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12 Aug 2008
Being proved wrong can sometimes be a good thing and Parka certainly are a band that succeeded there. When I first heard their debut single ‘Disco Dancer’ I thought they sounded like a young generic indie band with much the same sound as The View.
8 May 2008
BAGGY (Jeepster) One day, that baggy comeback is going to arrive, and will a band like Parka be leading the charge? Probably not. For all their verve and enthusiasm, the Glaswegian group (now based in London) sound just like the times they emulate…
10 Apr 2008
Life’s shit enough, so this issue we’re only gonna review good stuff. So, no Libertines-influenced jangle monkeys, no dodgy hip hop, no execrable manufactured pop or R&B, no po-faced nu-metal (you have no idea). Only quality, original tunes will make it…
28 Feb 2008
Tomorrow’s music today. This issue: Parka While the name might scream Ocean Colour Scene, Glasgow’s Parka’s two singles so far (‘If You Wanna?’ and ‘Disco Dancer’, both on Jeepster) actually combine the earthy rock of Stereophonics with a bit of The…
14 Feb 2008
I love to start the day with a breakfast of a greasy fry-up from a local café in Holloway where I live. I’m spending a lot of time on the road just now, so lunch is usually a cheeseburger from McDonalds. I’d love to say I eat healthy sandwiches with…
4 Jan 2008
Endorsement from Zane Lowe and a forthcoming in-store appearance at Urban Outfitters will strike fear into the hearts of some and warm the cockles of others. Glasgow indie troupe Parka bear such credentials and have assimilated the notions ‘indie’ and…
7 May 2007
(Picture: Asobi Seksu) Yob poseurs the Kaiser Chiefs turn soothsayer this fortnight with ‘Everything is Average Nowadays’ (B-Unique, 3 Stars) forecasting a slew of unoriginality in singledom. They have, however, stepped it up from the workaday…
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