Nickname: Kate
Age: 26
City: Washington, D.C.
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
The Smiths – The Queen is Dead
Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line
Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights
Radiohead – In Rainbows
Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life
What band would play at your ideal wedding?
Justin Vernon will play songs just for me at our intimate, two-person ceremony.
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?
Fleet Foxes’ “Sun Giant” and the rest of that EP. Their music is gorgeous and, more importantly, there’s a good chance it would lull a newborn to sleep.
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?
1965-1975. The best of Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the heydey of the British Invasion. Social movements that exist offline. Reading Vonnegut in real time totally blows my mind. Also, I could chain myself to one of the beautiful Doric columns of the original Penn Station.
What’s your favorite venue?
The Black Cat or Iota, but mostly just not D.A.R. Constitution Hall.
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?
I:
like public transportation
make my own hummus
know big words
can work the disheveled chic
read real books
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?
Scruff (but not a freestanding mustache); creative, inquisitive mind; tall; gypsy soul; witty banter. Above all, I’m a sucker for emo glasses and mild brooding.
Nickname: Linds, Podd, Poddsky
Age: 24
City: Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, NY
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
Top 5 albums in no particular order:
The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Carl Perkins – Classic
Tiger Army – Self Titled
Midlake – The Trials of Van Occupanther
The Cramps – Bad Music for Bad People
What band would play at your ideal wedding?
No band in particular but I would totally hire a swing band. Sorry, no DJ set for this bitch.
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?
I would play it “Today” by the Smashing Pumpkins whilst giving birth to it. Half ironic half hilarious. Is that hipster enough for you?
In fact it would be more ironic for me to play it “Kids” by MGMT even though they suck.
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?
I dig the whole 1940s to 1950s era. I know you couldn’t have guessed that already from my obvious photo.
What’s your favorite venue?
I don’t have a favorite venue. I feel like most venues all look the same after a while with a few more glasses of hard liquor.
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?
I look like a domestic 50s housewife turned upside down every day, I cook some mean lasagna, I can serenade you on fiddle, guitar, or my glorious karaoke falsetto.
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?
Booze, shoes, tattoos, and some sassyfrassy attitude.
Nickname: Z-Woww
Age: 23
City: Houston
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
This is like Sophie’s choice, but five all-time favorites are:
Radiohead – OK Computer
Beck – Midnite Vultures
Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
Justice – Cross
The Clash – The Essential Clash
What band would play at your ideal wedding?
Traditional weddings are for suckers. Give me a liquored up Vegas Elvis impersonator, and I’ll be a happy nuptual camper.
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?
Kanye West – The New Workout Plan. Mama’s gotta get back her figure.
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?
The 90′s – I’d be down for the grunge scene. Plus, I look super fly in plaid. Win win.
What’s your favorite venue?
Anywhere outdoors. And if it gets too hot, take a hooker’s bath in the sink.
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?
Single and STD free.
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?
Call me old-fashioned but, the ability to mix/spin beats that knock my pants off. And a cute smile.
By Audrey JAPburn
Photo Credit: Adly Elewa
Love stories often seem like an oxymoron here in Brooklyn. In the borough of industrial wasteland, it appears the only love its residents have is with rye whiskey and Kurt Vonnegut. Cupid packed up and left New York when the hipsters came, or so I thought. And then I met Tucker and Emily of Total Slacker.
If you haven’t heard of Total Slacker yet, then get on it, my friend. Tucker and Emily, along with their equally adorable drummer Ross, have quickly become the darling of the lo-fi indie rock scene. Playing venues like Shea Stadium, Death by Audio and Vassar College, they have garnered attention from the likes of BrooklynVegan, The New Yorker, Vice and Impose Magazine. Not to be outdone, Total Slacker will be opening for super surf-rock sensation Wavves this Tuesday at Brooklyn Bowl.
I ventured down to Tucker and Emily’s apartment a few nights ago. We noshed on pierogies while we talked about not only their adventures as rising indie rock sweethearts Total Slacker, but also as their time together as one of cutest couples the Brooklyn music scene has seen in a long, long time.
Needless to say, the band is doing peachy. They’re blowing up faster than a can of Diet Coke in the microwave. But the destination isn’t always so important; it really is the journey. Tucker and Emily are beyond adorable, a true Brooklyn love story. They met on a freaky Friday and instantly bonded over matching chapsticks. I’m still meeting boys at bars, attempting to bond over something besides our Maker’s Mark.
“Some of our first dates were shows,” says Tucker. “like The Beets & Thee Oh Sees at Glasslands, Prince Rama at Market Hotel, and Deerhunter & No Age at Brooklyn Bowl. Now we get to play them!”
These two obviously share impeccable taste in music. Psychological studies have suggested a correlation between lifestyles, relationships and musical preferences. If the proof is in the pudding, these two are one big bag of Jell-o snacks.
“When we first started dating, we listened to a lot of Sonic Youth, Weezer, Beach House, Vivian Girls, and The Breeders,” says Tucker. “We still really like them, along with a lot of Nite Jewel and Washed Out.”
Photo Credit: Adly Elewa
Music has been a huge part of their relationship, from the beginning to present. Their first date consisted of cookies, tea, and playing guitar.
“Tucker brought cookies to most of our dates,” says Emily. “He still does.”
She isn’t lying.
“You want one?” asks Tucker, brandishing a box of cranberry-oatmeal cookies.
I laugh, grabbing one. Along with good taste in girls and records, Tucker makes great choices when it comes to cookies. He offers me another one, then leans over and turns up the Miles Davis in the background.
“Oh man, Chick Corea’s far out!” he sits on the ground, next to Emily. “Come here, you’re too far away from me.” Tucker wraps an arm around Emily, kissing her on the forehead. I stuff a pierogi in my mouth to keep from myself from going “awww” for the fifth time. These two are too cute.
Leaving their apartment that night, I couldn’t help but think of that Nick Hornby quote. You know, the one that goes, “It’s no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn’t even speak to each other if they met at a party.” Emily and Tucker found love sharing music and making music. Obviously, their record collections get along just perfectly. So perhaps, in search of my own Brooklyn love story, I need to ask a boy for his iPod before he asks for my number–because clearly, the perfect Brooklyn romance begins with the perfect soundtrack.
xoxo,
Audrey JAPburn
PS Here are two free MP3s for readers!
Stuck in 93 (new!)
Crystal Necklace
Nickname: Melissa
Age: 22
City: Baltimore
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
I don’t think in albums. I think in songs.
What band would play at your ideal wedding?
Sonic Youth
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?
Under the Sea from The Little Mermaid.
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?
Probably the 90′s. I love to jokingly listen to those hilarious bands. Real McCoy? Seriously? Hilariously amazing. Boys II Men… even better.
What’s your favorite venue?
Ah, venues. They are pretty gross actually. I get kinda tired of smelling the B.O. Can I say my living room?
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?
1. I’m awesome
2. I’m funny
3. I have always wanted to go vegetarian
4. I like men in skinny jeans
5. I have gone to art school
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?
Tallness since I’m 5’10, brown hair, blue eyes, sense of humor, a good cook, no facial hair, hilariously awkward
