There are two great, non-IU shows happening in Ithaca tonight which we highly recommend you check out.

Odyssey Booking presents: 
Laura Stevenson & The Cans, Gypsy Gets Shotgun, The Yips, TFFNI, Modern Hut
Monday, February 27th
The Space @ GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca, NY 14850
7:30 Doors w/ vegan potluck - $5 All Ages
More info: http://www.facebook.com/events/192379117536555/

Then up on campus, it's Living Room from NYC (who helped our boys in Beach Parade out on tour back in the day).


Risley presents: 
Living Room, Phorke, Kites in Space, A is for Arson
Monday, February 27th
Tammany Hall at Risley Hall (Cornell University), Ithaca, NY 14853
8PM $2 ALL AGES
More info: http://www.facebook.com/events/127947270661869/

That’s right! Ithaca, Syracuse, and Binghamton are combining forces for this righteous (wrongteous?) mini-tour.   Bubba from BRIAN!, Kevin from Dance-A-Tron, and Greg from Blunt Guts have been working to strengthen the ties between the CNY cities for some time now and what better way to take the next step than to do a big ol’ weekend together?



For the uninitiated, BRIAN! takes an their unconventional instrumentation of bassoon, guitar/bass, electronics, voice, drum kit, and metallic percussion, fuses with influences of prog, Rock-in-Opposition, math-rock, classical, and noise to spin dark, complex compositions.



Blut Guts from Syracuse take the fast and furious approach fusing white-hot grind, hardcore, and powerviolence into 50-60 second seconds of pure scathing intensity.



Dance-A-Tron are no stranger to Ithaca, having performed in our fair city with the likes of Fuck The Facts, Kylesa, Intronaut, the inaugural May BIG DAY IN, and more. Thunderous power-trio of hardcore from Binghamton.

Check below for dates, times, locations, and additional acts.

In case you haven’t heard, in partnership with our pals at Odyssey Booking we've added Kentucky hardcore quintet XERXES to the BRIAN!/Blunt Guts/Dance-A-Tron weekend kick off gig. Be sure and check them out. Bring some friends to pack the room as we’re finishing up footage for the IU Documentary short at this show!



Feb 24th: XERXES (No Sleep Records)
+ BRIAN!, Dance-A-Tron, Blunt Guts - weekend tour kickoff
@ The Space, 700 W Buffalo St - 8PM $5

Band Name: Blunt Guts

Location: Syracuse

Formed: Fall 2010

Members: Greg, Bill, Tyler, Armando

Releases: 
- Hug Machine demo cassette, limited to 100, recorded at More Sound in Syracuse, released June 2011.
- Split with Fukk Bar Culture (Indonesia) TBA release date, on CDR and possibly 7”, recorded by our buddy Trevor.  Our side is up for streaming/download.
- Track on “Prime Eggsampler Vol. 1” released by online label Prime Eggsample Records.
            *Download the Prime Eggsampler for free here:
            Part 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?3dz49fzvytbvdtk
            Part 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?klx9b3vkveuprbq

Blunt Guts and a wide variety of punk, noise, sludge, grindcore releases on Prime Eggsample Records’ Bandcamp. Check it out here: http://primeeggsamplerecords.bandcamp.com/

Both of our releases are on our bandcamp for free download: http://bluntguts315.bandcamp.com/

Future releases:
- Track on comp released by DIY NOISE, set to be released early-mid Spring 2012.

Plans:
Since all of our shows are in Syracuse, we can’t wait to leave for a mini-tour with BRIAN! and Dance-a-tron.  The Syracuse scene is small but intact, we’d probably love for your band to come out and play a show at Badlands.

Purpose of the band:
To deceive you as a bunch of stoners yet mindfuck you with the seemingly contradictory hyper-speed riffage and non-weed-relative subject matter.


Catch Blunt Guts on the road with BRIAN! and Dance-A-Tron at the following locations
- Feb 24:  The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca, NY  with Xerxes (No Sleep Records : Louisville, KY)
- Feb 25:  Beagle Pub, 85 CFJ Blvd., Johnson City, NY 13790 with Revoked
- Feb 26:  Badlands, 1007 East Fayette Street, Syracuse, NY with Globsters and Dirty Humans

Tune into WICB 91.7 FM's "Homebrew" tonight from 8PM-10PM where Ithaca Underground will be the special guests while they spin the best in local music.

No radio? No problem: http://www.wicb.org/listenLive.php

Official Press release:
Ithaca Underground presents an all ages concert with The Gunpoets, Cattle Drums, Rejouissance, BRIAN!, Rye n' Clover, and Hiroshima Vacation

The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850
Saturday, February 4th from 5PM - 10PM
Sliding scale cover of $5-$25 to raise funds for Ithaca Underground's 501c3 non-profit application.
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Over the last several years, Ithaca Underground has become one of the cornerstones of Ithaca's music community by booking and promoting creative and ambitious music events, integral work with local and regional bands, DIY ethics, and emphasis on all ages shows.

Now, the next chapter in the IU story is being written as the organization applies to become a 501c3 non-profit in an attempt to create a sustainable, on-going presence in the community.

To usher in this next era, Ithaca Underground, McNeil Music of Ithaca, Angry Mom Records, and The Haunt present a genre-diverse line-up on Saturday, February 4th at 5PM. This first-ever Ithaca Underground Fundraiser will help finance the 501c3 non-profit application process of this important next step.

Headlining are The Gunpoets, one of Ithaca's premier live acts, who have earned their elder status through years of high-energy, new school hip-hop shows. Powerful, positive, peaceful and at times political, The Gunpoets seamlessly fuse hip-hop with pop, rock, soul and funk to bring the world their own unique flavor. Heavy bass, hard hitting drums, silky smooth keys and sexy guitar licks slam with the MC skills of Rising Sun and Jayhigh. Throw in DJ Double A's slick turntable work and you've got an unstoppable, head-nodding force.

Cattle Drums from Oneonta, NY are a melodic and technically proficient blend of post-punk and emotional hardcore, hints of math-rock and Americana, and the surreal lyrics of vocalist (and former Monster Machismo drummer) Sam Judd.

Rejouissance were born in Syracuase, NY, with primary songwriter and guitarist/vocalist Jim Heffernan now residing in Brooklyn. The project has evolved from its members' post-hardcore and acoustic roots into a full fledged three-guitar driven rock-ensemble and riff factory.

Ithaca-based BRIAN! create compositions stemming from the worlds of avant-garde and prog-rock. Founded by Devid Resig on amplified bassoon and Ithaca Underground's own Bubba Crumrine on guitar, bass, electronics and voice; the group will debut its new trio line-up with Willie B (Neko Case, Johnny Dowd) behind the kit.

Banjo-punk troubadour Rye n' Clover and grindcore duo Hiroshima Vacation will kick things off in traditional IU fashion.

Hey all! Thanks for coming out to the Mouth To Mouth To Mouth shows in Ithaca and Syracuse this past weekend. Footage from various bands on both shows below:


Speak Daggers


Sswampzz (Syracuse)


Blunt Guts (Syracuse)


Cat Names (Syracuse)


Mouth To Mouth To Mouth - That's a lot of Aardvark!


Cheerleader Death Squad


The Catskills (Cortland)
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More vids below!