I might be a little late to this party, but I am digging the new Parquet Courts record, "Light Up Gold" in a major way. It's unfair to call it garage rock, but it has to live somewhere in the music spectrum.

I hear some Pavement, I hear some Wire, I hear a little Jonathan Richmond, I hear the ocean when I put the album up against my ears. Those twin guitars buzzing, that dead-pan vocal. Yes, please.

<a href="http://dulltools.bandcamp.com/track/borrowed-time">Borrowed Time by Parquet Courts</a>

<a href="http://dulltools.bandcamp.com/track/stoned-and-starving">Stoned and Starving by Parquet Courts</a>

Really bummed I missed them when I was out in Austin a few months ago, but I plan on rectifying that mistake next Monday night when they play 529 in East Atlanta with UV RACE and Total Control.

Parquet Courts Website

John McNicholas