Parquet Courts: ‘Winning is the whole point’

On Human Performance, the Brooklynites have found the lyrical intensity to match their breathless live act. But, with pop – from Beyoncé to Kendrick – as political as ever, do they think rock music can still have something to say?Punk rock has always prided itself on speaking truth to power. Austin Brown, one of Parquet Courts’ two singer-guitarists is no different. The man was there, and Brown stuck it to him, albeit the man wasn’t a police chief or a corrupt