Wave of Hipster Accordion Playing

Ms. Jacobson also mentioned that she had noticed what she called a "wave of hipster accordion playing." She then rattled off a list of indie and punk rock performers who include the accordion in their instrumentation — They Might Be Giants, Arcade Fire, the Decemberists, Beirut, Calexico, Green Day, Gogol Bordello, Flogging Molly, the Pogues — and also noted that certain rock stars, like John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen and Sheryl Crow, have adopted it as a side instrument to show their links with rootsiness.