Apr 22, 2010 |

Swarms of college students, adults and hipsters flooded into Cornell University’s Barton Hall on Sunday night to witness one of the most well-known live bands deliver a sold-out performance at Big Red.

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Apr 1, 2010 |

The rain pouring down on South Cayuga Street was chilling Thursday. But inside the Wildfire Lounge, the high-energy performance by Syracuse-based hip-hop group Sophistafunk made the crowd forget about their umbrellas and focus on the upcoming freedom of the weekend.

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Mar 25, 2010 |

Walking into a venue and seeing a bagpipe and fiddle waiting onstage may suggest a classic Celtic show is about to go down. But with Toronto’s Enter The Haggis, the audience gets a performance that is anything but traditional.

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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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