All that is old will eventually be new again... or something. What I mean is, lo-fi is a way to describe an artist that purposely records their music on inferior audio equipment, or adds heavy distortion or hum to the sound. It's a scene my cousin is deeply steeped in as part of his obsession with 70's soul/garage/psychadelic music.
Thunder Buffalo is very lo-fi, and slightly grunge. It is a sound that may initially turn off new listeners due to the sound quality they are used to in modern music. I had no misgivings about the band's sound as I've become accustomed to similar music from the aformentioned cousin and garage bands like The Dirtbombs out of Detroit.
Still, if you are under 40 and have yet to be introduced to this type of music, I don't think you need much help getting adjusted. Most of these bands have enough of a soul influence that anyone can enjoy it on first listen, and Thunder Buffalo is no exception -- as I write this, my two year old daughter is on my lap dancing to the CD.
I would highly recommend checking the band out to judge for yourself on their MySpace, and should you enjoy it, picking up their self-titled debut on Amazon or iTunes. I've certainly been enjoying it the last few days.
Score: 4 out of 5
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Bonus! Video proof that my adorable daughter Emerson also loves Thunder Buffalo now.
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Just stumbled across your blog via Blogsearch. I'm listening to Thunder Buffalo now, I'd never heard of this "lo-fi" style of music before; I'd always passed it off as a subdivision of grunge. I really dig your post on post-rock, awesome genre. If you get a chance check out my blog, it's a music review site that I'm just starting up www.ipodandheadphones.blogspot.com
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