New band of the day – No 956: Young Buffalo

This Mississippi trio might look like low-expectation slackers, but their music offers glimpses of a band with ambitionHometown: Oxford, Mississippi.The lineup: Jim Barrett, Ben Yarbrough and Alex Von Hardberger.The background: Young Buffalo come from Oxford, Mississippi, but they could just as easily have come from Oxford, England. They could be part of that new-ish Blessing Force scene. Rather than sounding American, they recall one of those British bands from 2007-8 who, like Vampire Weekend,...

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