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Record of the Week: Avi Buffalo – Avi Buffalo (Sub Pop)

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Another long RotW hiatus. Chalk it up to us being too busy listening to all this music that we find little time to write about it. We’ve certainly had some great albums come out that would have been deserving of the title. Tallest Man on Earth’s newest album that came out a couple weeks ago, The Wild Hunt, is one of the best albums this year, let alone the album of the week for April 13th. Caribou’s newest album, Swim, is one of their finest efforts yet and an absolute RotW for April 19th.

But here we are, April 27th is upon us and we’ve been graced with another store favorite, Avi Buffalo’s self titled debut album. Much is being made about the fact that members of Avi Buffalo basically just graduated high school and may or may not be able to buy cigarettes just yet. What’s being overshadowed in all of this is that they wrote one of the better indie pop albums of the year so far. One of those albums that came out at just the right time of year, it’s been continuously played while the weather has been warming up and we couldn’t ask for a better soundtrack.

There is a bit of young man immaturity in some of these songs. Don’t be turned off by track titles such as “Summer Cum”, absolutely a highlight of the album, or “Five Little Sluts” though as they have a lot to offer.

Comparisons can be made to the Shins, Magnetic Fields, and maybe even the Morning Benders’ newest album to a slight extent. Regardless, this album stands on it’s own as an excellent indie rock record and one that certainly deserves your attention.

"What's In It For?" from Avi Buffalo's Avi Buffalo

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"Summer Cum" from Avi Buffalo's Avi Buffalo

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Record Store Day!

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

It’s about to be that time again! Time for the third annual Record Store Day! As always we have some rather deep discounts on all stock in the store, a full day planned of in-store performances, tons of exclusive releases(list is below!) and just an absolute blast of a time.

Did we mention deep discounts? Well, if there was something you had your eye on lately, Record Store Day would be the day to get it! We’ll be discounting everything as follows…

•20% off all new CDs, LPs, DVDs, Accessories(Record Players, Record Maintainence, etc)! This does exclude Record Store Day specific items due to their limited nature and exclusivity of this day.

•10% off all items already on sale! This includes all of our CDs on the listening stations and anything with a red sticker.

•33% off all used CDs, LPs, DVDs!

We couldn’t be more proud of the line-up we have for this year. We have some terrific bands coming in from all over the country, lending their time to the cause of Record Store Day and the best way to show your gratitude would be to come out and watch! Here is a tentative line-up for the day!