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Here’s a great show tonight that will be sure to reward diligent listeners and proponents of experimental new music. The following is a press release sent out by Ithaca Experimental, earlier this week:
Tim Feeney & Vic Rawlings to perform at No Radio TOMORROW (Friday), 8pm … !
Come hear world renowned electroacoustic duo Tim Feeney & […]

This has been a great week for live music here in Ithaca — what with last night’s Peter Serkin concert at Ithaca College, tomorrow night’s Vic Rawlings + Tim Feeney concert (more on that very soon), Saturday night’s Settlers show at the Chapter House, and Sunday’s nights concert with Hank Roberts at Felicia’s, we’ve been […]

[Image above: Lewis Hine (American, 1874-1940), Sunday Morning, March 7, 1909, Morris Herowitz, ten years old, 1909. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Martin Z. Margulies. Photo credit: Courtesy of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art] Since we ran in this space Nancy Geyer’s review of the video art exhibit at the Johnson Museum, it […]

So! The Castanets/Deer Tick show was two weeks ago, but no matter. The interview is finished! We were bummed to miss the actual show — we were here, instead — so if anyone has any reports from the front lines, let us know. The intro is as follows, with the full interview after the jump:
Ray […]

In all of the hoopla for tonight’s CCR tribute concert at Castaways (thanks, but no thanks), some of you may have forgotten that Ithaca’s finest gonzo-rock genius, Johnny Dowd, will be taking the stage with his band at Chapter House tonight. If you’re still nursing a post-turkey hangover, Johnny is the man to snap you […]

Broken Social Scene plays music for lovers. Not just romantic relationships, but also friends, family, and general revelers — the Toronto collective’s ramshackle, shimmering indie rock songs practically demand it. Although Sunday’s concert at Barton Hall was full of couples — I happened to be unlucky enough to stand behind a particularly touchy-feely pair that […]

We just uploaded a ton more photos to our flickr and photo page! Check out our photo albums from the recent Sic Alps show at No Radio with Mirabile Dictu; the recent House of Alchemy Records show with Stone Baby, Antique Brothers, Century Plants, Sleepwalker Local 242, and Mirabile Dictu; and last Sunday’s Yo La […]

“Old Time” music traces its roots back to Appalachian music and has long had a strong base in the Ithaca area. Crucial old time revivalists like the Horse Flies and the Chicken Chokers brought the music to the mainstream in the early eighties and are currently leading a resurgence of interest in one of the […]

Hi there! So sorry to have been so M.I.A. lately. But! It was for a good reason — we were too busy writing, conducting interviews, and listening to great new music to post. But we’re back! The crazy week of concerts is over (for now), but there are still a few more gems to look […]

Lately, we’ve taken quite a shine to the nascent underground free folk/avant scene brewing in the Upstate New York area. There’s always been a hunger for experimental sounds in Ithaca, but the past six months have revealed many fascinating collaborations, connecting musicians from Ithaca, Syracuse, Albany, Rochester, and Buffalo. The upstate area has not typically […]

[Nancy Geyer; Ithaca Times, Nov. 7, pg. 23]
Over the past five years, Cornell University’s Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, under the direction of curator Andrea Inselmann, has been steadily building a collection of contemporary video art. Additionally, it has exhibited Vito Acconci’s seminal video works from the early 1970s, Dutch artist Aernout Mik’s captivating […]

First and foremost: There is a KILLER interview with Thurston Moore on p4k today. Usually the “Guest Lists” are really short, but this one is fantastic. I could listen to this guy talk about anything, and talk he does: Orphan Fairytale, Hospital Records, Jutta Koether, and J Mascis’ cell phone ring and much more. It […]

Local composer and musician Eric Feinstein will present a talk, “Where’s That Music Coming From?” The talk is part of the Ulysses Philomathic Library’s 2007 speaker series, “The Creative Music: Our Local Artists and Artisans Speak Out.” The program will begin at 7:30pm tonight at the library’s Melvin Community Room. The library is located on […]