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Hey, New Jersey is alright, ALRIGHT??
Vivian Girls, Titus Andronicus …apparently all these guys grew up with Real Estate, forming various band combos since they were wee ones in the state we love/hate to hate/love (you choose). And if a place like that can make music like this? Hell, that’s OK by us.
Real Estate are guys [...]

The problem with America is that people eat because they’re terribly depressed. In Japan, on the other hand, all-girl pop punk bands eat because they LOVE FOOD. Enter Shonen Knife, the amazingly happy, supremely catchy and ultimately badass rockers from Osaka. They were Japan’s Ramones in the 80s and now they’re touring North America in [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

 
First show of the semester!
 
BIRD NAMES
 
(w/TBA)
 
SATURDAY 2/7
 
9PM
 
NO RADIO RECORDS
312 e. seneca
 
5$
 
Bird Names hacks and distends simple pop tunes, reimagining them into lo-fi sing-alongs bloated, bettered, by steely guitars, telephonic vox, bells, flutes, and chimes. And out burps pop gems. You can’t buy that shit! But don’t go dropping spoons expecting some nasty rhythms. You have [...]

 
Fanclub is still finalizing shows for the new year so sit tight! Make sure to check out our website <rso.cornell.edu/fanclub> for the lastest.

Natasha Li Pickowicz (Arts & Entertainment Editor of the Ithaca Times; Popcorn Youth)
 
FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2008
In no particular order:
 
Emeralds – Solar Bridge [Hanson]
http://www.emeraldsohio.com/
 
Lau Nau — Nukkuu [Locust]
http://www.myspace.com/launau
 
Hair Police — Certainty of Swarms [No Fun]
http://www.gnarlytimes.com/
 
Michael Chapman — Time Past & Time Passing [Electric Ragtime]
http://michaelchapman.co.uk/
 
Portishead — Third [Island]
http://www.myspace.com/portisheadalbum3
 
Grouper — Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill [Type]
http://www.myspace.com/grouperrepuorg
 
Paavoharju — Laulu Laakson Kukista [Fonal]
http://www.myspace.com/paavoharju
 
Religious Knives — The Door [Ecstatic Peace]
http://www.myspace.com/religi0usknives
 
The Horse Flies — Until the Ocean [Pest [...]

V I D E O H I P P O S
SATURDAY NOV. 15

 
with Caution Children & Elsa and the awesomeAWESOMES
J.A.M. Dorm (Cornell’s North Campus)
doors 9 pm
6 $
 
 
Inspector Gadget’s gotta watch himself, Videohippos have got [...]

Hello world this is Fanclub!
If you don’t already know, Fanclub helps bolsters the Ithaca music scene with intimate, high-energy shows that showcase bands of all sounds. In the past we’ve had a knack for booking bands just before they reach indie music stardom, but mostly we just want to make the kids dance.
To find out [...]