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Parquet Courts — Human Performance (Rough Trade) Parquet Courts will roll into Crowbar this February, just about two years after their (legendary) American Legion Hall show with hometown heroes Merchandise. Please, I’m begging you, as someone who will be out of town that week, don’t miss your opportunity to see NYC’s coolest guitar punks in our backyard. Do it. And before you go, make sure to listen to Human Performance, their new record out on Rough Trade — it’s up for a Grammy for “Best Recording Package” thanks to amazing art and design by band member Andrew Savage, and their dropout-savant philosophizing is sharper than ever. —Abram Scharf
This article appears in Dec 15-22, 2016.