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

Riffs - 80 Yds From Home

Recorded on January 30, 2023 with Brenton.

Riffs - Pond Songs

More geetar noise celebrating the wah wah.  Includes a little keyboard, a smidge of vox, and the spirit of Bardo Pond.

Gallus Mag - A Day In The Live

 

2 sets recorded on Saturday, September 03, 2022:

Tracks 6-10 recorded live at home in Chapel Hill at 3:30pm.

Tracks 1-5 recorded live at The Cave at 10:15pm (w/ Nu Clear Twins).

Jo El: Bass, vocals, keysboard

Jo Seph: Guitar

Mat Thew: Guitar, vocals, keysboard

Will Iam: Drums, vocals

Riffs - Full Length

Side A: Quick songs with drums, guitar, keyboard, and vocal.  Inspired partly by Donovan.

Side B: New pedal goofiness (Vox Wah-Wah), with drums and keys and vox.

Citizen Band Radio - Detergency

Recorded in Chapel Hill, NC on August 13, 2022.

Riffs - Blue

More drummage and harmonies and maybe a little less noises, but in more of the right places (?).  Plus also guitar and pedals.

Riffs - Yellow

More guitar and drums and etc!:

Fender Squire Strat Electric Guitar

TAMA Drum Set

MiMiDi Fuzz Pedal

Rocktron Short Timer Delay Pedal

Boss Reverb RV-6 Reverb Pedal

Boss Digital Delay DD-6 Pedal

Crate GX-20R Amplifier

Recorded in Chapel Hill NC on 8/7/22.

Riffs - Red

Guitar (Squire Strat) and vox and noise and drums (courtesy of Jo El).

Riffs - Riffs (2022)

A collection of new/old riffs and riff remixes and mixes of riffs mostly from FY20 and FY21. Features both Yamaha keyboards, the Korg Volca Beats drum machine, a smattering of tambo/gtr, and a whisper of Joel's drums!

Alternate artwork, below:

Riffs - Same Vein

2 more songs, curtsy of Yamaha PSR-E363 and the Korg Volca Beats and the matt vocal chords. Also features Ellie.

Riffs - Summer Things

Quick songs with keyboards and drum machine and vocals, as per usual.

Riffs - Telecomando

New riffs with drums by Eric Heit and keyboard by Alex Chass.  Recorded in Durham and Chapel Hill.  Dedicated to Damon Tutunjian.

Riffs - Bright

6 songs in spring, again courtesy of the Yamaha PSR-E363 keyboard and the Korg Volca Beats Analog Drum Machine.

Riffs - SweetHvn

3 tracks with an insensitive amount of vocals. Keysynths courtesy of the Yamaha PSR-E363 keyboard and the Korg Volca Beats Analogue Rhythm Machine.

Various Artists - I Can't Believe It

More adventures in immediacy! More adventures in immediacy! An ever-evolving compilation of recordings from Illinois, New York, and/or North Carolina, 1995-2022 and before and beyond.

All songs by the artists, except:

"Streets of Philadelphia" is originally by Bruce Springsteen.
"Dum Dum", "Son Of A Gun", and "You Think You're A Man" are originally by The Vaselines.
"The Third Eye" is originally by The Dovers.
"I'm Only Dreaming" is originally by The Action.
"Sex" is originally by Urinals.

Riffs - DreamHvn

Keyboard and drum machine and vocals and maybe a tambourine.  Recorded at home.

Riffs - About Face

Keyboard and vocal noise and samples of Joel and Will, plus 2 guitar songs w drumachine 🥁 🤖.  General inspiration from The Creatures and Gallus Mag.  Recorded at home in Chapel Hill.

Riffs - Ida

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

56 Boyfriends

(Released 11/01/2010)

Brainbows

(Released 09/01/2011)

Citizen Band Radio

(Released 12/31/2013)

Deal$

(Released 07/21/2012)

Fruit

(Released 06/21/2013)

Gyraffes

(Recorded 07/14/2012)

Hospital Corners

(Released 11/01/2014)

Riffs

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

Silent Lunch

(Released 08/07/2014)

Stems

(Released 11/06/2012)

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.

Riffs - Toka

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

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)

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.

Riffs - #10

Recorded at home in Chapel Hill, Aug-Nov 2020.  Keyboards and drum machine, plus a little vocal and guitar? Photo of Gimghoul Castle taken in Chapel Hill, June 2020.

Harbors - Live! At Carrboro Music Festival

New band! For this performance, Harbors were:

Michael Itzkin - Vocals, Guitar
Dan Kelo - Guitar, Vocals

Matt DeBellis - Bass, Vocals

Gabriel Aufort - Drums

Filmed at Nightsound Studios in Carrboro, NC.

Track list:

1.SFO

2.Harborfront Park

3.Murder Me

4.Rojo/August

5.Blue Gowns

6.Cabin, Fourth

Riffs - Riffs (2020)

Some new sounds and some sounds that are newly remixed. All feature pedals, keyboards and vocals except for track 13 which also features guitar. "Twenty Seconds", "Gala XY", and "June" feature the brand new KORG Volca Beats drum machine.

Riffs - #9

More keys and pedaltry, but with the added discovery of the "Speed" button on the MXR Clone Looper. Photo of Atantic City, NJ 2018.