Over a year after New York postpunks Parquet Courts and Italian composer Daniele Luppi released their collaborative album MILANO, a video for the Karen O-featuring “Talisa” has appeared. Directed by Diego Aruajo, the vintage-looking clip focuses on a rather seedy photographer and two disgruntled models. There’s a scuffle at the end, with the models leaving the photographer lying on the photoshoot backdrop. The video suits the concept of MILANO, which pays homage to the misfits, fashionistas, outcasts and junkies in mid-1980s Milan. It was released in October 2017, before Parquet Courts’ great 2018 record Wide Awake!.
Watch the video for “Talisa” and Parquet Courts’ KEXP in-studio performance from last year below.
"Sweep" - that's the command that Parquet Courts give us over and over again on their new single "Dust". In the context of the tune, it's about the dust that accumulates, sitting on everything that doesn't move, marking the time we've spent without motion, watching the wheels go round. The irony of…
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Midday …
One of the few bands promoting a soon-to-be-released album, Parquet Courts' Sunday night set at Sasquatch was a partially a showcase for their forthcoming second album, Sunbathing Animal. (Interestingly enough, the album went up for streaming just as their set started.) Their debut, 2013's Light Up…
