Song of the Week (Yeasayer - Tightrope)

This week's installment serves many purposes:
1) Song of the Week ("SOTW")
2) an ode to Hipster-dom
3) SOTW concert bump

Yeasayer (pronounced Yay-say-er according to my indie roommate, as opposed to Yeah-say-er according to the tragically un-hip) is what is known as and "Indie Darling". This is another way of saying that this decidedly awesome band has yet to be discovered by producers of Jay Leno, 94.5 The Edge, or other various means of "selling-out".

Yeasayer will be crushing the stage of Granada Theater in Dallas next Thursday (April 8th). For the un-indoctrinated, I would like to profile a few of the likely Hipster archetypes (credit to Carles @ Hipster Run-Off for the inspiration):

1) Collegiate Hipster - this hipster likely got a drinking band via a fade-I.D. and is going to be near the front of the stage acting cool and tough to attract his female counterpart. He is likely sporting an animal shirt (let's go with Zebra) and a colorful scarf of some sort. His shoes are way cooler than anything you have seen in your closet, and his jeans are so tight, they were likely just painted on. His haircut / sporadic facial hair would get him fired lickity-split if he worked at your office.

2) Experimental hipster - many of us know people in this category. Even the author of this blog has dabbled in this hipster scene. The typical Dallas Experi-Hipster can be spotted at the Double-Wide and occasionally around the Granada wearing a 2-weeks growth mustache, slim jeans, Chuck Taylors, and an Am-Appy T (American Apparel...I also laughed when I learned what the f this is), and glasses ( realize the irony in writing this...it's not lost on me).

3) Old-man hipster - you have seen this hipster in a tattered Mudhoney or Pavement Concert T dated circa 1991 at a hole-in-the-wall music venue in Deep Ellum. This hipster likely works at a coffee shop and/or programs Iphone apps to fund his concert going, Pabst Blue Ribbon drinking and American Spirit smoking. There is a good chance he is disenfranchised, or conflicted, or concerned that no one "gets" him. In any given conversation with him, you will be able to slice the condescending sarcasm with a butter knife. When he has kicked back a few PBRs he'll give you a tutorial on the infinite benefits of legalizing marijuana...as if his hemp necklace didn't give him away!

Other Hipster profiles I won't go into detail about right now:
1) the Blip-ster
2) Trust-afarian Hipster
3) Self-Loathing Hipster
4) Ironic Hipster
5) Faux Hipster
6) BroBra Hipster
7) Tatted hot girl who works at Barcadia Hipster
8) My cat Sam...with his condescending tail wagging and his eyes that see right through you, and his laser breath...

I've said a lot about hipsters and not a lot about Yeasayer. Needless to say, Yeasayer says it all without saying anything. They should change their name to Yea-slayer, cuz that's what they are gonna do at the Granada next Thursday night! OHHHHHHHH Shhhheeeeeeiiiiittttt!

I give you: Tightrope (my current fave Yeasayer jam)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GziH8s7ksMo

Hope you Dig,
JZ