| Parquet Courts / Human Performance |
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| Album: | Human Performance | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Parquet Courts | Added: | Apr 2016 | |
| Label: | Rough Trade Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-04-25 | Pull Date: | 2016-06-26 |
| Week Ending: | Jun 26 | Jun 19 | Jun 12 | Jun 5 | May 29 | May 22 | May 15 | May 8 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 27, 2023: | KZSU Time Traveler Berlin Got Blurry | 4. | Dec 02, 2021: | Magnetized Toner: Favorite Songs of the Decad... (rebroadcast from Jan 14, 2020) Berlin Got Blurry | |
| 2. | Apr 18, 2022: | Down in the Basement (rebroadcast from Apr 14, 2022) Dust | 5. | Oct 10, 2021: | Alien Hour Captive Of The Sun | |
| 3. | Apr 14, 2022: | Down in the Basement Dust | 6. | Apr 02, 2021: | KZSU Time Traveler Berlin Got Blurry |
| Album Review |
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| Telepathic Juan Reviewed 2016-04-27 | ||
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Human Performance is the fifth studio album by Brooklyn’s Parquet Courts. It’s an instant classic. Sharp, confident, unexpected, and full of dazzling rock n’ roll moments suggesting a band in total control of their sound. It reminds of the cleverness and range of Pavement’s Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. Bodies made of. RIYL: Parquet Courts, Wire, Parkay Quarts, Pavement and PCPC. FCC WARNING: 9, 11,12 Recommended Tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8!! 9!! (FCC), 10, 11 (FCC) and 12 (FCC) 1. (3:57) **Dust – YEAH! Killer opener. Medium up tempo track. Parquet Courts trademark here. Sweep! 2. (4:16) *Human Performance – Parquet Courts do Wire. Immaculate. Medium tempo track. 3. (1:45) Outside – Short medium up-tempo tune. Suffers from Pavementism. No medicine needed here! 4. (1:49) **I Was Just Here – No wave a la Parquet Courts. For the books. 5. (3:01) *Paraphrased – Guitar driven experimentalism a la The Fall. Medium-fast-medium-fast tempo track. In that order. 6. (2:04) Captive Of The Sun – Channeling more no wave sounds here. Medium tempo track. NYC Dadaisms through old paintings. 7. (3:39) *Steady On My Mind – The Pavementism prevails. Slow demeanor. 8. (6:24) ***One Man No City– AMAZING TRACK! Part early 1970’s Eric Burdon & War, part 1990’s psych rock jam. Speechless. 9. (3:26) ***Berlin Got Blurry – FCC (Bullshit). CRAP! Not even the “bullshit” can’t stop this track. Another killer rocker here. Part Monochrome Set, Part ? & The Mysterians (bass line ripped off from “96 Tears” and it works!). Spotless. 10. (2:48) *Keep It Even – Final diagnosis: chronic Pavementism. No priest needed here. Medium up tempo movements. 11. (3:06) **Two Dead Cops – FCC (Fuck). Upbeat rocker here! Tales of urban decay. 21st century for you. 12. (2:52) *Pathos Prairie – FCC (Fucking). Exquisite upbeat punker. Very Richard Hell. 1977 on my mind. 13. (3:21) It's Gonna Happen – Slow tempo closer. Sailing away while staring at you. | ||
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