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Hi everyone. Just a note to say that I’ll be away from Popcorn Youth for the next week or so as I enjoy a much-deserved summer vacation home to the west coast. In the meantime, enjoy new photo galleries over at our flickr — Rachel’s amazing sessions with both the Angry Mom Records folks and […]

Popular Louisiana Cajun band the Red Stick Ramblers return to Ithaca this Saturday, Aug. 22. I’ve long been a fan of their eclectic-but-it-works combination of Cajun, zydeco, honky-tonk, Western swing, and ragtime jazz. They’re super fun live and their new album, “My Suitcase is Always Packed,” is excellent. I recently spoke with Linzay Young about […]

I’m thrilled to announce a new home venue, THE PANTONAL CAVE, as the spot for the next Popcorn Youth show, as well as future Orbiting Art Ensemble concerts. Read on…!
THE PANTONAL CAVE: VOL. I
You’ve enjoyed the intimate house shows of Sound & Season — here’s another opportunity to check out new Popcorn Youth bands and […]

It’s quite a weekend for live music in Ithaca — actually, it was quite a WEEK for live music in Ithaca. Apologies for not alerting you to the following great shows: Battlefields / Overmars / Makeshift / Hiroshima Vacation / imadethismistake / Neil Sutherland  (Aug. 19, The Shop); The Hogwashers on the deck (Aug. 20, […]

[Text by Chris Lisee; from the Ithaca Times] If you haven’t been to the Korova lately, Friday night is the time to go. The opening reception for Meredith Towsand’s art show, “Violets in the Snow,” will start at 6 on Friday, August 21. Enjoy art, beer and the ever-irreverent sound of Hee Haw Nightmare. […]

[Yet another excellent show tonight with Ithaca Underground — be sure to check out our friends American Sphinx, as they are opening the night up…..]

Ithaca Underground Presents:
Open Star Clusters (CT)
Bahh Black Box (CT)
Bubonic Bear (PA)
Cut It Out (NJ)
American Sphinx
Monday, August 17
The Shop
312 E Seneca St
8PM Doors $5
ALL AGES
As with all Shop shows, we’ll […]

Intern Chris recently interviewed The Campbell Brothers for their second feature in the Ithaca Times (the first being Corey’s interview with the group last summer; you can read it here). I caught the Campbell Brothers’ two performances at GrassRoots earlier this summer, and this is a group that only gets better with time. Gospel with […]

Thanks again to everyone that came to last week’s EATS TAPES and FYOELK show, and sweated their butts off in the steamy Chanti Loft. Heaps of thanks and praise to Bob Proehl and Luke Fenchel for contributing their (excellent!) DJ services (Ariel Pink, Junior Boys, Syd Barrett, Ducktails spun in between sets? Yes plz.) and […]

Local old time string band the Hee Haw Nightmare have been one of the busiest acts around town this summer — not only did they release an (excellent) debut album a few weeks ago, they’ve been playing shows almost every single week, sometimes twice on the same night. Between a killer GrassRoots debut gig, house […]

[Take it away, Bubba … killer show tonight at The Shop! Read on to learn more…]

June Madrona (Olympia, WA)
Christopher Bell (Jamestown, NY)
Rye n’ Clover
Fight A Scary Dog
Wed August 12th
The Shop
312 E Seneca St
Ithaca, NY
8PM $5
We’ll get things started as shortly after 8PM as we can muster!
FOLK night! This ain’t yo mama’s folk night though. Hailing […]

>>>hello hello! Heaps of gratitude to everyone that came out to the first Popcorn Youth dance party last night… successful all around! And now, the third chapter of our new concert series, Sound & Season.
SOUND & SEASON: VOL. III
Good food & good tunes continues with the third installment of the SOUND&SEASON house shoes.
Space is very […]

HUGE thankyou to everyone that came out last night. We packed the place and all left pretty sweaty. Killer dance jams on a Thursday night - not bad for Popcorn Youth’s first dance show. Thankfully this weekend is nice and calm, until the storm strikes again with the next Popcorn Youth / Sound & Season […]

TONIGHT
THURSDAY AUGUST 6
POPCORN YOUTH + DEEP BEATZ + NO RADIO PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS:
FYOELK
EATS TAPES
WITH DJS BOB PROEHL + LUKE FENCHEL
10PM + $5 + 21+
CHANTICLEER LOFT
SEE
YOU
THERE
!  [PHOTO VIA XLR8R]

[Photo by D. Henbest] Ithaca’s premiere old time quintet, the Evil City String Band, performs on the Bernie Milton Pavilion on The Commons from 6-8pm. Free! Dancing mandatory, and expected. Things will get undoubtedly a bit dour if Richie sings ‘I’m So Depressed,’ but there’s bound to be an impromptu square dance if everything goes […]

[AND NOW, A MESSAGE FROM ITHACA UNDERGROUND…DON’T MISS THIS ONE FOR SURE!]
The Emotron (Philadelphia, PA)
Who Goes There? (Pittsburgh, PA)
Perfect Future (MD)
Ballistic Shit Circus
Agog
Wed August 5th
The Shop
312 E Seneca St
Ithaca, NY
8PM $5
**UPDATE: Mose Giganticus’s guitarist is unable to tour at this time. Their entire tour has been canceled. The show will go on and we […]