Avi Buffalo's new single

by Benjamin Gauvain Hoste

THIS AIN'T A SCENE presents:
Avi Buffalo - Won't be Around No More / Time to Sleep (the Long Way)
SYNC SESSION // SIX, Recorded April 23, 2011, Long Beach, CA
photography // Benjamin Hoste sound // Josh Polon

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Avi Buffalo, a band from Long Beach, based around the songs of guitarist Avi Zahner-Isenberg (Avi Buffalo), is back with a brand spank’n new 7" entitled “How Come,” since 2010 full-length debut, now available on Sub Pop.

Portrait of Baby Kitty

Portrait of Baby Kitty for the lovely girls of Withers Street.
John Stortz

「猫の引っ掻き傷による左下すみにある血痕はサイン／後に科学者が僕の度を越えた猫の肖像画のコレクションを発見する時、クローン世紀の希望として .....」 　　　ジョン・ストルツ

"Megafaun"

by Hometapes

a trailer for the upcoming new album "Megafaun"

Following-up to the last year's mini-album "Heretofore," Durham, NC-based Megafaun's self-titled third full-length album is due out on September 20th via Hometapes. It was recorded late last year at their former bandmate (DeYarmond Edison) Justin Vernon's April Base Studios in Fall Creek, WI, and self-produced with the help of BJ Burton. 'These Words' is taken from the new album.

Megafaun - These Words

Megafaun – Kaufman’s Ballad
taken from the second album "Gather, Form & Fly" (Hometapes/2009)

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DeYarmond Edison - Where We Belong from an unreleased EP (2006).
DeYarmond Edison (2002–2006) was founded by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and Megafaun's Brad Cook, Phil Cook, Joe Westerlund. They re-united for a three-song set at The Fader Fort at SXSW. 2011.

by A Story Told Well

ASTW Presents | Sounds of the South @ MusicNOW ft. Megafaun, Fight The Big Bull, Justin Vernon & Sharon Van Etten, May 13th 2011
Justin Vernon and Sharon Van Etten duet in a performance of 'Trials, Troubles, Tribulations' from a special collaboration between Megafaun, Fight The Big Bull, Bon Iver and Sharon Van Etten called Sounds Of The South, an evening of re-imaginings of the songs recorded by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax in his early travels.

Allah-Las - Catamaran

"ALLAH-LAS sound like the Old, Weird Los Angeles: Strains of true surfing music, American harmonies, Sunset Strip backbeat, desert ramble filtered through Goldstar Sessioneers; That pre-fuzz pedal ‘electrified folk’ music and pop groups hitti...ng that California sound with the tambourine on just the right beat."


Allah-Las - Catamaran

Taken from the A-side off of PRS 45-802: Allah-Las 'Catamaran' b/w 'Long Journey', available from PRES Record Co.. The band was made up of longtime friends Miles (vocals/guitar), Pedrum (lead guitar), Spencer (bass), and Matt (drums), the group formed in October 2008. Currently they are making provisional plans to release 2 more singles in the fall before starting to focus on an LP.

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Allah-Las - Long Journey (B-Side of "Catamaran" - PRS45-802)
(c) (p) Pres Records, 2011

Stephin Merritt “Obscurities”

Stephin Merritt - Forever and a Day


"Obscurities," a collection of new and hard-to-find recordings made by Stephin Merritt, mastermind behind The Magnetic Fields, will be released as a CD, LP, and digital download on Merge Records on August 23rd. The CD's 14 tracks include five Merge-era recordings from The Magnetic Fields.

Track Listing:
1. Forever and a Day (previously unreleased)
2. Rats in the Garbage of the Western World (The Magnetic Fields)
3. I Don't Believe You (The Magnetic Fields)
4. Plant White Roses (Buffalo Rome)
5. Rot in the Sun (the 6ths)
6. The Sun and the Sea and the Sky (previously unreleased)
7. Yet Another Girl (the 6ths)
8. Scream (Till you Make the Scene) (previously unreleased)
9. The Song from Venus (previously unreleased)
10. Beach-A-Boop-Boop (The Magnetic Fields)
11. When I'm Not Looking, You're Not There (The Magnetic Fields)
12. Take Ecstasy with Me (The Magnetic Fields)
13. When You're Young and In Love (previously unreleased)
14. You Are Not My Mother and I Want to Go Home (The Gothic Archies)