popcorn youth

I grew up in Providence, RI amidst the rubble of late/great DIY venue, Fort Thunder. Like many post—industrial cities, Providence had whole neighborhoods of warehouses and factories laying fallow. Too young for the Lightening Bolt heyday of Load Records, I spent time in crumbling factories, spectator to a scene that had moved on elsewhere, but […]

We’re gearing up for a long weekend and what looks to be a stunning spring! Local Americana and roots group The Small Kings plays an early show tonight at the Pourhouse. Cosmo Alpern unleashes his new power trio tonight at the Lost Dog, with AJ Strauss and Willie B; Les Forces Atomique headlines. Kelley and […]

we interrupt our regularly scheduled popcorn youth programming for this special announcement / collabo —->
come one, come all.
SOUND & SEASON
good food.
good tunes.
my friends and i are excited to invite you to
a house show!!
hopefully the first of many.
please come,
see bands
eat and
drink and be
merry.
no cost, just your presence
and if you can,
donate heavily to the awesome
musicians.
SOUND:
Weirding Module [solo […]

As most of you already know, today is quite a bittersweet day for music-loving Ithacans. No Radio Records — a record store, venue and coffee shop that has become somewhat of an Ithaca fixture  — is closing today, Friday, March 13 after 2.5 years of existence. There’s a really nice interview over at the Ithaca […]

“Awesome Color is the awesome ace-deuce trio that can channel the ghosts of the Stooges and MC5 without sounding like big-muffed necrophiliacs”
“These Brooklyn buzz-bringers mostly make like lost hate children of Roky Erickson on their sophomore slab. Right out the gate (or the swinging bar doors), the first two songs feel like a fevered drive […]

After attending Tuesday’s AC Newman concert at Castaways, I was inspired to dig up an old transcript from my interview with Newman last year as part of their New Pornographers stop at the State Theater. I was surprised to find, however, that I never posted it online! Whoops! Well, it’s posted now, and you can […]

So, I completely dropped the ball on stuff that’s been happening in the last few days. That’s because I’ve been busy planning… planning for our future. A future filled with shows featuring Magik Markers, Mouthus, Weirding Module, Trigal, Why the Wires and more. Planning big shows and small shows, public shows and basement shows… this […]

OH SNAP:
MAGIK MARKERS
MOUTHUS
LOST DOG LOUNGE.
JUNE 26.
ITHACA.
LOCAL OPENERS TBA.

[Photo courtesy Mike Hansen’s flickr] Diamonds & Rust…….. This past Friday, Trumansburg bar Barangus hosted perhaps their most distinguished patron ever, as American folk icon Joan Baez made a special appearance around 11pm. Those who were at the bar to see The All American Hell Drivers perform their reliably excellent live show — a local […]

A sincere thank you to everyone who has spoken to me since my post earlier this week, which, just to be absolutely clear, should not be viewed as a rant but as a call to arms. In a pleasant coincidence, I recently stumbled upon this blog post by local artist Jim Garmhausen, in response to […]

I have to report a bit of bad news. This Saturday’s Sightings and Eskimo King show, which was to be a cosponsorship between myself (Popcorn Youth) and the Fanclub Collective (Cornell), has been canceled. Funding for the Fanclub has always been a tight, contentious matter, and from what I can tell, noise shows booked by […]

Just a friendly reminder that tonight is the first Popcorn Youth show of 2009, featuring Manchester, UK band Beach Fuzz, with supporting help from New York state musicians American Sphinx and Cyrus Gengras. The show begins at 9pm. See you there!!!