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[Photo by Nate Dorr] It’s here: SOUND&SEASON: HALLOWEEN EDITION 2009.
The next edition of Sound & Season will be held at the Pantonal Cave — home of the Orbiting Art Ensemble and venue for previous PY shows like Sick Llama and Cotton Museum — this TUESDAY OCTOBER 27. The evening will featuring live music from Heavy […]

National Book Award Finalist, Cornell poet, acclaimed author and all-around wonderful lady Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon will be reading a selection of her works with live accompaniment from two of my favorite Ithaca musicians: Johnny Dowd and Richie Stearns! J. Robert Lennon and H.G. Carillo will also be reading from their works. The reading begins at […]

A mighty congratulations are in order for Ithaca’s beloved poet, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, who was announced as a National Book Award finalist for poetry, for her work ‘Open Interval.’ A work that is, by the way, tremendous. [NYTimes]
Annie Clark likes ‘Please Kill Me’ — and Arrested Development! (As she should.)
She also performed at Rachel Comey’s […]

Tomorrow I will be the featured guest on Tracey Craig’s radio broadcast ‘NONESUCH‘ on WVBR FM. I will be on the air from 2-3pm EST, and the program streams live as well! A description of Nonesuch:
Nonesuch is old folk, it’s new folk; it’s blues and bluegrass…the best of traditional music right alongside emerging songwriters. Sometimes […]

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 is definitely a busy weekend for music in Ithaca — Jsan & the Analogue Sons CD release party tonight at Castaways, Brew Fest tomorrow at Stewart Park, and the Positive Jam on Sunday (also at Stewart Park). Featuring mostly national, well-regarded acts that also perform in Ithaca pretty regularly — The Hold Steady, The […]

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 […]

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 […]

The first one was a success, here’s the second of its kind:
SOUND & SEASON: VOL. II

More good food & good tunes at the second installment of the SOUND&SEASON house shows. Space is very limited and Sasha and Jarek want as many people as possible to be able to enjoy the touring bands, but they can only accommodate as many people as […]

The recently defunct ABC Cafe is currently cleaning out their space, resulting in an exciting pile of free CD’s, records, and nondescript clothing on the stoop for the taking. There’s also an assortment of items that you actually have to pay for, such as tea, drink syrup, beverage dispensers, and more music. I obtained: a […]

THURSDAY, JULY 9
THE SHOP > 312 E. SENECA ST.
ITHACA, NY
METALUX
BILL NACE
AMEN DUNES
7PM DOORS > 8PM START
ALL AGES! / $5
Our summer programming continues this Thursday, July 9, as Popcorn Youth presents its first concert at Ithaca’s newest all-ages music venue, THE SHOP, with live performances from METALUX, BILL NACE, and AMEN DUNES (located where No Radio […]

For those of you that are missing out on the Ithaca date -
Magik Mouth Tour (Magik Markers/Mouthus)
6/26-Ithaca, NY-Lost Dog Lounge
6/27-Toronto, ON-Music Gallery Courtyard
6/28-Montreal, QC-Suoni Music Festival (w/Cousins of Reggae and Disguises)
6/29-Pittsfield, MA-Copperworks

Loving on this new Ithaca / Rochester blog, Skipster. It’s run by some savvy folks with killer taste in music, so be sure to check it out.
>>>>WHAT IS SKIPSTER?
media group based in Ithaca, NY and Rochester, NY. We care a lot about music. Whether it’s reviewing it, talking about it, promoting it, whatever. We book […]

FRIDAY, JUNE 26LOST DOG LOUNGEMAGIK MARKERSMOUTHUSAMERICAN SPHINX9PM DOORS / 10PM START / $7 112 S. CAYUGA ST. / DOWNTOWN ITHACA
Greetings! I have a thrilling announcement for a show at the Lost Dog Lounge this Friday, June 26: noise-rock duo MAGIK MARKERS will make their first appearance in Ithaca, and will be joined by fellow Ecstatic […]

Update for tonight’s Tom Carter / Shawn David McMillen / Steve Gunn show: If you attend the Ithaca Underground Upsilon Acrux / Why the Wires / 1000 Year Plan / Clan of the Cave Bear show at CSMA at 7pm (which I HIGHLY recommend that you do), show their stamp at our door, for a […]