Hipster Runoff

Hipster Runoff website is for sale. UPDATE: it sold

UPDATE: Hipster Runoff sold for $21,100 With its informed, snarky deconstruction on all things cool and “alt,” Hipster Runoff was essential reading during the Chillwave era…

DFA's pre-Lana Del Rey-on-SNL tweet

‘— Just saw that tweet for the first time via Hot Chip while looking for info on Hot Chip‘s new album. As you know, Lana Del Rey played SNL this past weekend (Hipster Runoff has since renamed his website in her honor)…

Gawker asking, "Who Is the Hipster of the Decade?"

Yea, we know the word “hipster” is played out. That’s exactly why we need to pick a Hipster Champ of the past decade. So we can lay the whole damn thing to rest…

Pitchfork taking a survey, lists current music trends (in the "Trend You Wish Would Go Away" category)

Trend You Wish Would Go Away 90s revivalism (No Age, Japandroids, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Afropop indie (Dirty Projectors, Fool’s Gold, Abe Vigoda) Animal Collective acolytes (Blind Man’s Colour, Our Brother the Native, USF) Balearic (jj, John Talabot, Windsurf/Hatchback) Chillwave/glo-fi (Washed Out, Neon Indian, Nite Jewel) Dubstep and its offshoots (wonky, funky, bassline) Post-Lily Allen UK pop (La Roux, Little Boots, Florence and the Machine) Prim, buttoned-up indie (Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, St … …