Monday, December 22, 2008

Hipster Doucheblog Presents: The only music you should have listened to this year

Top 10 Songs:
1. Ragged Wood- Fleet Foxes
2. Blind- Hercules and Love Affair
3. While You Wait for the Others- Grizzly Bear
4. Sabali- Amadou and Mariam
5. Walking on a Dream- Empire of the Sun
6. Made in the Dark- Hot Chip
7. Gobbledigook- Sigur Ros
8. In the New Year- The Walkmen
9. Teen Creeps- No Age
10. Hearts of Fire- Cut Copy

Top Album: Chinese Democracy... not

1. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend
2. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes
3. Girl Talk- Feed The Animals
4. The Walkmen- You & Me
5. Amadou and Mariam- Welcome to Mali

for all other opinions see here

Monday, November 17, 2008

Hipster Doche Comment of The day


"Okkervil River sounds like they played Red Rover against The Decemberists and The Strokes and got closelined when they tried to break through" -J.Wolf

Record Review: Deerhunter – Microcastle


Bradford Cox is not a bad guy. Back in May, the lead singer/songwriter and his band’s third album, Microcastle, leaked onto the Internet and entire five months before it’s release date, early even by the Internet’s standards. So who can blame him for getting a little ticked off? Now that the soap opera that has been the past few months on Deerhunter’s blog has died down, you can finally sit back and truly enjoy the music itself. And enjoy it you will, for Deerhunter’s follow-up to 2007s critically acclaimed, Cryptograms, shows the band exploring new, quieter sounds, yet staying true to the ambient noise-pop sound that makes them one of the most prolific bands making music today.

Deerhunter employ an interesting tactic on Microcastle, especially if you are familiar with any of the band’s other material, and that is they turn the volume way down. The album oozes along in stark contrast with the loud, shoegazing firestorm that was their last album. They explore more of a pop sound, as all of the songs contain lyrics and are almost all under five minutes in length, but the general soft sound that the album emanates makes it anything but conventional for a band like Deerhunter.

The first few tracks do not hit you with the same force as tracks like “Lake Somerset,” or “Strange Lights,” off of Cryptograms did, rather they seem to come at you very gently. The track “Agoraphobia” may be more conventional than anything else the band has yet produced, but still fits well within the context of the album as a whole. “Little Kids” is also a standout track, complete with its epic climax.

The album’s main flaw is that it is at times too quiet. The band’s new soft sound sounds like My Bloody Valentine turned up to 5, instead of 10. Three consecutive tracks smack in the middle of the album, “Cavalry Scars,” “Green Jacket,” and “Activa,” struggle to hold the listeners attention. Luckily the band saves this lull with the bass-driven gem, “Nothing Ever Happens,” complete with an ending that, believe it or not, will make you want to get up and dance, and is perhaps the best thing the band has ever written. Where Deerhunter seem to perfect this subtler sound is on the fantastic last track, “Twilight on Carbon Lake,” which starts like a noise-rock lullaby song, but ends in a triumphant blaze of noisy perfection.

Microcastle’s great appeal will undoubtedly be that is has things that old Deerhunter fans will find appealing, yet also a slightly more pop-friendly sound that will most likely attract newer listeners who were turned off by some of their earlier work. While Deerhunter’s new album is not perfect, it shows them exploring new sounds and trying new things. Though this reviewer is not sure he would like to see Cox and his band continue with this quieter sound on albums in the future, on Microcastle at least, they are successful in creating and album to both enjoy and to chill out to.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Lilly Allen Breaks the Doucheblog Silence



New song from Lily Allen off of her new album to come out soon

Listen click here

Monday, October 13, 2008

Hipster doucheblog in haitus

With the sub prime mortgage crisis the hipster doucheblog no longer has adequate funds to actively post to the blog. We had to lay off most all of our writers, and the two we left are running two to three other jobs at the same time. Bryant is artificially inseminating horses by day and bar tending at a gay bar by night. Jesse is working as a test subject for pharmaceutical companies. He is currently testing medication that will cure his nonexistent heart murmur. We will attempt to do our best to entertain you bi-somethingly. goodnight and goodluck

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Chris Baker Disses Radiohead, Loves Oasis

It was only a matter of time, but yet another poor soul has jumped on the anti-Radiohead bandwagon. This time it's fellow blogger/douchebag, Chris Baker, a freshmen at Brown University. This is what Chris commented to our post regarding Oasis the other day:

"If Thom Yorke really cared about global warming and such, he'd be a public servant..."

Come now Chris, did you really think we were gonna let that one slide; and right on our own blog too! But then again, what can you expect from a man who calls the Magnetic Fields his favorite band? To add gasoline to the fire, Chris then stated the very same comment:

"...Oasis is...remarkably powerful..."

It is for this reason why we are telling everyone not to look at Chris' blog.

Ball's in your court my friend.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

hipster douche comment of the day


Pitchfork you've done it again, this time not in so much a condescending way but in a pitifully poetic way:

On the new stars EP:

"The music here burns slow and then smolders-- not unlike the piles of autumn leaves (under cold gray skies!) that dot the lyrics-- and it's easy to imagine this music serving, for a lot of concertgoers, as a wistful memento of That Cold Night We Saw Stars"

...tear

(They went on to give it a 6.2... bastards)

Ugliest man alive goes skinny dipping



Yes my friends it is true (maybe) Our favorite lead singer went skinny dipping recently. Personally i just can't imagine Thom Yorke naked but that's just me (and probably the rest of humanity). I think the only thing more awkward than that would probably be Jonny Greenwood skinny dipping. Anyway just dropping by to leave those disturbing images in your head.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

hipster douche comment of the day

Somebody wrote on my last.fm

"Your music taste = superb"

i don't know who you are anonymous music listener but thank you for affirming what Bryant already knows.

PASSING ON THE WORD

Just read this on stereogum, oasis bashes Radiohead:

"They're [Radiohead] middle-class boys worrying about pushing an envelope somewhere, and all that carbon footprint and all that bollocks. Every time there's a polar bear on his tiptoes on an ice cube in the middle of the Antarctic, you know whose fault that is? Rock stars'. That's their fault. Any time there's food running out somewhere-- 'Let's do a gig. That'll sort it out. Let's do a big fucking gig. Let's fly everybody in from all over the world and pontificate to poor people about how they should be saving the planet.' Go fucking kiss my ass. It's very easy to just say, 'We're going to become difficult now and challenge our audience.' I like my audience. They paid for my swimming pool. I'm not fucking challenging anybody."

We'll it looks like Oasis doesn't know the difference between whining in their music and whining in real life. Hey Oasis, try creating something that doesn't sound better when you're not performing it.

Friday, September 5, 2008

Going to Liberal Arts College: Checklist

So Hipster Doucheblog following the Bed Bath and Beyond trend is creating it's own back to school checklist: liberal arts edition. I know it seems a little late and next year fashions may drastically change but in case you have no sense for college trends here's a list of what you may be missing.

- Burkenstocks
- North Face Back Pack
- Matching or Complimenting North Face Jacket
- American Apparel Hoodie
- Book of Frost Poems to carry at your side when you walk
- Sigg Metal Water Bottle (Metal is the new plastic)
- Classy Older Road Bike
- Scarf to blow in wind while riding bike
- Bizarre retro sunglasses that border on out of fashion
- Indie Band tee-shirts
- Frisbee that you never use

Monday, September 1, 2008

Hipster Doucheblog Issues a Challenge to its Readers

   Hey readers! This is everyone's favorite hipster (Bryant, of course) reporting live from college for the first time. While our blonde-haired-buddy is out climbing trees in the middle of the forest somewhere, the blogging still refuses to stop here in the city that never sleeps. Anyway, before we all embark on our college journeys any further, we here at the Hipster Doucheblog would like to issue a challenge to all our readers. 
   Surly everyone remembers this past February when a certain Hipster's house (again, Bryant) was transformed from an average dingy basement to a club party featuring mix-up master, Girl Talk. We here at the Hipster Doucheblog don't see why just because we are all off doing bigger and better things, the spirit of the Girl Talk Dance Party has to die. Our challenge is for everyone of our readers, by the end of this school year, to throw at least one Girl Talk Dance Party at their respective schools. Photographic evidence must be provided to prove the fulfillment of this epic challenge. When we do get photos (and we better) we will be sure to run them in a special feature post on our blog. 
   That's right guys! It's time to step up, mash-up, and spread the magic that is the Girl Talk Dance Party. 
   Anyway, we hope everyone is doing great and ask for people not to be afraid to comment on any post they find interesting. We always love hearing form our readers.


 

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Hipster Writers off to Campus Life


Your favorite writers leave tomorrow for a fantastical journey through space and time (mostly time) in the universe many call... college. The hipster world will most probably explode around everyplace we walk on campus so don't be surprised if we start any movements. We will probably take a short long weekend hiatus until we settle in. Enough said fellow readers, we bid you farewell.


Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Of Montreal Love Sex!

   Well, Athens band Of Montreal's latest album has leaked. Entitled, Skeletal Lamping, this 15 track, 50 minute sex romp through the demented mind of lead singer/songwriter Kevin Barnes shows that Of Montreal have gone down and dirty for this highly anticipated follow-up to last years Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? Hear are a few choice selections from Skeletal Lamping.

"My pleasure puss, i want to know what it's like to be inside you"
(from track "And I've Seen a Bloody Shadow")

"I want to make you come, 200 times a day" (from track "Gallery Piece")

"Ejaculate until it's no longer fun" (form track Plastis Wafers")

"I'm so sick of sucking the dick of this cruel cruel city" (from track "St. Exquisite's Confessions")

I could go on and on. Thanks Kev. You have a dirty, dirty mind.




Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Hipster Gab

This is, verbatim, a conversation i recently had with fellow hipster douchebag, Jesse Wolf.

hipster douche comment of the day

In response to the new Bloc Party album Intimacy Pitchfork writes:

"If it wasn't the name of this record, there's almost no way I'd use the word "intimacy" in relation to Bloc Party.''

Monday, August 25, 2008

COVER ME

Seeing as how the new Bloc Party album utterly an completely sucks, i thought i'd post something better for everyone to listen to. Here are a few really cool covers that i've been sitting on for a while.



Enjoy.

Silver is the New Gold


U.S. following new hipster trend, claimed a secure lead in the silver medal count these past olympics letting China take a respectful second place at Gold. Over the past few years the general opinion has shifted away from the fame and fortune of gold, for its tacky and cliché nature. Silver with its vintage look and carefree attitude is the new medal to aim for in all competitive events. One of our weakest olympians Michael Phelps seemed not to get the memo as he pulled a huge party foul going for 8 gold medals. I interviewed one local olympic viewer on the contraversy, "What a fucking douchebag that Phelps, going for gold when he could have pushed a little harder and gone for silver. It's like he doesn't even care about this country. I bet he listens to Coldplay... asshole." Clearly a lot of resentment amongst American fans.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Hipster Goes Undercover to Bro Hangout


This past saturday night I ventured where few Hipster ever travel... a John Mayer concert. Disguised as a Bro, I donned a polo sagged my pants, grabbed a solo cup and cranked the Jack Johnson in attempt to blend in. Unfortunately I forgot to switch out of my Burkenstocks and was given dirty looks the entire night (They can smell hipsters out like bloodhounds). The concert was pretty good especially when Mayer got back to his Blues roots, playing Crossroads by Cream. Over the course of the night it was apparent that very few people were in fact there to see the "fucking dot all the way on stage" (-overheard drunken bro). Upon leaving the concert I was walking behind these two clear douchebags and overheard one ask the other "Do you like John Mayer", to which the other one replied "I fucking hate John Mayer." In the end it was a successful undercover report.

Stay tuned for an uncoming report from our other hipster correspondent who took a pilgrimage to his metaphorical mecca, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Friday, August 22, 2008

hipster douche comment of the day



Joining on the Silver Jew train is Tad Kubler of Hold Steady insulting radiohead to escape from his band's own inadequacy.

"I think [Radiohead have] lost the plot. What are they doing? Where are they going? What's happening? I don't get it any more. They lost me."

Also by the way Kubler... no one knows where Radiohead is going, it's sort of the point, we don't know even know what Thom Yorke is saying most of the time. How's is anyone supposed to know what's happening when Jonny Greenwood is your guitarist

Source stereogum

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Hipster Essentials: The Video Collection

Many of my friends have seen this already but in case you haven't this is a hipster must watch:

Hipster Olympics


And some other oddities:

Annoying Hipster Douchebag
"I don't really care about other people, so it's like... (shrugs)"
Coolest Hipster Ever
"Before you the Yeah Yeah Yeah's were just Yeah"

Random Awesomeness

ice age coming.


one more time (with a little more rhythm)

I pledge to name my first born child Thom. Boy or girl.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Don't Listen to This Band: Passion Pit

Passion Pit are a wicked awesome Boston band that I had the accidental pleasure of actually  seeing twice in concert this year. First in Hartford when they opened up for Videohippos, who i never actually saw as the show went into the wee hours of the morning. The second was as the opener for Girl Talk in New Haven this April. Each time they put on a brilliant blend of MGMT-style electro-goodness and damn near blew me away. They've been getting some much deserved buzz all over the net recently and i personally can't wait for their debut LP, Chunk of Change, to drop September 16th. 

Monday, August 18, 2008

Douche of the Day: David Berman of Silver Jews


Today, in an interview with Pitchfork Media, David Berman of the Hoboken, NJ band, Silver Jews, had this to say about Thom and the boys of Radiohead: 

"You can go through the whole new Radiohead album and try and tell me what they're saying, and all you'll get over and over again is things are miserable, don't try, things suck. And it's all gray. There's nothing there. Never before has there been a 'greatest band in the world' who had so little to say about anything."

Hmm, really Dave? We never realized that you and your Silver Jews were the second coming of Bob Dylan when it came to prophetic and meaningful lyrics. We can't all write songs as good as...umm "Random Rules"? (gag, cough). Until you put out a record like Kid A, we here at Hipter Doucheblog think it would be wise to keep your mouth shut and stick to your shitty Pavement offshoot band. We think maybe Dave is displacing some anger over the fact that Stephen Malkmus didn't ask him to join Pavement back in the day.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

New Music: Bryant Kitching



This special Hipster Doucheblog presentation comes from our own Bryant Kitching, who has been sitting on two long-awaited Girl Talk-style mash-ups for quite some time now. Some may ask why it took Bryant so long to release his music to the world? Was it out of laziness, or maybe an unstoppable will to prefect what he started? Well, umm...let's just go with that second one. Now, the endings for both these tracks are a bit rough, as they were rushed to meet a school deadline, but I'm pretty pleased with at least most of what i've created. I'm always open for constructive criticism...hang on, no i'm not! I'm a hipster douchebag!

Here they are, at long last:

Don't Listen to This Band: Women


Besides having a name that's damn near impossible Google, this fresh new Canadian rock band has been burning up my iTunes like crazy lately. Before you think that Women are just merely piggybacking on the recent lo-fi craze, you need to give a serious listen to the their fantastic self titled debut album. Their sound? Well, Women is what No Age would sound like if fronted by the Shins James Mercer. They bring a refreshing pop twist to the often loud and obnoxious lo-fi sound. Fans of The Black Lips and White Denim  will most likely be smitten with Women.

Albums We Are NOT Looking Forward To

As another lackluster summer dies down without any decent releases to speak of, here is a quick list of what we here at Hipster Doucheblog are not looking forward to in the coming late Summer/early Fall months.

8/19
Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
The Walkmen - You & Me

9/9
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
Calexico - Carried to Dust

9/23
Cold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night
TV on the Radio - Dear Science,

10/7
Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
Untitled - New Japanese Technology

10/13
Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed

Friday, August 15, 2008

New Feature!: Lil' Wayne One Liner of the Day

"in the grass there's rats, snakes, lizards, but round here snitches don't exist like wizards"

Leak! Still Not Early Enough


Early this summer, as I sat at home on a Friday night refreshing pitchforkmedia.com just like every other night, I was shocked to find that Athens godsend, Deerhunter’s third album had leaked over five months early. Now this may have been to the glee of music pirates in dark, dingy basements across the globe, but what about the artists? Shouldn’t we feel at least a shred of guilt for taking advantage of these musicians who bring us so much joy and work their hearts out to bring us new and interesting music? The answer: of course not! Download that mutherfucker!
Even with the recent busting of illegal file-sharing websites such as oink.com, there seems to be no slow in the amount of music being pirated. After all, you never could get a damn invitation to Oink, could you? Nevertheless, why shouldn’t we, as listeners, be able to freeload off our favorite bands and artists? Well…?
“I download practically all of my music for free,” said unabashed music pirate and Hipster Ducheblog contributor Jesse Wolf. When asked if he was aware of the illegality of his actions, Wolf responded, “Hang on, I got like nine torrents going at once here, and the new Cold War Kids album is about to finish. Wait… what was the question again?”
True, artists work hard on their music and need to make a living somehow. Not to mention the simple fact that illegal fie sharing is a Federal offense. But honestly, $15 for a CD? You’ve got to be kidding. That’s money I could be spending at American Apparel, or using to finally get unlimited texting for my new cell phone.
“It’s just so easy! I just go on the Internet, search for whatever album I want, and BAM! 10 minutes later, I’m listening to it while I simultaneously blog about that very same record.” Said a hipster who asked us to remain anonymous. So it seems that it’s laziness and a simple unwillingness to show any shred of thanks to the artists that drive people to priate music. This blogger is still waiting to be convinced that file-sharing is a bad thing.
Which brings us to more important news, Hipster Ducheblog is happy to present an exclusive first listen to the leak of Radiohead’s 8th LP. That’s right, even though it’s a full two years early and all the tracks, as well as the album itself remains untitled, an inside source was able to slip a promo copy of the sure-to-be-anticipated record from Thom Yorke’s London apartment.
About half way through the first track, which unexpectedly has normal bassist Colin Greenwood on the accordion, it is clear that Radiohead still have a firm grasp in the title of Greatest Band Ever. The biggest surprise comes on track 8, in which the normally shy Jonny Greenwood drops roughly two minutes worth of freestyle rap verses. Look for the album to drop, September 23, 2010. (But we know you’ll all have pirated it by then anyway.)

doucheblog epic return to stardom

Okay fellow hipsters, after a long extended break the doucheblog is back hopefully until I am discouraged again. As a result of positive feedback and the inspiration of seeing Radiohead twice in a row (yes that happened) I am renewed with a sense of urgency to propel hipster doucheblog into new heights of obnoxiousness. If you are just joining us more recently here is what we have established:

1. Radiohead is in fact the greatest band, not to be confused with just great band (polls don't lie)
2. Bryant is a lazy journalist (just kidding he just spaces out his muse)
3. Radiohead is amazing
4. There are a lot of really bizarre bands out there.
5. There is only one REAL band out there (hint starts with radio)
6. Who has six points, I should have stopped at 5

Second on the doucheblog to do list, new findings in our research department
People who like indie music are 87.35 % Compatitable for love.
1 out of 8 college students attend college
63.4% of Coldplay fans wish they could be listening to Radiohead
The Shins bassists beats his girlfriend

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

hipster douche comment of the day

todays hipster comment of the day is brought to you by pitchforkmedia

Review of Black Kids album here

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Hipster Anthem? MC Lars nails hipster culture

MC LARS see here to listen to the track Hipster Girl. Hilarious comment on hipster culture. Give it a listen. Also listen to the other tracks on his site if you have some time they are all pretty good and funny as well.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

WILD BEASTS? Heard it already

Recently in previously reviewed blog Pablo Bunny, Mr. Baker set praise for his new favorite band Wild Beasts. Pablo Bunny claimed this band "immediately impresses" but only pressing feeling we get is that that we've all heard this sound again and again and again. I could create a genre just for this post-punk Strokes/Arctic Monkeys sound mixed with high falsetto and lofting voices. For the exact same sound just see British Sea Power, Athlete, Editors. On second thought, just see every other band that's coming out of England right now, because they all sound exactly the same.  Congratulations Mr. Baker you've discovered water.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Don't Listen to this Band

This band is called SEXUAL EARTHQUAKE IN KOBE, the bio from their purevolume page is:

a teenage-electro-pop band which likes hip hop and emo from Lille , France... we just want to play gigs with girls tits

seriously they are awful, but they are built on a strong foundation of french sexuality

FROM THE UNKNOWN

Time for another visit around the globe for the most untouchable music,

This trip we visited the lovely country of Turkey
2B11 is a psychedelic alternative rock band from Istanbul, that is somewhat good. I would recommend the first track "Oluyorum" and the first track only

hipster douche comment of the day

After hearing the bends come on the car stereo

"Radiohead is the best band" -Jesse

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Blog Review

Pablo Bunny (click to read)
Rating: 4.2

In the age of the blog, where biases and pretentiousness can be expressed with merely the click of a mouse, it can be hard, even impossible, to set your blog apart from the thousands of other equally douchebagish (that's right, I just made up a word) blogs. That being said, some sites have managed to present halfway decent material and insight for us select few who are lucky enough to be able to appreciate the subtleties of good blogging and indie music. Unfortunately, Pablo Bunny is not one of those blogs.
Let's start with the title of the blog itself. This childish play on the 7th greatest album of all time (the previous six being every one of Radiohead's next releases) is borderline sacrilege. How dare you Chris Baker for making a mockery of the greatest band to ever walk the planet. Baker's half-hearted attempt at creating a clever title for his so-called "indie" blog will undoubtedly turn off anyone who has ever finished OK Computer and thought they may have heard the voice of God.
Pablo Bunny's first post was a track by the blogs author, Chris Baker. Talk about derivative. This poorly produced track rips off everyone from Lou Reed to Mozart, and everyone in between. I guess someone forget to tell Mr. Baker that all the creative band names were taken ever since Clap Your Hands Say Yeah hit the scene with their hilariously clever moniker. "Yig Yig." Really? Get Real.
On day two of this train wreck of a blog, Pablo Bunny posts a hardly news worthy mp3 of the San Francisco hipster favorites, Deerhoof, covering the Beatles White Album classic, "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill." Pablo Bunny then goes on to claim that the Deerhoof version is superior to the original Beatles version. That's right folks, the geniuses over at Pablo Bunny think that Deerhoof are better than the Beatles. Enough said.
Recently, rumors have been swirling that this poor upstart blog will begin covering other pop culture outlets such as news and fashion. On one hand, Pablo Bunny could not possibly report on music any more poorly, so maybe they should try other ventures. On the other hand, does anyone really want to hear anything more from the all-around awful blog, Pablo Bunny? The answer is undoubtedly: no.

hipster douche comment of the day

"This track is the best on the album" - Bryant

"I don't think so" - Bryant's Brother Jack

"Jack... You're an idiot" - Bryant

FROM THE UNKNOWN

hey so apparently circa survive is actually well known, this was actually really cool to find out, I literally just went searching around purevolume and was, or so i thought, looking under the category of unsigned artists. I literally randomly clicked them in a long list and it turned out they were good/ and recognizable. The next choice will be assuredly unknown. At least we know we have a strong hipster audience.

Today's choice:

DJSAGUI
Electronica/ Techno / Trance from Brazil

For a video of him mixing see here

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

hipster douche comment of the day

"Coco Rosie just isn't a legitimate favorite band" -Jesse
"Except if you're lesbian" - Bryant

Monday, July 14, 2008

Welcome to the Hipster Doucheblog

Hello and welcome fellow pitchfork readers, music raters and general hipster douchebags. On this site we will bring you the obscure and the rare while still managing to pull off a disdainful smack at popular music. This doucheblog will also feature reviews of other indieblogs. As in regular hipster music style everything will be rated on a pitchfork scale, and will be derivative of the pixies.