Feb 25, 2010 |

Audience members probably didn’t know they were going to leave The Nines last Friday night in a hot sweat. But The Blind Spots’ energy made it impossible for the crowd to keep from moving.

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Feb 11, 2010 | A booming bass resonates through the crowd in Emerson Suites. The floor shakes with the force of the music pulsing through the room. The mix is made of complex harmonies with a subtle beat in the background. But these beats aren’t made with drums, guitar or symbols — they’re made with voices.
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Nov 12, 2009 | Starting off with licks of its first single, “Harder to Breathe,” Maroon 5 gave Cornell University’s Barton Hall a sexually-charged, high-octane show.
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Apr 2, 2009 | As a kickoff for the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, the organizers of this series couldn’t have picked a better band to pay tribute to. Held on Friday night at Castaways, “A Tribute to The Clash” was not completely successful in the music department — as some of the bands’ interpretations lacked either substance or the necessary intensity — but more often than not, the tunes were more than satisfactory and a general good vibe never waned.
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Feb 12, 2009 | The stage was adorned with bouquets of white flowers and red roses as the Canadian indie pop band the Stars took to the stage at State Theatre on Feb. 6. The stars aligned for this embellished performance as the band opened with its hit “The Night Starts Here,” a stunning song with layered vocals.
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Feb 5, 2009 | Powerful and poetic, the Gunpoets, a local, live hip-hop band, led listeners back to genuine, positive and motivating hip-hop on Friday at The Haunt. Their combination of spoken word and varying beats left viewers revitalized, refreshed and eager for an encore. Influenced by Nas, The Roots, Talib Kweli and various other artists, the Gunpoets’ sound, lyrics and image are noticeably unique.
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Dec 11, 2008 | If Ithaca’s historic State Theatre, with all of its old-time accoutrements, isn’t extravagant enough on an ordinary night, the Squirrel Nut Zippers concert Saturday evening could have certainly convinced any concertgoer that the band had been transported to another time period.
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Nov 20, 2008 | Approximately one year since they visited last, a bustling crowd stood anxiously Friday in the dimly lit State Theatre awaiting The Avett Brothers. The band from North Carolina came to Ithaca to shake the boundaries between bluegrass and punk in front of its growing fan base.
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Nov 13, 2008 | The Decemberists, along with special guests The Walkmen and Loch Lomond, seized the stage Sunday for what turned out to be a tame indie-rock show at Cornell University’s massive gymnasium, Barton Hall. All in all, the performance seemed to please the serene crowd.
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Oct 23, 2008 | With the Union Jack of England hanging from the theater balcony — in a venue that he described as a medieval British castle — singer and songwriter Billy Bragg appeared to be right at home during his performance Saturday at the State Theatre.
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