Saturday, November 25, 2023

Riffs - Phase(d) Out


Recorded at home in Chapel Hill NC.

Eastar drum set
Squire Precision Bass
Korg ES-1 Sampler
Tambourine
Shakers
Handclaps

Monday, November 13, 2023

Riffs - Sunsetting


Eastar drum set
Squire Precision Bass
Korg ES-1 Sampler
Tambourine
Shakers
Handclaps

Recorded at home in Chapel Hill.

Thursday, November 2, 2023

Riffs - 3 EPs

New drumset!, plus riffs underneath.

-Eastar metallic green drumset
-Squire Strat electric guitar
-Bugera amplifier
-Vox wah wah pedal
-Boss CS-3 pedal
-Blue vocal mic
-Korg ElecTribe Sampler
-Tambourine
-Vocals

Digital download includes 4th EP recorded September 16, 2023 called "Crazy Town", recorded without drums and with Korg drum machine.


Recorded at Studio Magik in Chapel Hill.
Tracks 1-5 ("Sacred Band of Thebes"), recorded October 21, 2023.












Tracks 6-9 ("Scrambleverse"), recorded October 24, 2023.












Tracks 10-14 ("Screw-Up"), recorded October 28, 2023.














Sunday, October 15, 2023

Various Artists - Aspirin Age Volume Three (a shoegaze compilation)


From Broken Sound Tapes: "Top notch shoegaze bands from all across the world, put together by Aspirin Age (a shoegaze and psych podcast) and Broken Sound Tapes. The cassette will be released as part of Cassette Week 2023 and limited to only 50 copies.

The cassette will be 13 tracks but all purchases give you a download to all tracks (many more tracks are being added daily)."
CD limited to first 17 tracks.

Photo: Patrick Hinkle
Mastered by Brian John Mitchell.

Available at https://brokensoundtapes.bandcamp.com/album/aspirin-age-volume-three-a-shoegaze-compilation.  Features remixes of a Gallus Mag song and a Riffs song (CD and digital only).

Tracklist:

1.Cigarettes for Breakfast - Hollywood Daydream 06:58
2.Lilys - Won't Make You Sleepy 06:43
3.Magic Shoppe - Have You Seen Bella? 02:58
4.Funeral Homes - Lucid (want to) 02:38
5.Caustic Flowers - Foxhole 02:42
6.Paper Angels - Place In Line 03:31
7.Central Pacific State Beach - Apparition of Metamorphosis 01:26
8.Black Massive Sun - Amour Fou 03:53
9.White Cascade - Timeline 04:06
10.Stoney Point - No Way 04:50
11.Gallus Mag - Newer Face 04:51:

12.Rainsong - Karoshi 03:08
13.Tommy Tipton - Lost in April 04:06
14.Riffs - Rosa Winkel 05:51:

15.Shades of Violet - A Matter Of Time 03:14
16.9-volt velvet - Blues From a Gun 03:50
17.Sunlotus - Glass-like Dreams 06:40
18.Olympus Mons - Automate 05:36
19.Nick & Jeff Discover Infinity - Utopian Meditation 03:15
20.Skot Kremen - Condone 03:48
21.Kerosene Eyes - Sol 03:07
22.Caramel Snow - Soft Hearted 04:15
23.Treyverb - The Faherty Convention 02:01
24.Goodbye Ranger - Memories and the Sky 03:43
25.Always Other - Waning Moon 04:17
26.Dark Patterns - The Screws 05:28
27.Van Goght - Absent 03:02
28.Lumari - Starlit 03:47
29.Muscle Mass - You Can't Always Know 01:54
30.Dramamine - Hypnotized 04:57
31.Tombstones In Their Eyes - We Are Gold 04:32




Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Various Artists - For a Ltd. Time, Vol. 2


Second compilation featuring mostly NC bands:


Angel Boy Cow (Will from Gallus Mag, late 2010s)
Riffs (Matt from Gallus Mag, 2010s- early 2020s)
Cicaeda (from Baltimore, around 1996-2005)
Clok-Lok (originally from Carrboro, late 90s/early 00s)
Kar​ō​shi (originally from Chapel Hill, late 2010s/20s)
Bringerer (originally from Chapel Hill, mid 00s)

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Riffs - 2012-2023

All tracks recorded in Chapel Hill, NC, except #2, parts of which were recorded in Durham, NC.  All songs by Riffs.  Most songs reappear in a different form on a previous release from another year.  

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Caruso - Pnk Cloud


Side 1: Loops, sounds, and noise recorded in and around Durham NC in 2010-2011. Inspired by Duke, Julie Perini, Julie Boler, and Love Is A Stream by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma.

Side 2: Recorded live, immediately following the Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear in Washington DC on October 30th, 2010.

Recorded by Matthew DeBellis.
Acoustic guitar on 'Side'2 by Matthew Burchett.
Vinyl jackets printed by Matthew Tauch at Super G Print Lab, Durham, NC.
Both vinyl and digital releases mastered by Warren Defever at Third Man Mastering in Detroit, MI, 2023.  Vinyl pressed at Citizen Vinyl in Asheville, NC.  All copies come with a free 11x17 poster.






Monday, May 8, 2023

Gallus Mag - Gamllagus

Recorded at Studio Magik in Chapel Hill NC

February-April 2023.
All songs and sounds recorded and mixed by The Gallus Mag.

Joel "Pink" Floyd - bass, vocals, keyboard, trumpet.
Joseph "Leon" Silvers - guitar, vocals.
Matt "Hew" DeBellis - guitar, vocals, keyboard, saxophone.
Will "Sunrise Biscuit" Kitchin - drums, vocals, percussion.

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

Friday, February 3, 2023

Riffs - 80 Yds From Home


Recorded on January 30, 2023 with Brenton.