Band Name: Contradictator

Location: Cornell, Ithaca

Formed: March, 2011

Members: 
Lanny Huang-Lead Vox, guitar
William Blessing-Backing Vox, Bass, Keys
Kyle Walsh - Drums

Releases: Not much to speak of

Tell us about yourselves!
Contradictator formed after Lanny completed the February album writing month challenge in 2011. Inundated with new material, he got together William and Kyle to start playing shows.

Fun fact, none of us like the same music. Kyle's a Phish-head, William has an affinity for some classic rock and Frank Zappa, and Lanny likes all iterations of indie-pop, and Jack White

We do however all like internet sensations Pomplamoose as well as Radiohead.

The band is exactly half asian and half white. Kyle always forgets to bring some piece of his drum set to gigs. Lanny once played a show 2 days after having an appendectomy high on pain killers. William has competed in state-level chorus competitions and sings a wicked falsetto, he cannot, however, do punk rock yelling which Lanny does almost exclusively, hearing them sing together is pretty odd.

We're all incredibly excited to be playing our first IU show with Math the Band! They're really awesome. After that we'll be taking a break for a little while as summer tends to disrupt college bands, and Lanny won't be returning to Cornell next semester. But we do look forward to releasing an EP of sorts for the record.

Hey, it's not and Ithaca Underground gig but that doesn't mean it's not worth checking out. If you're into the noisier side of pop and haven't heard of Deerhoof, I'll let you go back to your rock.

8PM Doors folks... Details here.

With latest, a killer 12" Split with HotChaCha is set to drop Oct 8th/9th, CNY favorites, Summer People are looking to issue more wax and put something a bit different in their tank to keep them on the road.

They're aiming to convert their tour van to Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO) Help the troop get their second full length, Teamwork pressed to vinyl.  What's in it for you? A slew of awesome, limited (some only to this kickstarter) releases, swag, and knowing you're helping local musicians take their art to the next level.

Check out the official info here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/summerpeople/summer-people-teamwork-vinyl-lp-and-veggie-oil-con

Band Name:
Pharaohs (tough spelling I know, you gotta watch out for that second 'a')

Location:
Ithaca, NY. Duncan and I hail from outside of Boston, and Harry is from Chicago.

Formed:
Duncan and I formed Pharaohs sometime in September of 2010, primarily because everyone else was playing in bands, and I was super jealous because I love to play drums and really wanted to play music as well. That's when Pharaohs started. Then over winter break we played with a bassist and it sounded so much better we decided pretty much on the spot to ask Harry to play bass for us. I think he was in an airport or something when we asked him.

Members:
Duncan Shea: guitar, singing about beer, friends, and fun
Harry Kagan: bass, harmonizing about beer, friends, and fun
Ryan Greaves: drums, sweating

Duncan and Harry also both play in Music Band, and Duncan also plays in Tropical Punk.

Releases:
so far we only have a 3 song demo, but we've scrapped 2 of the 3 songs from it and written 5 new ones which we like a lot better (the only way to hear those right now is come see us live!). But if you want some recordings, you can check out the demo by typing in this painstaking URL (I hope it's worth it!)
http://www.mediafire.com/?vkk0d0o20gmjvt6

Influences:
We're all influenced by a bunch of stuff coming in from all different directions. Duncan and Harry have been listening to Jeff The Brotherhood a lot lately. I've been listening to the new Smart Cops album a ton. Those new Graveyard, Capsule, and Ghostlimb albums come out in April and they're all going to be incredible judging by the sample tracks that have been released. I've also been jamming NYC punk band The Men a lot (wearethemen.blogspot.com), and the full length "Passages" by Tempest (ultra-heavy band from Canada) is one of the hugest albums I've heard in some time (tempestdestroys.bandcamp.com). Been listening to a lot of Mike Kirsch bands lately too (including his latest, Mothercountry Motherfuckers).

Really though, we're just influenced by having a good time, so I think a lot of influence is just derived from us all hanging out with our friends. I know that's where a lot of the lyrics come from and what gets us all psyched. that stupidity is completely built into Pharaohs.

Photo by Angelina M


Don't miss Pharaohs with Coworkers, Inerds, and Womyn Boiz this Sunday at the GreenStar Annex (aka The Space @ GreenStar located at 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca, NY 14850 - near corks and more. 8PM $5

Off street parking entrance at the corner of N. Fulton (Rt 13) and Court St  or by entering the ally across from GreenStar Co-op on Buffalo St between Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Joe's Delivery.