Avi Buffalo
Avi Buffalo performing at All Tomorrow's Parties New York in 2010
Background information
Birth nameAvigdor Benyamin Zahner-Isenberg
Born (1990-11-05) November 5, 1990[1]
Upland, California, United States
OriginLong Beach, California
GenresIndie
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Guitar, Piano, Voice
Years active2006-Present
LabelsSub Pop

Avi Buffalo (born Avigdor Benyamin Zahner-Isenberg, November 5, 1990) is an American musician, songwriter, and producer.

Career

Avi Buffalo's self-titled debut album was released on April 27, 2010, and was given positive reviews by The A.V. Club, NME, Filter, Drowned in Sound and numerous other music review sites.[2] The album's first single was "What's In It For" with "Jessica" on the B-side. His band performed at SXSW the same year, and opened for Modest Mouse in July. In 2010, the band toured Europe and North America. In June 2011 a second single was released on Sub Pop, "How Come? and Good I'm Wishing", and he had already began writing for a second album.

Avi began recording a follow-up to his self-titled album in 2012, and in 2013 began producing other artists and side projects in addition to his own material. Avi Buffalo's second album At Best Cuckold was released on 8 September 2014 in Europe, and on 9 September in the US.[3] Avi and a live band toured the US and Europe in support of this album in Autumn of 2014 for a brief amount of time before Avi decided to return to performing, writing and producing new music.[4]

In 2015, he said he was putting an end to the band Avi Buffalo.[5] In 2019, he released the electronic album Glow Cast on Eternal Sound with Ari Prado.[6]

On July 27, 2020, Avi Buffalo was accused of raping a former bandmate.[7][8][9] In response to the accusations, Sub Pop stopped selling his albums from stores and digital services.[10]

Discography

Albums

  • 2007: Avi Buffalo - Home Recording era begins and varying CD-R bootlegs circulated by Avi Buffalo
  • 2010: Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo (Sub Pop Records)
  • 2014: Avi Buffalo - At Best Cuckold (Sub Pop Records)
  • 2019: Ari Prado & Avi Buffalo - Glow Cast on Eternal Sound (Ari Prado Music)

EPs and singles

  • 2010: "What's In It For/Jessica" (7" release)[11]
  • 2011: "How Come/Good I'm Wishing" (7" release)
  • 2018: "Panegyric"
  • 2019: "Skeleton Painting"

Other credits

  • 2010: Sevendys - Guitarist
  • 2015: Bobby Rae - The Now and Then Clubhouse (as producer, mixer and masterer)
  • 2015: Litronix - Pump The Gas (as producer, engineer and musician)

References

  1. ↑ "Person Details for Avigdor Benyamin Zahner, "California Birth Index, 1905-1995" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Avi Buffalo album reviews at Metacritic". Metacritic.com. April 29, 2010. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Avi Buffalo". Subpop.com. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
  4. ↑ "Avi Buffalo - This post is actually void. Of course I'll..." Facebook.com. 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  5. ↑ "Avi Buffalo puts an end to group". The Guardian. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Meet Avi Buffalo". Voyagela.com. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Avi Buffalo Accused Of Rape By Former Bandmate". Stereogum. 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  8. ↑ "Avi Buffalo accused of rape, emotional abuse by former bandmate". Consequence of Sound. 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  9. ↑ "Avi Buffalo Accused of Rape by Former Bandmate Rebecca Coleman". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  10. ↑ "Avi Buffalo Accused of Rape by Former Bandmate, Music Pulled by Sub Pop". Pitchfork. 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  11. ↑ "Avi Buffalo - What's In It For / Jessica (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
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