popcorn youth

If you haven’t done yourself the favor of buying the new Built to Spill album, ‘There is No Enemy,’ then buy it right now because that shit is GOOD! I’ll post my interview with Doug Martsch shortly; he was as nice as I had hoped he would be, super gracious and seriously modest. It’s definitely […]

We spotted this sign at the Gimme! outpost at Saturday’s Farmers Market. It is a bummer, as now we will all have to make our coffee stops prior to arriving at the Market at the early hour of 9am. Sigh. Life is so hard. Enjoy these photos from the weekend and happy Monday. (Oh, and […]

[Photo of Blues Control from their No Radio performance last year] Now that it’s October (wow!), I thought I would take this opportunity to briefly let you know about Popcorn Youth programming for the month.
I’m super excited about every single show, including the return of Blues Control, on the heels of their latest amazing LP […]

This is how I feel today. Happiest of Fridays to all! xo

Last Sunday, the Fanclub hosted their first show of the semester — and it was a noise show! Hooray. And, it was amazing.

Wasteland Jazz Unit headlined.

Wasteland Jazz Unit is Jon Lorenz on saxophone and John Rich on clarinet. They are a Cincinnati (Ohio) duo and they play an amorphous, hyper-amplified free noise which is blasting […]

[Photo of the Flies from this year’s GrassRoots Festival] The Horse Flies and the Rongovian Embassy — two Ithaca institutions familiar to anyone who has spent more than two seconds here in town — are mixing it up this week. Mike Stark will be sitting in for keyboardist Rick Hansen at the Rongo tonight, which […]

I know it’s not exactly an Ithaca show, but it’s certainly noteworthy — German krautrock legends Faust are playing tonight with our Albany friends Century Plants! If it weren’t for the three hour drive, we would be there in a hot minute! Some information about the show:
The Albany Sonic Arts Collective, in partnership with PROCTOR’s […]

Earlier this summer, I interviewed George Johann and Stephen Burke in anticipation of their joint opening of Angry Mom Records / Small World Music. I believe that I forgot to post to the article, as well as show Rachel’s killer photographs of the new space. Since I last spoke with Johann and Burke, the pair […]

WildFire Bistro — the new Italian restaurant occupying the former Lost Dog Lounge spot — will begin hosting live music starting in October. That was fast! Here’s what they have so far:
Saturday Oct. 3rd- The Silent League with Weggalo Star, 9pm
Wednesday Oct 7th- Djug Django, 6pm (and every Wednesday after that)
Thursday Oct 8th- Built to […]

Brooklyn group Loop 2.4.3 returns to Ithaca this Friday, Sept. 25, showcasing new music from their record Zodiac Dust at Ithaca College. Unfortunately, this show was only just confirmed on Sunday, so I had no idea the show was happening until it was too late. I would have loved to cover this performance for the […]

Most ‘band blogs’ are not so good but I really like the City Center site. Read it here. The same goes with fashion designer blogs, but the Vena Cava blog is one of my favorite websites in general. Also, I’m really enjoying the fact that Marc Masters “A Decade in Noise” piece on Pitchfork is […]

Is it just me, or does there feel like there is a lot of weird hysteria happening with tonight’s Sufjan Stevens (admittedly sold out) concert? I think the last time I listened to one of his records was in 2003, and I have no idea what he’s been doing in the last few years. I’m […]

This past Wednesday, Sept. 16, American folk / psych rock trio Akron/Family played at Castaways. Slaraffenland and Jeffrey Lewis opened. I’ve caught them twice before, once in 2006, in San Diego, and later in spring of 2007 at Cornell University. I missed the show this time around — their first tour as a trio (Ryan […]

[Image of Ithaca Andrew’s painting] Sometime earlier this year, Ithaca artist and musician Andrew Paine realized that he shared the same name as Scottish avant/noise musician, Andrew Paine, a frequent collaborator of Alistair Crosbie, Richard Youngs and the progressive rock project, Ilk. After communicating across the pond via email, the two made a record together. […]

Tonight at Castaways local rock quintet Veda — nee Ayurveda — will perform in celebration of the release of their second full length album, Down the Staircase. I recently spoke with all five band members (they’re quite the raucous, hilarious bunch) for an article that appears in this week’s Ithaca Times. From the article:
“I almost […]