A Musical Odyssey – 50 years strong arrives in Ithaca!  Hot Tuna will play the State Theatre after far too long an absence this December 2nd.  The band, consisting of former Jefferson Airplane members Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady have recently celebrated half a century of playing together.  Don’t miss this special ACOUSTIC engagement in [...]

- MAYBE TWO!

After three solid performances in the last 16 months, Neko charmed us into submission last night with a set of beloved favorites and new gems at the State Theatre. Playing so many shows in a short period of time, one might think audience fatigue would be a factor, but Neko proved all theories wrong by [...]

1. Felice Brothers tonight at Castaways.  Come see their raucous folk.  Read about them elsewhere on the site of in today’s Ithaca Journal.  Thanks, Luke and Jim and Dave… TIX are $15- at the door…
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2. New show announcements coming next week… we can’t rest for that long can we?

Neko Case
“It seems like every time I go on tour and I’m in a hotel room and turn the channel, there’s some sort of animal-disaster show on, or somebody’s just been mauled by a tiger in a zoo, and everyone’s always so shocked. And I’m like, ‘It’s a fucking tiger! You got it in a [...]

Popcorn Youth is proud to present KRANKY RECORDS dream pop artists WINDY & CARL and BENOIT PIOULARD live for the first time in Ithaca. They’ll perform at the stunning concert hall at CSMA this Friday, April 24. Local artist CHRIS KNIGHT will open.
Windy Weber and Carl Hultgren began writing music together in 1993. Self releasing [...]

Let’s face it. Sometimes you guys just miss out. I try and I try but you just don’t believe me. The 125 who did believe or know last Wednesday night were treated to one of the best nights of true Texas swing and hot Jazz that I remember. There were a [...]

Just Awesome!

Wilco’s first long-form concert film was shot in five quintessentially American venues–Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Tipitina’s in New Orleans, The Mobile Civic Center, The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, and the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C.–during the band’s February ‘08 tour. Made by Brendan Canty (Fugazi) and Christoph Green, makes of the Burn to Shine DVD [...]

In 2006, Neko Case released the album that has defined her career so far—“Fox Confessor Brings the Flood.” This album was critically acclaimed (it landed on almost every year end best of list), was adored by her current fans, and turned a whole lot more people onto her music. She toured extensively in support of [...]

Benevento Benevento, oh Benevento.  The name you’ll be uttering for the rest of the month if you miss this show.  Marco Benevento gained fame with his duo, known aptly as The Benevento Russo Duo, and for wowing audiences with only 2 members creating some of the most vast soundscapes your ears have ever had the [...]

Last Thursday was a monumental night in Ithaca.  Gene Ween and the Band rolled into town to kick off the northeast run of their latest tour.  It was quite a night and nearly set records at the Castaways bar.  Beyond the imbibing, Aaron, Dave, and the gang rolled through a huge set of Ween favorites [...]

The Old 97’s 1997 major label debut for Elektra was simply astonishing.  How many records start with that blazing a guitar riff right in your face in the first five seconds?  This album quickly took over as the sounds of my summer that year. Windows down, speakers cranked as Rhett, Murray and the gang tromped [...]

Sleep deprived, yet still abuzz from last night’s events, I’m sure this will come across as an atypical gush-fest.  What can I say, last night was a long time in the making for me and I’m happy to have finally presented an artist I have enjoyed and respected for so many years.  The fact that [...]

thanks to angelina for the review and the photos…
The Haunt was packed to the gills for Gomez and Josh Ritter’s double bill last week, but it wasn’t the stuffy uncomfortable kind of crowdedness. it was the kind where the crowd was as much a part of the show as the bands performing, and only made [...]

Neko Case
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by Stephen M. Deusner
March 23, 2009
Born in Virginia, Neko Case is most commonly identified with the Pacific Northwest, thanks not only to her tenures in Cub, Maow, and the New Pornographers, but also to her locally set solo songs like “Thrice All American” (about gentrification in Tacoma) and “South Tacoma Way”. But she [...]

Saturday…
 
The last day was finally here. We decided to kick it off slow at a free festival in a park called Mess With Texas. It didn’t turn out to be so slow. Cut Off Your Hands started and played some solid rock songs to a scattering of kids sitting on the lawn. Team Robespierre and [...]

 
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 trio of Derek Stanton (guitar, [...]

Trick or treat? The water cooler has been abuzz about our April 4th show. At the coffee-pod station today, someone asked, “are The Kinks playing?” I said “yes” (trick). Someone else asked, “is Gary War playing?” Again, a “yes” (treat). Dig?
Enough jokes.
The Fanclub is friggin’ manic about how wonderful April 4th is going to be. [...]

Friday…
We started Friday early. I got up to head down and help set up an AAM party which garnered me my only drink ticket of the festival. In other words, not worth the 9 AM wake up but who knew? I ran to the Flamingo Cantina, a small reggae bar, at 12 to catch my [...]