Williamsburg

Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint, Bed-Stuy, and Bushwick. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board.

[edit] Hipster Context

Williamsburg is a popular place for self-identified hipsters to move after they graduate. It is known for its thriving art and music scene.

The "hipster" center of Williamsburg radiates from the strip of Bedford Avenue near the Bedford Avenue Station on the BMT Canarsie Line (L), the first stop from Manhattan. This area of which is sought out by recently arrived residents to New York City now includes north, south, and east Williamsburg. The "Northside" being the most expensive and most developed followed by the "South Side" and lastly "East Williamsburg".

The richer areas are often populated by 20-something trust-fund babies.

[edit] Music

Amongst the many acts spawned by Williamsburg and its scene are alternative and avant rock bands such as A Place to Bury Strangers, They Might Be Giants, We Are Scientists, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Excepter, The Twenty Twos, Heroine Sheiks, The Cloud Room, TV on the Radio, Nada Surf, Say Hi To Your Mom, White Magic, Japanther, Time of Orchids, Oneida, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Diamond Nights, Les Savy Fav, Langhorne Slim, Vic Thrill, Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice, Matt & Kim, The Rapture, Pixeltan, Enon, Ex Models, Black Dice, Out Hud, Sightings, Parts & Labor, Gang Gang Dance, Liars, !!! (aka "Chk Chk Chk"), Animal Collective, and Ratatat.

Bands like these are popular at Oberlin and are often asked to perform at the sco. In the 2007- 2008 school year, A Place to Bury Strangers, Matt & Kim, Animal Collective and Parts & Labor came to play at Oberlin.