Monday, May 2, 2011

Hipster watch: OFWGKTA

I'm late on this hipster watch, which probably makes the band no longer a hipster band. The hipster mathematics confuses me, so we'll ignore it for now.

When you think of hipsters, you generally think of scrawny white kids listening to indie music, right? WRONG. Hipsters don't discriminate. There's plenty of hipsters of all races, including African-American. And because of this influence, hip-hop can make it into the hipster's playlist. No, none of that gangster rap crap (except for old school Dr Dre, ironically that makes the cut), they like their 'alternative' rap, which doesn't feature bitches, hoes or tricks normally.

And the hippest of the hippest hip-rap bands right now are Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All.

Look at the crowd in the picture above. They're white. And someone's wearing a Green Lantern hoodie. It's as hipster as you can get.

They're so hip, that they announced a run of shows in Sydney only. And they all sold out in seconds. Hipsters jumped on the bandwagon before the bandwagon had a chance to leave!

One thing that makes them even more appealing to hipsters is that every album is free. Yes, even you can jump on this bandwagon (legally) by going to their website and downloading their music.

Hidden away on that website we get a little nugget of gold. In their tour dates section it says
JUNE 4
THE ZOO - BRISBANE
My oh my! Looks like they're not only playing a run of Sydney dates. We can get our hipster on up here. I'll probably go, being a hipster and all, and their hip-hop is actually pretty good.

Edit: After a bit of research, this date is not confirmed. The Zoo is already booked that night. However, rumour has it it may be at the HiFi now... 18+ either way.

UPDATE: It's the HiFi. June 5.

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