I promise to never make a title like that again...

ANYWAY, Holy crap.  That is all I can say about the show last night, put on by the good ol' SAB (Student Activities Board).  Emerson Suites shook from the bottomless bass lines and viciously catchy hooks from 3 DJ groups: Deiselectro, The Glittermonks, and Tabacco.

The First two groups were (and still are, and will be) made up of IC students. Junior, Phil Chung, holds it down by himself as Dieselectro, and the Glittermonks is a collaborative effort between Juniors Zach Puls, Harry Kagan, Max Biggio and Lee Putney.  These two energetic acts the sizable crowd pumped for the headliner, Tabacco, who many know from Black Moth Super Rainbow.

All in all, epic, wonderfully unexpected show in the middle of another hectic week. 

Halloween came early this year at The Shop on Seneca Street, where IC's Caution Children and Cornell's Elsa and the awesomeAWESOMES rocked out at the free Skipster Halloween show.

For those of you who don't know, Skipster is a music blog focusing on western NY started by IC's own senior Scott Pollock.  Here's a link: http://www.skipster.us/

Sam Sveen cruised down from the other hill to play a set as Elsa and the awesomeAWESOMES.  The Cornell senior drummed along to his own recorded tracks, singing, shaking maracas, and dancing along with the crowd.  Up next was Caution Children.  The local favorites spiced it up a little, dressing as Santa and his sexy elves, and filled the room with sweaty rock and roll.

When Mike and Allison asked me if I wanted to help out on ELEVEN with a guest appearance or two I couldn't say no.  One of the best parts about working for Fuse Mag is that I have access to many of the amazing local shows, and more importantly, it's the rationale I need to get up and actually get out of the house.  When I hear a good band is coming to town I always tell myself "Oh yeah, I bet they would be good live. Yeah, I should go. I'll get a ticket eventually...." One thing leads to another and before I know it the show has come and gone.  When the show becomes an assignment it's the last motivational push I need. 

The Gov't Mule and Jackie Greene show this week is a perfect example.  I've always heard my friends talking about Gov't Mule and how amazing Warren Haynes is on guitar, but I had never taken the time to find some music or go to a show.  When I saw this show on the concerts assignment sheet I knew this was my chance to finally experience the bands.  To make a long story short: the show was absolutely amazing.

Jackie Green opened with a lengthy set and got the crowd on their feet.  If I didn't know any better I would have thought they were the feature act.  They were that good.  Then Gov't Mule busted on to the stage around 10 and played well past midnight.  I was confident that they were done at least 4 times throughout performance, but they just kept playing.  My substandard writing skills can't do the show justice so I'm just going to recommend that you all find a way to get to a Gov't Mule show and check the photo gallery in the meantime.

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Ok, so thus far, there have been an abundance of big name bands rolling through Ithaca, and have monopolized this blog.  But you don't have to be on a national tour to earn a post on 11!

Last Friday at The Shop (the old No Radio Records, up the street from the downtown CTB), a whole mess of IC students wandered down the hill to make some noise.

First up was ZGRESS and the Immaculate Convection, consisting of Zach Gresser ('10, Keyboards), Scott Kellerhouse ('11, bass/synth), and a few others.  This was the band's first performance together, though its members are no strangers to the Ithaca music scene.  The anxious crowd was not disappointed as Gresser charmed everyone with his between song banter and exceptional improvisation.  The Immaculate Convection got the crowd moving with their own brand of jazz/funk/lounge fusion, with a side of techno to boot. 

Next on deck was another group of outstanding IC musicians, Beat the Grid.  Brain child of keys player, Dan Frank ('11), this 8 piece wonder of the world shook the ground and got down with some sexy, soulful, latin infused funk.  Here's the line up:

Dan Bogan - Drums
Pat Murphy - Bass
Dan Barker- Percussion
Bryan Davis - Percussion
Bobby Spellman - Trumpet
Emily Pecoraro - Saxophone
Hayden Eager - Vox

With a group like this, how could you go wrong?

Ok, so I'm a little behind in my blogging - my bad, all apologies.  I've just been so busy checking out all the great shows that keep rolling right on through this little town!

First up was They Might Be Giants, who shook The State Theater with their pop-rock classics to teens wrought with angst and adults who remember what is was like to be a teen wrought with angst.  And who was behind this jubilee? Why, Dan Smalls Presents, of course.

After that was a little treat from Bob Proehl, the man behind the late, great No Radio Records.  Well, now Bob is booking for WILDFIRE, the now restaurant and lounge that's in the old Lost Dog space (on Cayuga St, next to Pete's and Stiehl's).  Last Wednesday, the space was reopened for it's first big show: The Silent League, which is of members from bands Beirut and The Arcade Fire.  Needless to say, those in attendance received an intimate, energetic explosion of awesome.  Thanks Bob.

Keep an eye out for more shows, dance parties, etc. going down at WILDFIRE.

Last, but certainly not least, Dan Smalls pulled in another HUUUGE show.  Built to Spill blasted the ears off anyone in the vicinity of The State Theater last Thursday.  Epic?  Yup.

Keep listening, and I'll get better at posting in a timely fashion. 

Pinky promise.