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The weekend is upon us as there is a serious glut of stuff to do. FIRST and foremost, thank you to everyone who came out for last night’s John Wiese show. We hope you had a great time! Second of all, today marks the first day of the Apple Harvest Festival. YES! The Black Eyed […]

Tonight at NO RADIO RECORDS, Los Angeles sound artist and composer JOHN WIESE will perform in Ithaca for the first time. He will be joined by Columbus, OH-based percussionist RYAN JEWELL [Pink Reason] and guitarist ZAC DAVIS [Lambsbread] in an improv duo, as well as Rochester bands TUMUL and THE BLOODY NOES.
For those who are […]

Here’s a useful profile/feature on Los Angeles based sound artist John Wiese, who performs at No Radio Records tomorrow night. From the article:
“My desire with music has always been the cut. It moves time/space forward in a way that has always really appealed to me. I’ve used computers as a live consideration for basically my […]

Did anybody make it out to see jazz pianist Jason Moran perform at Bailey Hall last Saturday? Unfortunately, we missed it, but heard great things about his performance, an homage to jazz giant Thelonious Monk. Luke recently interview Moran from the Ithaca Times. From the story:
“Considering where performance has gone, whether it’s Britney Spears or […]

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing owner and head chef of Simply Red Bistro, Samantha Izzo. Her first cookbook ‘Mama Red’s Comfort Kitchen’ recently came out and we chatted about her favorite recipes, her self-taught approach to cooking, and her relationship to live music. There’s an interview with half of The […]

Well… we’re taking an early weekend and heading out to the country for the most anticipated North American music festival of the year: ATP: New York, as curated by My Bloody Valentine!!! (Not to mention, this will by MBV’s first stateside performance in 16 years. Ahem.) There’s plenty of things to do in Ithaca while […]

We love it when stuff like this happens. Our original lineup for Thursday’s (as in, a week from today) show at No Radio was for Los Angeles sound artist John Wiese, with Rochester bands Tumul and The Bloody Noes opening. We’re happy to announce that Ryan Jewell (Pink Reason) and Zac Davis (Lambsbread) will also […]

With barely enough time to recover from last week’s amazing Ducktails and Avarus concert, I’m happy to announce another Popcorn Youth show with BLUES CONTROL and AMERICAN SPHINX. Tuesday’s show will also mark our first collaboration with the awesome folks over at ITHACA UNDERGROUND. They will be presenting AURA and TYLER RODKEY in addition to […]

If you’re looking for something to do tonight: Ithaca’s all-female old-timey and string band trio Black Eyed Susies will perform at Korova for a free set that starts at 10pm. If you can’t make it, they play again at Maxie’s Chicken Fried Tuesdays on Sept. 16 at 7pm.

One more thing: garage rock band The Mofos will return to one of their favorite venues - the Chapter House - tonight at 10pm. Lazy Devil opens. It’s pretty perfect timing since Phil’s Kayo Dot show starts at 8pm, so you can walk up the hill after the show, just in time to catch the […]

NYC avant-rock band Kayo Dot will perform at No Radio Records tonight. Local cellist Hank Roberts opens. Doors at 7pm; Hank starts at 8pm promptly. We recently interviewed Kayo Dot ringleader / composer / multi-instrumentalist / vocalist Toby Driver, who also has several lovely releases as a solo artist, as the duo Tartar Lamb, and […]

I almost forgot! One more announcement for tonight. Our friend Justin Armstrong (aka Kimonophonic) will host a dance party with his DJ friends titled SPEAKER SHAKE tonight at the Chantiloft. The music starts at 9:30pm and is free. We’re not sure what kind of tracks he’ll be spinning, but check out his myspace here. We’re […]

It’s a big weekend for live and local music this weekend, starting off with local cajun band Bayou Road Krewe at Felicia’s this afternoon starting at happy hour. Given the rain, we’re not expecting them to play in the alley but we bet it will still be fun.
Later tonight, Ithaca favorites, Team Love signees and […]

dear friends,
apologies for the mass email but i am here to sell either ONE or TWO tickets to next weekend’s ATP: NY music festival as curated by my bloody valentine and held in the catskills. the festival runs from sept. 19-21 and i happen to have a ticket or two that i’m trying to sell. […]

…the decemberists played at noyes hall in 2003 to about 150 people? and remember when the walkmen played appel commons the following year to a similarly sized audience? well, thanks to the cornell concert commission, you can catch them with about 2,000 other people when they play barton hall on nov. 9.