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Quote of the weekend: “WHERE’S FUCKIN’ AARON DILLOWAY??!?!?!?!!???” — John Olson during the Anti Freedom set.

Mike Bernstein of Religious Knives, Double Leopards, Heavy Tapes.

Merzbow.

Jackie Oblivia.

Ju Suk Reet Meate.

Mouthus + Axolotl.

Axolotl.
Karl on the mic (and pedals)

C Spencer Yeh.

Incapacitants!

Here at Popcorn Youth, we’re going crazy with anticipation about this year’s No Fun Fest. We’ve never been before, but heard crazy stories about it. (And you can read more at IHM) We also went to this winter’s Winter Ends Destruction, which was basically a precursor/teaser to the official No Fun Fest, and that was […]

I’m pleased to announce that I will be returning to WVBR FM as a disc jockey. I’ll be playing every Wednesday night, from 7-11pm, starting tonight! My show will run all summer, and I’ll post the full playlist after each shift ends. You can also listen live — so tune in tonight!

Sorry to have been so absent lately, but we’re preparing for another big weekend in NYC — and this month’s Dub War is one of the events that we’ll be checking out. The last Dub War (April ‘06, over a year ago, holeee crap!) I went to featured Loefah, Sgt Spokes, Joe Nice, and some […]

This Sunday, Jennie Stearns will take the stage again with Michael Stark, but this time, they will be joined by another group of Ithaca musicians. Jairo Van Lunteren, Kathy Ziegler and Eva Revesz will join her and Stark at the final show of her celebrated residency at Felicia’s Atomic Lounge. “The reason I chose Felicia’s […]

The photos are up from last night’s final Fanclub Collective show of the school year. Brightblack Morning Light was disappointing, but entirely what I expected (read the previous post for my thoughts, but my partner aptly noted that it sounded like “Hippie music for Low fans”). Daniel Higgs, however, was infinitely more interesting last night […]

The Fanclub Collective will end their spring concert season with the anticipated Brightblack Morning Light concert this Thursday, May 3 at the Appel Commons on the Cornell campus. Unfortunately, whether the case may be that the band was away for the week, away for the week camping, or away for the week camping without phone, […]

For lovers of the experimental and avant-garde, cellist Hank Roberts is a local treasure. Although he plays rock, folk, and classical music with equal adeptness, Roberts is best known for his contribution to the avant-garde jazz tradition. For nearly 30 years, Roberts has been upending our conventional notions of the cello as a classical instrument […]