me, is a very ver

Also, the most recent single is killer. Only 2 more weeks of waiting... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQS7szVjgY8

An excellent write-up here: http://grantland.com/features/parquet-courts-sunbathing-animal-indie-rock/

Pretty rapid graduation into my favorite band working right now. Pulling off real New York punk. The Strokes sound like Celine Dion next to these dudes. Incredibly sharp lyricism, and I'm a total sucker for noisy, angular guitar work. Very hyped for the new record. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdeQVLm_hZA

At the veeeeery end of this article it mentions, "Kotche is also a member of the trio Loose Fur, along with Jim O'Rourke and Jeff Tweedy, who have just recorded their third studio record." http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Glenn-Kotche-to-Release-Adventureland-ft-Kronos-Quartet-Today-20140324 I WANT IT NOW.

Minneapolis: Sic Alps tonight (Turf Club). Dinosaur Jr. tomorrow (Cabooze).