Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Riffs - Ida


 Fall riffs means electric guitar (plus keyboard, clapping, drum machine, and too much voca).  Photo by Catherine Rickes, 1928.

Sunday, November 14, 2021

Artificial Colors - 3 Songs

New band! 3 songs. Dave Rodriguez, Alex Chassanoff, and Matt DeBellis play guitars, keys, and make noise at home in Chapel Hill during the fall time.  Drums by Skip Ads.  

Cover star: Bobby DeBellis.

Monday, October 4, 2021

Gallus Mag - Live At The Cave


Recorded LIVE! at The Cave in Chapel Hill on 10/02/2021, with Sweet Homé.  
Cover inspired by Gene Chandler.

Matt DeBellis: Guitar, Keyboard, Vocals
Joel Floyd: Guitar, Keyboard, Vocals
Will Kitchin: Drums, Vocals
Bobby Frith: Bass on 3,4 and 7

Monday, August 30, 2021

Riffs - Aña

Some old songs re-done, and new ones re-did. At least three were co-birthed by Dave Rodriguez and Alex Chassanoff.  Recorded in Chapel Hill in August, featuring drum machine, keyboard, guitar, bass, vocals, and the Fender Strat electric guitar, as opposed to the green Squire.  See if you can tell the difference! Photograph by Catherine Rickes, 1928.

Thursday, June 24, 2021

The Evolutionists - Hi Tests Evolution

All of the noise from July 4th, 2010 @ Myrtle Beach SC. Recorded on 4-track cassette and mp3 recorder. Remixed by Matt and new photo/design by Beth, June 2021.  Samples "Cellophane" by Jessamine.

Monday, June 21, 2021

Gallus Mag - High Noon

Two songs recorded in quarantine in Chapel Hill and Carrboro NC.


Here's The 'Mag performing live at the Duke Coffeehouse with The Veldt and our favorite band ever, Sweet Homé on 2/4/2021:

Friday, June 4, 2021

Harbors - Harbors

Michael Itzkin: Guitar / Vocal
Gabriel Aufort: Drums
Matt DeBellis: Bass / Vocals
Dan Kelo: Guitar / Vocals

Recorded at Nightsound Studios by Chris Wimberley in Carrboro, NC in fall of 2020.

Artwork by Jen Itzkin.

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Various Artists - For A Ltd. Time, Vol. 1


A compilation of bands from Durham NC 2010-2014. 

Almost all tracks are previously released, so click the links below to get more sonic juiciness.  The Gyraffes songs were recorded on 7/14/2012, but not released.  Deal$, Stems, and Fruit are all new mixes.


(Released 11/01/2010)

(Released 09/01/2011)

(Released 12/31/2013)

(Released 07/21/2012)

(Released 06/21/2013)

(Recorded 07/14/2012)

(Released 11/01/2014)

("Cletus" released 02/2014 & "Hypnic Jerk" released 05/2014)

(Released 08/07/2014)

(Released 11/06/2012)

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Riffs - Dudus

Recorded at home in Chapel Hill, NC. Features guitar, drum machine, and guitar, but also guitar. Photograph by Catherine Rickes, sometime in the 1920s.

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Riffs - Toka

Recorded at home in Chapel Hill, NC. Features more guitar and rum machine. Photograph by Catherine Rickes, 1930.

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Gallus Mag - Gallus Mag

7 songs recorded remotely during the pandemic:

Joel - acoustic guitar, bass, trumpet, keys, vocals
Matt - electric guitar, keys, vocals
Will - drums, vocals

Artwork by Ron Liberti (www.ronlibertiart.com).  Mastered by Jack Hartley.


Here's Gallus Mag performing LIVE! at the Carrboro Music Festival, aka Will's living room in Carrboro NC, 10/03/2020.


Some pre-pandemic show flyers and photos:



(Live on 12/04/2019 At The Pinhook, 
with Sweet Homé and Karōshi)



Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Riffs - Håfa Adai

Recorded at home in Chapel Hill, NC. Features guitar, and the keyboards, and a drum machine, but also vocals. Photograph by Catherine Rickes, 1928.