No, no — the headline’s not referring to you. Heaven forbid. But someone like you listens to a lot of cool and/or unusual music, and refuses to sample the good stuff right under his or her nose because it’s “mainstream.” Lots of hipsters know about the very latest bands, having scoured the Web for the newest undiscovered thing, but are coiled to backlash as soon as others “get it.” And, while the music world needs hipsters to help others find new stuff, it’s best not to think them omniscient — after all, there’s lots of great music they’re too cool to notice.
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10 Albums You’re Too Cool To Like, From KUT : NPR
No, no — the headline’s not referring to you. Heaven forbid. But someone like you listens to a lot of cool and/or unusual music, and refuses to sample the good stuff right under his or her nose because it’s “mainstream.” Lots of hipsters know about the very latest bands, having scoured the Web for the newest undiscovered thing, but are coiled to backlash as soon as others “get it.” And, while the music world needs hipsters to help others find new stuff, it’s best not to think them omniscient — after all, there’s lots of great music they’re too cool to notice.
10 Albums You’re Too Cool To Like, From KUT : NPR. Click here for more entries in our Best Music of 2009 series.
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