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)

4/26/26, Self Titled Cassettes!  This nifty, high-bias cassette is the first physical release for Gallus Mag's 2021 self-titled first album. Includes bonus tracks never heard by anyone, ever!

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.

Riffs - #8

Dueling boards, part 2 featuring: same instruments as last time.  Photo taken in Boston 2018.

Riffs - #7

Sounds recorded at home in Chapel Hill on April 4, 2020. Recorded mostly with Yamaha PSR-E363 keyboard, Crate - 20R amp, The Prophet digital delay pedal, MXR clone looper, plus birds and a little bit of the Yamaha PSR-GX76 keyboard, plus Rocktron digital delay, Boss DD-6, Boss RV-6, and Boss TU-2 pedals.  Photo taken in Boston in 2018.

Riffs - #6

More of that sound. Recorded at home in Chapel Hill on April 1-3, 2020. Recorded with the Yamaha PSR-E363 keyboard, Crate GX-20R amp, The Prophet digital delay pedal, and MXR clone looper, plus too much vocals.  Photo take in Washington state in 2018.

Riffs - #5

More music more music more music more music, etc. Recorded at home in Chapel Hill on March 73rd-April P}7, 2020. 

Instrumentatio:

Yamaha PSR-E363 keyboard
Crate - 20R amp
The Prophet digital delay pedal
MXR clone looper
Vocals

Photo of Vancouver, taken in 2018.

Riffs - #4

Tracks recorded in Chapel Hill, by Chapel Hill. More droned out zaniness featuring the Yamaha PSR-E363 keyboard, plus special guests the Crate - 20R amp, TC Electronic The Prophet dd pedal, MXR clone looper, and plus the vocals maybe too, sort of.  Photo taken in the skies above North Carolina in 2018.

Riffs - #3

More keyboardary during March Madness.  Vocals temporary and by The Critters.  Recorded In Chapel Hill NC 3/22/2020.  Photo taken on I-40 in RTP, North Carolina in 2019.

Riffs - #2

More sounds with the "new" 'board, plus a new loop pedal named MXR clone looper, aka "Max". Recorded at home in Chapel Hill during crazy times.  Contains plenty of:

Yamaha PSR-E363 keyboard

Yamaha PSR-GX76 keyboard

Crate - 20R amp 

TC Electronic's The Prophet digital delay pedal

Vocals, but maybe there shouldn't be so much? 

Photo taken in Victoria, BC in 2018.

Riffs - #1

New songs for a new decade. Recorded in Chapel Hill on January 26th, 30th, and February 1st in the year 2020. Mostly recorded on Yamaha PSR-E363 keyboard, plus a little Affinity Series Squire Stray electric guitar.  Photo taken near Mt. Rainier, Washington in 2018.

Riffs - Nashville

Sounds recorded live on the HD Audio Recorder, Android LG V30 phone on two days in October. Most vox and Yamaha keyboard #1 recorded at The Space in Durham, with additional vocalities and editorials created in Chapel Hill. 

Riffs · Nashville

Gallus Mag - Live! In Fall

Recorded live on 10/09/2019 at Local 506 in Chapel Hill, NC, with People From Earth and Stolen Jars, and at Johnny's Gone Fishing (Carrboro Music Festival) on 09/29/2019.

Some flyers from earlier this year: