popcorn youth

We are absolutely thrilled to see that the folks over at Ithaca Underground have revived, so to speak, their cause. They posted a spate of shows over in their Myspace blog, including a nice little shout out to us at the end (Popcore Youth? I like that…). We can’t wait to work with IU the […]

‘Sacred Steel’ soul and gospel group The Campbell Brothers will perform at the Chapter House tonight. What they sound like:
Chuck, Phil, and Darick Campbell are an anointed group of accomplished guitarists with instruments tuned to the key of the holy spirit. These musicians were raised in the “sacred steel” style, a rare music tradition rooted […]

Our pals over in Syracuse, New Thing Productions, unveiled a brand new blog over the weekend. Check it out, bookmark it next to your Popcorn Youth bookmark, and use it to stay on top of all the Syracuse/Upstate NY happenings. Oooh and their latest post is for our Jenny Graf Bibulah / Zaimph / Stone […]

[Text by Luke Z. Fenchel] If you managed to make it up to Trumansburg earlier this month for the GrassRoots Festival, you might now be suffering from an ailment I’m beginning to associate with overexposure to live local music.
This particular form of performance anxiety appears to combine symptoms of withdrawal, an acute hangover, and a […]

It’s a beautiful, cool Saturday and there are plenty of things to do out and around Ithaca. At 7pm, Trevor MacDonald - as his new project Who You Are - will host a CD release party and free concert at Taughannock Park. That starts at 7pm and will probably go for a few hours. Super […]

Wow, I can’t believe it’s almost August! This summer flew right by. Here are a couple of shows coming up that I’m particularly looking forward to — some of them are even Popcorn Youth sponsored, so to speak. Expect more detailed information about those shows TBA. And now, without further ado:
aug. 5 - hee haw […]

Hair Police are coming to Upstate NY! I was hoping they would make a stop in Ithaca, but it looks like we’ll have to wait. Those who haven’t seen them play live — go! Personally, I’ve had some pretty intense experiences, but that’s another story for another day. First, in Rochester:
Wednesday, July 30 — The […]

Just found out that Jan Bell will be performing tonight at No Radio Records. Free and starts at 7pm. Michael Hansen MIGHT be playing, but you’ll just have to show up and find out. We don’t know. Jan is also playing tomorrow afternoon at Felicia’s for their Alley Fridays. That’s at 5:30pm. But it’ll probably […]

NO MORE BUSH TOUR 2008
Five years ago, in a time of woe for the underground, the country and the world, the members of the Ecstatic Yod Collective organized a tour called More Hair Less Bush. Including a variety of musicians and writers, the tour brought the flame of hope to cities cast into darkness by […]

Hello everyone. Hot off the heels of two extremely successful Popcorn Youth concerts — Neptune and Ryan Jewell — I have another exciting show announcement to make. Since I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve wanted to present a noise show with all female musicians. And now, I finally have a chance to do so. My […]

Baltimore-based musician Jana Hunter will perform at No Radio Records this Saturday, July 12. She’s performed in Ithaca twice before — once in Luke’s living room! — but I’ve managed to miss both shows. I won’t be missing her this time around, however. She’ll be joined by an arsenal of awesome ladies: Matteah Baim (of […]

“I think people should be free to play and release what they want, If I’m not into it, I won’t engage with it. What can be daft is these kind of already developed a chip on their shoulder young noise guys that are all posture and over-exaggerated maleness. It’s doesn’t really feel male at that […]

[Text by Luke Z. Fenchel] There are many ways to approach The GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance, now in its 18th year. The four-day extravaganza, which runs from Thursday, July 17 to Sunday, July 20 in Trumansburg, combines the low-key atmosphere of a family gathering with the slightly ordered chaos of any major summer […]

Just a quick reminder that tonight is our RYAN JEWELL and KIMONOPHONIC concert at No Radio Records. The show begins at 7pm and is FREE and all ages. We hope to see you out! We’ve posted our interview with Justin Armstrong of Kimonophonic, which also appears in this week’s Ithaca Times.
To see our photo gallery […]

Columbus, OH electroacoustic/improv musician RYAN JEWELL will be performing a rare solo set at No Radio Records this Monday, July 7. Ryan has performed with and partied alongside some of the avant/improv noise world’s most celebrated musicians, including C Spencer Yeh, Psychedelic Horseshit, Mike Shiflet, Vic Rawlings, Greg Kelley, Bill Nace, Lambsbread, and David Gross. […]