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Live cuts from Tuesday's Hip-hop show at Just Be Cause!


Milo - I Almost Cut My Hair Off (For Crosby)


Milo - Sweet Chin Music


Safari Al


Sammus - No Hands


Sapience

Head on down to Just Be Cause at 1013 W. State St. in Ithaca tonight, Tuesday, August 27th for a night of creative and dynamic hip-hop and Ithaca Underground's final summer show.



Milo (on Hellfire Club, based out of Wisconsin these days) headlines, wielding his latest, a double EP “Things That Happened That Day / Things That Happened That Night”, a beautiful work of progressive hip-hop embracing obtuse, first-person lyrics (see poetry) and spacious, atmospheric beats. A slight departure, but natural progression from his quick-lipped “Milo takes Baths” work from 2012. Milo’s catalogue is personal, academic, glitchy, atmospheric, melodic and full of soul, jazz, indie, and DIY ethics. An answer for anyone who has ever questioned 21st century hip-hop.

TTHTD/TTHTN producer, Riley Lake will bring his own solo, beat-instrumental tunes to the table. Check out his SounCloud here.



Sammus continues to rise, hitting Bandcamp's #1 spot for hip-hop back in July when it initially dropped. If you live in Ithaca and haven't checked her out... do yourself a favor an do so immediately.



Sapience is Ithaca's latest hip-hop edition, spitting fresh, socially conscious rhymes. He'll be joined with a live band with Chris Ploss on the 16s and guitar, Gabe Millman on drums, Ben Mann on Bass, and Aaron Turkle on keys.

See you all at Just Be Cause tonight - 8PM // $5 // ALL AGES

Thanks to everyone who came out to Bubba's birthday show on Friday!!


Mouth To Mouth To Mouth w/ Gulab (Cattle Drums) - full set


The Bulletproof Tiger


All of them Witches

Grady Stiles

Tuesday, August 20th - 8PM / $5 at Just Be Cause, 1013 W. State St., Ithaca, NY (all ages)

WorldService Project (UK) and Nohaybandatrio (Italy) are in the midst of their "40 gigs, 40 days, 6,000 mile" tour - founded by Davide Cardea and Kathrine Fidorra (Megasound Records).

The fourth edition showcases the wacky punk-jazz of British quintet WorldService Project, and the progressive virtuosic rock of the Italian, Nohaybandatrio.

Locals BRIAN! will kick things off with a rare duo performance featuring four new pieces composed for bassoon, guitar, and voice. Elements of prog, math-rock, drone, and even cantor music come into play this time around.

why+the+wires headline, also showcasing new material and their tough to pin down mix of progressively angular, post-punk.

In an effort to spark new bands and encourage new talent to emerge and mingle, Ithaca Underground is hosting their first ever Open Mic night on Friday, September 6th at Just Be Cause (1013 W. State St., Ithaca, NY 14850).

10 slots are available and sign up starts at 7:30PM at Just Be Cause. First band kicks off at 8PM sharp.

A few notes for attendees and would-be performers:
- No cover, but $2-$5 donations are encouraged.
- Performances will last a maximum of 10 minutes each.
- Local performers only: the majority of band members must reside in the Ithaca metropolitan area (not Syracuse, Binghamton, Cortland, etc).
- Any band signing up must not have already performed or be scheduled to perform at an Ithaca Underground event.
- The band/performer is looking to actively play out in Ithaca (no one-offs).

As Ithaca Underground exists to foster creative, unique, and boundary-pushing music, they are looking for acts to fall somewhere the spectrum of noise, hardcore, punk, grind, sludge, folk-punk, avant garde, solo experimental, math-rock, prog, drone, post-rock, live electronics, hip-hop, and other genre bending mutant forms of music.

At this time, applications from acts falling in the range of traditional singer-songwriter, traditional folk, jam band, blues, "rock", indie pop, funk, and other such genres will not be accepted.

For more information visit the Facebook event or IthacaUnderground.com.

It's that time of year again for Bubba's birthday show. This year is packed with three stellar acts from the road - Toronto's instrumental math-rock heroes, The Bulletproof Tiger return for the second year in a row, Buffalo's two-piece math-rock wizards, All of them Witches are back for just their second Ithaca appearance ever, and our Albany brothers in Grady Stiles (intense, emotional, complex hardcore?)... plus Mouth To Mouth To Mouth make a special appearance with Gulab of Cattle Drums on guitar. Time to get wild down at Just Be Cause (1013 W. State St., Ithaca, NY 14850 | 8PM | $5).

Big thanks to our videographer, Peter Korolov, for the insanely fast turnaround on these. What and incredible night! Hope you were here for this one. Hearts were on sleeves last night.

Next up is Bubba's birthday show at Just Be Cause (1013 W. State St., Ithaca, NY) with The Bulletproof Tiger, All of them Witches, Grady Stiles, Mouth To Mouth To Mouth with a special appearance of Gulab of Cattle Drums on guitar. See you then!



Cattle Drums


Cattle Drums


Vasudeva


Gulfer


Del Paxton

The Vasudeva (NJ/MA) and Gulfer (Montreal) tour hits Ithaca this Saturday, August 10th with CNY's might Cattle Drums headlining and Buffalo's Del Paxton (featuring members of the defunct Beach Parade, Longitude, and Fairway).  Join us for one heck of a stacked line-up of math-rock, indie, and herd-core (ha).

It's also worth noting that the fine folks in Gulfer were instrumental in helping both Cattle Drums and Ithaca's Mouth To Mouth To Mouth with their recent Canadian dates, so let's show 'em some Ithaca love!

Email Ithaca Underground (contact -at- ithacaunderground.com) for details. 8PM $5











Cattle Drums (Tiny Engines : Oneonta, NY)
Vasudeva (NJ/MA)
Gulfer (Montreal, QC)
Del Paxton (Buffalo – ex-Longitude/Beach Parade)

Saturday, August 10th
Ithaca, NY 14850
8pm | $5 | All Ages

Big thanks to Chris Knight for these three HD videos from our Just Be Cause not-for-profit center kick-off on July 18th with Listener, Fight A Scary Dog, and Sammus.

For those looking for more Sammus and other hip-hop in Ithaca, she preforms again at JBC with Milo and new Ithaca hip-hop artist, Sapience on Tues, August 27th. More info on Facebook and IU.com


Listener - full set


Fight A Scary Dog - full set


Sammus - full set

Last Thursday brought an intimate night of mutant music to Ithaca. Murderedman were outstanding! Great night of music for those looking for something a bit different. Check out footage below, including Sun Spells final set, stripped down to just a duo.



Murderedman


Drose


Drose


Sun Spells (duo)


Murderedman

Earlier in July, Mouth To Mouth To Mouth went on tour. Here's some footage of many of the killer bands they played with from Ithaca through Canada and back home.



Giraffes? Giraffes! (in Ithaca)


Giraffes? Giraffes! (in Ithaca)


Goddard (in Ithaca)


Golden Python (in Montreal)

Giraffes? Giraffes! on tour and in Ithaca for the first time since 2010!




Giraffes? Giraffes! (New England)
Goddard (Worcester, MA)
Mouth To Mouth To Mouth (Ithaca)
Cameron Wisch (NJ)

Monday, July 15th

Ithaca, NY 14850

8pm | $5 | All Ages 

Email Ithaca Underground for details

You, Me, & the Radio return home from tour and perform at Angry Mom Records this Saturday. Check out their new release on their new label and check them out before they move to Boston!


You, Me, and the Radio (Ithaca)
Cowboy Band (Boston, MA)
Red Sled Choir (Ithaca)

Saturday, July 13th

Angry Mom Records
(Basement of Autumn Leaves Books)
115 The Commons
Ithaca, NY 14850
6PM-8PM | $5 | All Ages

ITHACA! This Wednesday, there is a very stacked bill to send local math-rock quartet off on the road with the underground legend Cameron Wisch (performing solo and guitar in MTMTM).


Mouth To Mouth To Mouth (Angry Mom Records : Ithaca)
Cameron Wisch (NJ)
Our Daily Fix (NY)
Perhaps (Boston)
Nicknames (NJ)
Sovereignties (NJ)

Wednesday, July 10th

Bands start at 8PM sharp with Sovereignties. $5-$7 donations. Email Ithaca Underground for details.

Ithaca Underground's summer shows kick into high gear starting this Saturday, June 22nd with Daido Loori, Yakbak, King Sized Pegasus, and Cocaine Breath.

Links and brief descriptions for all of the shows announced so far are below (a final August show is ready to leave our lips soon).
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Daido Loori, Yakbak, King Sized Pegasus, Cocaine Breath
Saturday, June 22nd | 8PM | $5 (email IU for details)


Daido Loori: M/F dual vocal fronted screamo/skramz from NJ. Beautiful, dynamic, with mostly clean-tone guitars and throat shredding vocals.


Yakbak: MTMTM/Beach Parade members playing mathy, melodic punk jams.

King Sized Pegasus: Youth hardcore punk with a brand new 8-track release.


Cocaine Breath: Ultra short set from Dylan Well’s powernoisewtf via Philly/Ithaca.
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Ithaca Underground is extremely proud to present LISTENER on Thursday, July 18th at the new Just Be Cause Center (former Ithaca Paint bldg) - 1013 W. State St., Ithaca, NY 14850.

Tickets are on sale now here. 8PM | $8 adv / $10 dos | All Ages

Check out the new single "Eyes To The Ground For Change" from their upcoming LP "Time Is A Machine" coming 6/18/13. More past clips below.

Tons of live footage from the McNeil Music stage at Ithaca Festival presented by Ithaca Underground. Full songs from Fight A Scary Dog, Misses Bitches, Red Sled Choir, Kaboosh!, Yakbak, ex wife, Sammus, We Are Whaleshark, Counter Pursuit, why+the+wires, Del Paxton, Temuchin, Centopeia below.


Fight A Scary Dog

6/14 UPDATE: The ribbon cutting has been postponed. A new date will be announced soon.

Ithaca Underground is very pleased to share this press release on the new Just Be Cause Center for not-for-profit organizations as starting late summer 2013, we will be holding many of our shows at this new location. Details below!

Just Be Cause Center Ribbon-Cutting and Open House

 ITHACA, NY – The Just Be Cause Not for Profit Development Center (JBCC) will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house on June 20 from 3 to 5 pm. The public is invited to the ceremony and to tour the new center.

The JBCC, located at 1013 W. State Street in the old Ithaca Paint Company building, will fulfill some of the functions lost when the Women’s Community Building closed. It has five office spaces, a conference room, and two multi-purpose activity rooms for use by local non-profits.

“The building is dedicated to Judy Dietz, to honor the spirit of how she lived her life: caring for other people and always working to make sure the community is a better place to be,” said Jerry Dietz of his late wife. JBCC will be owned by the newly formed Just Be Cause Foundation and will be managed by Dietz’s company, C.S.P. Management, LLC.

The extensive renovation of the approximately 5,100 square foot building included new bathrooms, air conditioning, heating, carpeting, kitchen, WIFI and  shared office equipment. “We wanted it to be a really nice space to work in” said Dietz.

The rental for the offices will be well below market rate, in order to allow non-profits previously unable to afford dedicated office space to do so. Other community organizations will also be able to book time in the conference and activity rooms.

The goal, says Dietz, “is for the Just Be Cause Center to allow organizations to come together and draw energy from each other and operate more effectively because of that synergy.”

Ithaca youth hardcore punk trio King Sized Pegasus (great name!!) have their first studio effort streaming now for free/pay-what-you-want on bandcamp.


Recorded live by Nick Bullock at his studio in Ithaca, NY in collaboration with Angry Mom Records.