popcorn youth

Simply Red Bistro at Sheldrake Point reopened for their 2009 season this past weekend. My favorite part about their restaurant — the free old timey music every Monday night — begins tonight! Expect a cast of characters revolving around the Evil City String Band lineup to begin playing around 6pm tonight. Read the article I […]

This Saturday (the 11th) Rhett Miller, erstwhile frontman of the Old 97s, will be playing a solo set at Castaways. Ever since their 1993 inception, the Old 97s were expected to do great things. After getting passed around from label to label, Elektra signed the band in 1996, hoping that alt-country would be the next […]

What does this (admittedly super mediocre) playlist have anything to do with Sonic Youth, when it was clearly put together by Refinery29? Talk about consumer confusion…. there’s not even a SY track to download! [Via R29]

[Photo of Gary War above] Some odds and ends. Did you know that Sharinne [aka DJ Laika] of Deep beatZ is organizing carpools from Ithaca to Montreal for this year’s MUTEK Festival? Brilliant idea! I wish to the bottom of my bones that I could go but sadly it is not to be. Get in […]

A HUGE thank you to everyone that came out to the Awesome Color show on Sunday… it was an extraordinary success! I think I can say with great confidence that it was one of the best shows I’ve been to this year. Those of you that were there can vouch for their intensity and incredible […]

Hello! A quick reminder about tonight’s Fanclub Collective event (cosponsored by Popcorn Youth), before I head off to the CD/record fair at the Women’s Community Building!
TONIGHT @ THE BIG RED BARN. DISCOUNTED MUSIC FOR PLEASURE!
The Fanclub Collective presents an enviable show tonight. Below are the details.
The Lineup
U.S. Girls >>> Rock and Roll Cactus
Gary War >>> […]

Last week’s SOUND&SEASON was a success — thanks to everyone who came! — and I’m following it up with one of my biggest shows yet: headliners Detroit, MI-based power rock trio Awesome Color, with Brooklyn duo Chaw Mank, Boston swamp no-punk quartet Ladderlegs, and area improv duo American Sphinx.
Awesome Color is the psych-addled garage-blues rock […]

[Pictured above: the Rabble Rousers — who play Felicia’s happy hour tomorrow at 5:30pm — apparently look like they belong in prison. I can’t say I disagree.] I haven’t done the show calendar in weeks it feels like — let’s chalk it up with seasonal illnesses, traveling and general chicanery. Moving along! What a weekend […]

MORE INFO TO COME ! THANKS FOR BEING PATIENT ! AND THANKS TO SASHA FOR YET ANOTHER KILLER POSTER !

Kids, that last post was a joke (obviously). April Fools! But onto (more realistic) things, that happen to be equally good! Love it when things work out that way. I’m thrilled to co-sponsor the next Fanclub Collective show featuring these fine and talented folks: GARY WAR. DUCKTAILS. US GIRLS. KURT VILE. TEENGIRL FANTASY. Phew! What […]

HERE IT IS:
OUR BIG SHOW
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF THE YEAR!
FRIDAY APRIL 3
SONIC YOUTH
IN ITHACA.
DETAILS
FORTHCOMING.

THIS IS GETTING ME THROUGH HUMP DAY. STAY TUNED THIS AFTERNOON FOR A MULTITUDE OF EXCITING SHOW-RELATED ANNOUNCEMENTS. [VIA XLR8R]