Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Yuppies, Parquet Courts, and the Return of Smarty, Arty (Indie-)Rock | October 14, 2013 |
I. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO INDIE-ROCK? It’s telling that Parquet Courts are routinely described as a “punk” or “punk-influenced” band instead of an indie-rock group, because we’ve rendered the term absolutely useless. We’ve left it for the mainstream types to use the term on groups as disparate as Grizzly Bear and Beach House. Instead, the more […]