‘Me, to the Rescue, Me to the Rescue, Me to the Rescue, Me to the Rescue…’ The first words out of singer Satomi Matsuzaki’s mouth at September 28th’s Deerhoof show at the Haunt, defines the show pretty well.  It was a dreary, rainy night.  It was in the middle of the week.  It started late.  [...]

On Sunday night, Matt Pond emerged onto the small Castaways stage in less-than-glamorous rock star fashion, sporting a broken leg and crutches. According to the band website, the frontman broke his leg after a show earlier in the week, and missed his September 14 and 15 gigs for surgery. Nevertheless, he came out strong and [...]

Photo courtesy of The Weinstein Company It’s hard to believe that The King’s Speech, a film about King George VI—father of the current Queen Elizabeth of England—and the overcoming of his stutter during the declaration of war to Nazi Germany, is as funny, as invigorating, and as heartfelt as it is. The film centers on [...]

by Elana Max Dahlager On November 5th, 2010, Ithaca College’s Bureau of Concerts (their answer to Fanclub, or maybe CCC) hosted their inaugural on-campus show. Who’d they bring? Why, last year’s blog darling and chillwave pioneer Neon Indian, of course. You remember Psychic Chasms, right? That album that came out last year, with the song [...]

September 29 was not just another Wednesday for fans of the indie band Bear In Heaven.  The Brooklyn-based trio played at Ithaca’s local bar, Castaways, preceded by two opening acts.         Oberhofer was the first opening act, starting fashionably late at precisely 9:15 p.m.  These four young men were a combination of hipsters and couch [...]

A warm spring evening is one of the best times to go to a concert. The Ithaca weather gods were kind enough to grant us one of those evenings last Monday, April 19th, and it coincided, almost uncannily, with a great line-up at the quaint and intimate coffee house/musical venue of The Shop. Family Portraits, [...]

April 25, 2010 Buffalo, New York is often renowned for its proximity to Niagara Falls, Buffalo Wings, it’s heavy Canadian influence and as the epicenter of people who use of the word ’pop’ within NewYork. However, a relatively unknown fact is that Passion Pit’s lead singer Michael Angelakos is a Buffalo native; as such, one [...]