Kevin Bronson on April 14th, 2015

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Who: Parquet Courts in the Gobi Tent.
In 3 or Fewer Words: Snot-nosed satisfaction.
Memorable Because: “Real sorry about your water supply, just keep partying and you’ll forget about it. Until next year,” Parquet Courts’ guitarist Austin Brown astutely deadpanned early in a set reminiscent of the best DIY throwdowns you might have witnessed in downtown L.A. The crowd was thirsty for it. Vocal duties throughout were shared amongst Brown, guitarist Andrew Savage and bassist Sean Yeaton, but Savage got the lion’s share — and lived up to his name. Visceral like an indie-rock Bruce Springsteen, he howled and flopped sweat from his hair halfway back to the sound man as Parquet Courts tore through all your favorite Soundcloud streams. “Pretty Machines” with its isolation themes epitomized the set, but “Every Day It Starts,” a goofball angular ode to social anxiety, might have been this writer’s top pick.
What I’d Tell My Friend Who Was At Ryn Weaver: Swipe left.
— B.M.

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