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Pictures from some recent gigs we've hosted:

29 March 2013 - Brixton, London

Viv Albertine, VuVuVultures, Left Leg, Mickey Gloss, Big Wave, No Cars, Arthur Gunn, Simon Love (Pictures)

8 March 2013 - Lexington, London

R.Ring, Golden Grrrls, Slushy Guts and Equinox (Pictures)

On Our iPod

Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (album)

Antony Harding - Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear (album)

Black Angels - Indigo Meadow (album)

Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin (album)

Still Corners - Strange Pleasures (album)

Savages - Silence Yourself (album)

Mikal Cronin - MC II (album)

Can’s Ege Bamyasi played by Stephen Malkmus and Friends(album)

Victoria and Jacob - Festival 7"

Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (album)

Sauna Youth - False Jesii Part II 7”

Lightning Bolt - Oblivion Hunter

Robyn Hitchcock - There Goes The Ice (2x 12")

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Avi Buffalo
What’s In It For SubPop Records 7”

Article written by Ged M - Jan 24, 2010

Avi Buffalo is both the name adopted by Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg, an 18 year-old singer/songwriter and guitarist from Long Beach, CA, and the name of the band he formed with Sheridan Riley (drums), Arin Fazio (bass) and Rebecca Coleman (keyboards, vocals). Blog noise has been severe for this band, leading to an invitation to SXSW, a SubPop contract and this, their debut single.

It’s romantic pop, fried in the glare of the California sun and the 1960s. ‘What’s In It For’ has a blisssful melody and soaring chorus, sounding not unlike the Shins fronted by Wayne Coyne. Had it been two and a half minutes, it would have been near perfect; sadly it can’t sustain five minutes and loses the killer impact that it starts with. The same fate befalls ‘Jessica’, which over-embellishes its Beatles-y pop with stompy, shakey, jagged extras. Jury’s verdict is: flawed but intriguing.

Links:
http://avibuffalomusic.com/
http://www.subpop.com/artists/avi_buffalo
http://www.myspace.com/avibuffalo