Avi Buffalo Explained
Avi Buffalo |
Birth Name: | Avigdor Benyamin Zahner-Isenberg |
Origin: | Long Beach, California |
Genre: | Indie |
Occupation: | Musician |
Instrument: | Guitar, Piano, Voice |
Years Active: | 2006-Present |
Label: | Sub Pop |
Avi Buffalo (born Avigdor Benyamin Zahner-Isenberg) is an American musician, songwriter, and producer.
Career
Avi Buffalo's self-titled debut album was released on April 27, 2010, and was given positive reviews by The A.V. Club, NME, Filter, Drowned in Sound and numerous other music review sites.[1] The album's first single was "What's In It For" with "Jessica" on the B-side. His band performed at SXSW the same year, and opened for Modest Mouse in July. In 2010, the band toured Europe and North America. In June 2011 a second single was released on Sub Pop, "How Come? and Good I'm Wishing", and he had already began writing for a second album.
Avi began recording a follow-up to his self-titled album in 2012, and in 2013 began producing other artists and side projects in addition to his own material. Avi Buffalo's second album At Best Cuckold was released on 8 September 2014 in Europe, and on 9 September in the US.[2] Avi and a live band toured the US and Europe in support of this album in Autumn of 2014 for a brief amount of time before Avi decided to return to performing, writing and producing new music.[3]
In 2015, he said he was putting an end to the band Avi Buffalo.[4] In 2019, he released the electronic album Glow Cast on Eternal Sound with Ari Prado.[5]
On July 27, 2020, Avi Buffalo was accused of raping a former bandmate.[6] [7] [8] In response to the accusations, Sub Pop stopped selling his albums from stores and digital services.[9]
Discography
Albums
- 2007: Avi Buffalo - Home Recording era begins and varying CD-R bootlegs circulated by Avi Buffalo
- 2010: Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo (Sub Pop Records)
- 2014: Avi Buffalo - At Best Cuckold (Sub Pop Records)
- 2019: Ari Prado & Avi Buffalo - Glow Cast on Eternal Sound (Ari Prado Music)
EPs and singles
- 2010: "What's In It For/Jessica" (7" release)[10]
- 2011: "How Come/Good I'm Wishing" (7" release)
- 2018: "Panegyric"
- 2019: "Skeleton Painting"
Other credits
- 2010: Sevendys - Guitarist
- 2015: Bobby Rae - The Now and Then Clubhouse (as producer, mixer and masterer)
- 2015: Litronix - Pump The Gas (as producer, engineer and musician)
Notes and References
- Web site: Avi Buffalo album reviews at Metacritic . Metacritic.com . April 29, 2010 . December 16, 2011.
- Web site: Avi Buffalo. Subpop.com. 2015-01-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090719/https://www.subpop.com/artists/avi_buffalo. 2014-04-07. dead.
- Web site: Avi Buffalo - This post is actually void. Of course I'll... . Facebook.com . 2014-09-08 . 2020-03-15.
- News: Avi Buffalo puts an end to group . 26 July 2019 . The Guardian . 28 January 2015.
- News: Meet Avi Buffalo . 26 July 2019 . Voyagela.com. 30 April 2019.
- Web site: 2020-07-28. Avi Buffalo Accused Of Rape By Former Bandmate. 2020-07-29. Stereogum.
- Web site: 2020-07-29. Avi Buffalo accused of rape, emotional abuse by former bandmate. 2020-07-29. Consequence of Sound. en-US.
- Web site: Avi Buffalo Accused of Rape by Former Bandmate Rebecca Coleman. 2020-07-29. exclaim.ca. en-ca.
- Web site: 2020-07-29. Avi Buffalo Accused of Rape by Former Bandmate, Music Pulled by Sub Pop. 2023-05-30. Pitchfork.
- Web site: Avi Buffalo - What's In It For / Jessica (Vinyl) . Discogs.com . August 21, 2014.