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Avi Buffalo is a young buzz band making waves from Long Beach, California, which has caught the attention of many: I wrote about them earlier for this blog here. They played to critical acclaim at SXSW, opened for Modest Mouse this summer and are now heading out on their own headline tour across North America. They visited the studios of KCRW on September 21st, clearly thrilled to be among the bands performing for live there as they quickly admitted to listening and watching to many of the sessions themselves. They started with a laid back version their hit, “What’s It in For?” This was the fist song I heard from the group when it was back in heavy rotation on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” early this year. Things ended in a soft funky jam, which flowed right into the next song with a seasoned approach of a band clearly aware of its abilities.
The interview brought out some of the teenage awkwardness under the spotlight, as they explained the band sometimes has to escorted into a club just to play because they’re underaged. Avi has been playing guitar for seven years and was apparently doodling with his instrument the whole time. He’s the one who writes the music and lyrics before the band jams to “hash things out”. During the session, played by three out of four members of the band, the lyrics stand out a bit more than the layered recordings on their self-titled album, which was certainly nice to experience. They also ran out of time during the live broadcast for my favorite song, “Remember Last Time”, but it’s here in its entirety for eternity.
