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Buffalo Tom News

Buffalo Tom announce new studio album

Buffalo Tom announce new studio album

London show to quickly follow

  • May 14, 2007

WHISTLE STOP TOUR FOR BUFFALO TOM

[a]Buffalo Tom[/a] are mounting a short tour of Europe next month...

  • Aug 30, 1998

BUFFALO TOM 'SMITTEN' WITH NEW ALBUM

[a]Buffalo Tom[/a] release their new album on September 28...

  • Jun 8, 1998

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Buffalo Tom YouTube Videos

Buffalo Tom - Taillights Fade

Buffalo Tom - Taillights Fade (03:40)

Buffalo Tom's stellar "Taillights Fade" off the 1992 album Let Me Come Over.

Buffalo Tom's Sodajerk

Buffalo Tom's Sodajerk (04:16)

Buffalo Tom's video of the song Sodajerk from the 1993 album Big Red Letter Day.

Wiser by Buffalo Tom

Wiser by Buffalo Tom (04:54)

Here is the Wiser video from the Smitten album. Actress Devon Odessa from "My So Called Life" is featured.

Buffalo Tom on Jon Stewart show

Buffalo Tom on Jon Stewart show (04:07)

Buffalo Tom close out the final show of MTV's Jon Stewart show, doing "Summer" from the album Smitten.

You'll Never Catch Him - Buffalo Tom

You'll Never Catch Him - Buffalo Tom (03:59)

Latest video off of their new album, "Three Easy Pieces"

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Buffalo Tom Reviews

Buffalo Tom

Buffalo Tom

Three Easy Pieces

  • Jul 10, 2007

Buffalo Tom : Hollywood Troubadour

Buffalo Tom skip the preliminaries and win 'em all over in the first three minutes.

  • Dec 5, 2000

London WC2 LA2

The ghostly [B]'Taillights Fade'[/B], yearning [B]'Frozen Lake'[/B] and sweetly simple [B]'Kitchen Door'[/B] prove that they are at least deserving of nostalgic affection, and there's certainly no

  • Nov 17, 1999

London WC2 Astoria

The magic's still there, and new songs like 'Postcards' are welcomed as feverishly as 'Larry'...

  • Oct 11, 1998

Smitten

They're like old friends....

  • Aug 22, 1998

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Buffalo Tom Biography

This Boston, Massachusetts, USA-based melodic alternative rock trio features Bill Janovitz (vocals/guitar), Tom Maginnis (drums) and Chris Colbourn (bass). The trio began playing together in 1986 at Massachusetts University, taking their inspiration from bands such as Hüsker Dü and Soul Asylum. Their first album was simply called Buffalo Tom in the UK, and the producer was Dinosaur Jr's J. Mascis. His involvement led to similarities between the two bands being regularly overstated by critics (some nicknamed them Dinosaur Jr Jr). Birdbrain (1990) and Let Me Come Over (1992) were licensed to Beggars Banquet Records in the UK, by which time the band had established a healthy reputation among both critics and live audiences, touring with the Wedding Present, among others. The latter album marked a major shift in direction as the band unplugged and eschewed their grunge roots.

Generally acknowledged as being of a superior hue to many members of the underground US rock movement, Buffalo Tom had yet to escape critical comparisons to inappropriate sources. 1993's Big Red Letter Day saw the band undertake a more polished, orchestrated approach to songwriting, which contrasted with the three-week sessions for 1995's Sleepy Eyed. The limited time afforded this album was explained by Maginnis' impending fatherhood, but if anything, the sense of urgency this engendered added to the band's song craft. Janovitz then released a country-styled solo debut with Joey Burns and John Convertino of Giant Sand. Buffalo Tom reconvened for 1998's Smitten, a more polished collection of songs that lacked the charm of their earlier work.

Buffalo Tom was put on hiatus at the start of the new millennium. Janovitz collaborated with Phil Aiken on the solo album Up Here and a side project called Crown Victoria, the latter outfit releasing Fireworks On TV! in 2004. He reunited with Colbourn and Maginnis in 2007 to record a new Buffalo Tom album.

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Buffalo Tom Discography

Buffalo Tom albums.

  • Buffalo Tom - 1988 (SST)
  • Birdbrain - 1990 (Beggars Banquet)
  • Let Me Come Over - 1992 (Beggars Banquet)
  • Big Red Letter Day - 1993 (Beggars Banquet)
  • Sleepy Eyed - 1995 (Beggars Banquet)
  • Smitten - 1998 (Beggars Banquet)
  • Three Easy Pieces - 2007 (New West)
  • Lonesome Billy - 1997 (Beggars Banquet)
  • Up Here - 2001 (spinART)

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