Hope you all enjoyed this latest BIG DAY IN! Here's the first crop of vids from the first half of the show. Lots more higher quality video coming your way soon...



Burn Everything


Don't Go Into The Woods


Graupel


Among Dead Men


Cheerleader Death Squad

That's right! It's time for another day of 12 bands, 10+ hours of  DIY, all ages awesomeness down at The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave.  We've got another killer line-up with some fan favorites and some first time Ithaca appearances.


09:30 Argonauts (NJ/VA)
08:30 Meek is Murder (MetalSucks : Brooklyn, NY)
07:30 Colony (Glory Kid LTD : Hudson Valley, NY)
06:30 Zruda (Atlanta, GA)
05:30 Reckoner (Virginia Beach, VA)
04:40 Ebony Sorrow (Dullest Records : Syracuse, NY)
04:00 Hiroshima Vacation
03:15 Burn Everything (Dullest Records : Rochester, NY)
02:30 Among Dead Men
01:45 Don't Go Into The Woods
01:10 Graupel
12:30 Cheerleader Death Squad

Doors at noon. All ages. $5.

Headlining are the still very new ARGONAUTS, a quartet comprised of season metal and hardcore veterans Chris Alfano (vocals), guitarist John Adubato (Burnt by the Sun), bassist Brett Bamberger (East of the Wall, ex- The Postman Syndrome), and underground drumming ledgend, Dave Witte (Municipal Waste, Discordance Axis, Melt-Banana, etc). If you like seeing world-class musicians aiming to rewrite the lines of heavy music, unconcerned with limitation or agenda.  Demo coming soon. Check out a sneak peak here.


MEEK IS MURDER:  A maelstrom of noise through a brutal and spastic blend of grind, metal, and hardcore. "Algorithms" (recorded by Kurt Ballou of Converge), "88 MPH" concept cassette available on the road. Live footage here.


COLONY: Ultra-heavy blend of hardcore/punk/doom metal/sludge.




ZRUDA: Ex-Gaylord + Lazer/Wulf members crafting mechanical, doom-funk, synth metal shred-wraith.





RECKONER: Refreshingly atypical blend of hardcore and metal. Chaotic, ferocious, and featuring members of Fjord and The End of the Universe.





EBONY SORROW: A hybrid of black metal, gurgle blast, and punk rock poised against racism, homophobia and other forms of hatred.



HIROSHIMA VACATION: Local brothers ripping grind apart with lots of new recordings coming very soon...   Live footage available here.



BURN EVERYTHING: Chaotic blend of grind, hardcore, mathcore, and metal who have been on everyone's unsigned hotlist for some time. Check out tracks from their 7" Dullest Records debut.



AMONG DEAD MEN: Local dual vocal metalcore/deathcore attack! Info here.




DON'T GO INTO THE WOODS: Local blacked punk metal trio.




GRAUPEL: NEW local jazzy, punky, mathy quartet. Live footage here.




CHEERLEADER DEATH SQUAD: local noise-punk trio. Live footage here.

Sorry for the delay on this one folks! Thanks to everyone who pulled themselves out on a Monday night for a really diverse show.  Zorch completely blew everyone's minds (and ears and eyes) with that special thing they do. Daffodil turn heads with think, bluesy garage rock that had everyone asking where they were from and why we hadn't had them up before - just took a few years to sync up! Ha. The newish due of Laika + Luddite Machine laid down some killer beats with well-interwoven guitars and young dudes Cheerleader Death Squad made their IU debut. So, look for more from them.


Zorch

Band Name:
(Leo): I came up with the name Cheerleader Death Squad the day after I watched Kill Bill Vol.2 for the first time.  Every other person in that movie is a female assassin with like a gun or samurai sword, so that just evolved into cheerleader assassins, and thus, Cheerleader Death Squad.

Location: 
(Tyler) "the Fox Hole", Ithaca, New York

Formed: 
(Leo/Aidan) Earlier this year, around March/April

Members:
Leo a.k.a. Antisocial bathroom stall dweller -Vocals
Aidan a.k.a. Jock - guitar
Tyler a.k.a. Anorexic cheerleader - drums
...we're still looking for a bass player

Releases:
We have a sort of EP type thing here: http://cheerleaderdeathsquad.bandcamp.com
We'll probably release a full album or something when our recording setup is a little less..... problematic.

Tell us about yourselves!
At first we were Pandaray where Leo was on drums and Aidan and I would switch off between bass and guitar. At one point Aidan got the idea for a noise rock band, so we sorta switched back and forth between the two. We played a show with DAADs, and KSP on fathers day at Waffle Frolic and afterwords we realized we needed a singer to front the band. Leo was the first one to step up to the plate. Since I knew how to play drums, I just took his place, he became the singer, and that brings us to where we are today.

That project still exists as a math rock/alternative band which we'll probably have off the ground soon and hopefully play some shows as well. Tracks are available here: http://pandaray.bandcamp.com

Catch Cheerleader Death Squad live in their IU debut with Zorch (Austin, TX), Daffodil (Binghamton), and Laika + Luddite Machine on Monday, August 29th at The Space @ GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo, Ithaca, NY 14850 - 8PM, $5, ALL AGES.