Coming

April 4th

Coming April 4th

Featured Artists

Featured Artists

delia-h

Delia Vaisey, or delia-h, is a North Carolinian songwriter currently based in upstate New York. Her music can be described as honest, melodic, and lyric-forward, driven by authentic themes of love, guilt, anger, and introspection rather than genre. From a young age, she has used songwriting as a way to mark the chapters of her life. She prides herself on protecting her own sacred, private relationship with creativity, and hopes to inspire others in her community to do the same. However, she also loves it when people clap for her. So you do the math.

June Felman

June Felman is a singer-songwriter and audio engineer. Her music, which blends elements of rock, pop, and folk, comes from a place of honesty with a focus on storytelling. She began writing music around the age of seven and hasn’t stopped since, with her first official release in 2023. Onstage, June thrives on sharing individual perspectives, drawing inspiration from artists like Big Thief, Japanese House, and Soccer Mommy. Behind the scenes, she’s just as passionate—whether she’s engineering tracks for other musicians or fine-tuning her own. While she loves working with all sorts of music, she has a soft spot for indie rock and folk-influenced sounds. For the past year, she’s been playing shows around Ithaca with her band and is always overwhelmed by the support and sincereness of the atmosphere in the Ithaca music scene. Her debut EP, From My Bedside Table, dropped last July, adding to a growing collection of singles. She’s also opened for artists like Laundry Day, Ritt Momney, and Boys Go 2 Jupiter. June has always been thankful for the role music plays in her life and loves to collaborate with other musicians. Whether you need an audio engineer to bring your vision to life, a jam partner, or just someone to talk music with, she’s always down.

June Felman

June Felman is a singer-songwriter
and audio engineer. Her music,
which blends elements of rock,
pop, and folk, comes from a place
of honesty with a focus on
storytelling. She began writing
music around the age of seven and
hasn’t stopped since, with her first
official release in 2023. Onstage,
June thrives on sharing individual
perspectives, drawing inspiration
from artists like Big Thief, Japanese
House, and Soccer Mommy.
Behind the scenes, she’s just as
passionate—whether she’s
engineering tracks for other
musicians or fine-tuning her own.
While she loves working with all
sorts of music, she has a soft spot
for indie rock and folk-influenced
sounds. For the past year, she’s
been playing shows around Ithaca
with her band and is always
overwhelmed by the support and
sincereness of the atmosphere in
the Ithaca music scene. Her debut
EP, From My Bedside Table, dropped
last July, adding to a growing
collection of singles. She’s also
opened for artists like Laundry Day,
Ritt Momney, and Boys Go 2
Jupiter. June has always been
thankful for the role music plays in
her life and loves to collaborate
with other musicians. Whether you
need an audio engineer to bring
your vision to life, a jam partner, or
just someone to talk music with,
she’s always down.

Little Slicer

Starting in Ithaca in 2023 and now scattered around NJ and NY, Little Slicer channels a love for the many different flavors of indie rock within the last 40 years, unafraid to incorporate nods to math rock and indie pop and emo alike. Built around the songs of Wallace Petruziello (vocals/guitar), the band has seen a rotating cast of musicians (close to 15 people have been involved with the project at this point) but typically includes Jas Rodriguez (bass), David Meriney (drums), and Zach Ryan (guitar). As of 2025, everyone in the recording process AND the production process (mixing/mastering) attended Ithaca College at some point.

Little Slicer

Starting in Ithaca in 2023 and now scattered around NJ and NY, Little Slicer channels a love for the many different flavors of indie rock within the last 40 years, unafraid to incorporate nods to math rock and indie pop and emo alike. Built around the songs of Wallace Petruziello (vocals/guitar), the band has seen a rotating cast of musicians (close to 15 people have been involved with the project at this point) but typically includes Jas Rodriguez (bass), David Meriney (drums), and Zach Ryan (guitar). As of 2025, everyone in the recording process AND the production process (mixing/mastering) attended Ithaca College at some point.

CARPET CRAWLER

CARPET CRAWLER is an Ithaca-based alternative grunge band making music from the crevices behind your couch. CARPET CRAWLER includes members Kaeden Rabenstein-Spiers, Lou Kirkman, Jared Barnhart, and Cody Westbrook. The band is the amalgamation of individual artists who have all played music together in different forms and different combinations dating back to 2017. CARPET CRAWLER was birthed from the desire to create a cohesive sound for live performance. The music CARPET CRAWLER creates can be mostly classified as Alt Grunge and Post Hardcore. Their sound is reminiscent of your older brother’s band practicing in the attic while you’re trying to sleep. They are inspired mostly by post-punk, early hardcore, post-rock, and skramz bands, but everything outside of that and in between. They are also heavily influenced by 90’s-2000’s alternative scenes and DIY culture. They’re the leftover crumbs in the carpet that all of the other Ithaca bands play on.

CARPET CRAWLER

CARPET CRAWLER is an Ithaca-based
alternative grunge band making music
from the crevices behind your couch.
CARPET CRAWLER includes members
Kaeden Rabenstein-Spiers, Lou
Kirkman, Jared Barnhart, and Cody
Westbrook. The band is the
amalgamation of individual artists who
have all played music together in
different forms and different
combinations dating back to 2017.
CARPET CRAWLER was birthed from
the desire to create a cohesive sound
for live performance. The music
CARPET CRAWLER creates can be
mostly classified as Alt Grunge and
Post Hardcore. Their sound is
reminiscent of your older brother’s
band practicing in the attic while
you’re trying to sleep. They are
inspired mostly by post-punk, early
hardcore, post-rock, and skramz
bands, but everything outside of that
and in between. They are also heavily
influenced by 90’s-2000’s alternative
scenes and DIY culture. They’re the
leftover crumbs in the carpet that all
of the other Ithaca bands play on.

Microbes Mostly

HEY MA THERE’S A BRAND NEW ROCK N ROLL BAND PLAYIN
THEY’RE STRAIGHT FUCKIN FIRE
AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN LIKE THIS BEFORE
AN ABSOLUTE DEBAUCHEROUS MESS

Microbes, Mostly began in Spring 2022 with Philip Adrian on drums, Eve Lampugnale on synth, and Evan Land on guitar where they played shows as a three-piece before Aidan Kaplan-Wright joined on bass that summer and the Microbes were truly complete. The music that Microbes, Mostly creates can be considered fast energetic egg-punk. Their major influences include Osees, Coachwhips, and Gee Tee. Microbes, Mostly has played both Porchfest and the GrassRoots Festival. They’ve also released 3 albums that can be found on Spotify and Bandcamp, and they’re expecting to release their 4th album, “Graboid IV” in March. “We’ve met a lot of wonderful people in this town and truly believe Ithaca has something special in its art community.”

Microbes Mostly

HEY MA THERE’S A BRAND
NEW ROCK N ROLL BAND
PLAYIN THEY’RE STRAIGHT
FUCKIN FIRE AIN’T SEEN
NOTHIN LIKE THIS BEFORE
AN ABSOLUTE DEBAUCHEROUS
MESS

Microbes, Mostly began in
Spring 2022 with Philip Adrian
on drums, Eve Lampugnale on
synth, and Evan Land on guitar
where they played shows as a
three-piece before Aidan
Kaplan-Wright joined on bass
that summer and the Microbes
were truly complete. The music
that Microbes, Mostly creates
can be considered fast
energetic egg-punk. Their major
influences include Osees,
Coachwhips, and Gee Tee.
Microbes Mostly has played
both Porchfest and the
GrassRoots Festival. They’ve
also released 3 albums that can
be found on Spotify and
Bandcamp, and they’re
expecting to release their 4th
album, “Graboid IV” in March.
“We’ve met a lot of wonderful
people in this town and truly
believe Ithaca has something
special in its art community.”

Meet the team

Meredith Westfield earned her degree in Business Administration with a Management concentration and has loved listening to old jazz records with her Dad for many years. She hopes to use this project to learn more about the Ithaca music scene and how to put an album together. The Retro/Active Compilation album is a great opportunity to collaborate with brilliant artists, work on a real-life project from beginning to end, and send it out into the world for people to enjoy.

Stephanie Tokasz earned her degree in Film, Photography, and Visual Arts, and throughout the process of writing, directing, and editing her thesis film, she worked closely with a music supervisor to develop an original music score. She has also previously worked with talent in a talent agency setting, so she is very excited to expand her scope and work with talent in a music setting. Throughout the past several months, Stephanie has traveled to various places, including New York City, Toronto, Syracuse, and Washington, D.C., just to see her favorite artists, and she has no plans of stopping these adventures. The “Retro/Active” Compilation album allows talented Ithaca artists to share their incredible work, and every listener is sure to find a piece of their favorite genre within the album.

Sam Abramson has a degree in Vocal Music and has been singing since he was 5 years old. He has always had a soft spot for music and finding new exciting artists. For the last 2 years, Sam has been trying to listen to a new album every week and wants people to do the same with all the artists featured on this album. The Retro/Active Compilation album means sharing new music and giving other artists the platform to promote and sell their projects.

Gus Genova has always had a love for music from owning an electric cello to hosting his own radio show Rock Out! with multiple seasons. His love for music has followed him from New York City to Ithaca as he has developed a love for the Ithaca Music Scene. This was a project he first pitched individually as a love letter to the Ithaca community giving back to the Ithaca Music Scene. He has since come together with this team and is very excited to now bring this project to life with them.  

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