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.

Vampire Weekend - Campus

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.

Of Montreal - Gallery Piece

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.''

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.

Vampire Weekend - Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac Cover)

John Mayer - Kid A (Radiohead Cover)

Arctic Monkeys - You Know I'm No Good (Amy Winehouse Cover)

Jose Gonzalez - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division Cover)

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - D.A.N.C.E. (Justice Cover)

Final Fantasy - This Modern Love (Bloc Party Cover)

Jack Johnson - My Doorbell (The White Stripes Cover)

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.

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.

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

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.

Thom Yorke Crazy Dance

one more time (with a little more rhythm)

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

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. 

Passion Pit - Sleepyhead

Passion Pit - Better Things

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.

Radiohead - Motion Picture Soundtrack

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:

Bryant Kitching - Turn On The Hustle

Bryant Kitching - Style and Grace

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.

Women - Black Rice

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

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.)

Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened

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