by LA1 News
The band Parquet Courts is headlining two nights at Highland Park American Legion hall on Saturday, February 27 and Sunday, February 28, from 7:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. A Brooklyn, New York band made up of Texas transplants playing a satisfying blend of punk rock occasionally infused with country influence, the group has sold out for the first night. The second night will be sold out before the day of the show. The band is playing with psychedelic rock heartthrob Chris Cohen on Saturday. Cohen is the child of a former music business executive Kip Cohen and former Broadway actress Lynn Carlisle. His sister is public radio reporter and host Alex Cohen. On Sunday's show Parquet Courts will play with "special guests," according to the event's flyer.
The two-show residency at the Legion is the result of a continuing outreach by the Spaceland Productions (from the owners of Spaceland and The Echo rock clubs in Echo Park) to other venues. Most of the outlying shows booked by Spaceland Productions to date have been held at the Regent Theater. The Parquet Courts shows will be the first shows promoted by Spaceland Productions in the live music-starved community of Highland Park. We local crowd will have to judge for themselves whether the music they hear is valid Sonic Youth New York punk, or a softened gentrification of the sounds so suitable to Brooklyn and Highland Park these days.
A portion of the ticket proceeds will be donated to Highland Park American Legion Post #206, a charitable nonprofit veteran service organization.
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