Music

See this tonight: Parakeet

Tom Jenkins | Tuesday 24 July, 2012 19:38

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London trio Parakeet (comprising members of Yuck and The History of Apple Pie) put their US alt-rock credentials to the test with this, a cover of a 1986 Hüsker Dü classic. While we wouldn’t go so far as to say it surpasses the machine-gun rush of the original – for fear of a lynching – the mournful pace and restrained guitar work certainly take the listener on something of an alternative journey. Parakeet play White Heat tonight (July 24).

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