Insound Staff Pick - 2008! Produced by Rusty Santos, the New York mixer behind Animal Collective and Panda Bear's albums, Red, Yellow & Blue exemplifies the Ruffians' brand of self-described "hootin and hollarin'". From start to finish it's a good time, and the band knows it. With songs like the jangly "Hedonistic Me" and the sugary sweet "Foxes Mate for Life" to the foot stomping "Badonkadonkey", the band constantly pushes the boundaries of musical arrangements. Live, they have the chops of a   [ read more ]

CD $14.99

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VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2008! Produced by Rusty Santos, the New York mixer behind Animal Collective and Panda Bear's albums, Red, Yellow & Blue exemplifies the Ruffians' brand of self-described "hootin and hollarin'". From start to finish it's a good time, and the band knows it. With songs like the jangly "Hedonistic Me" and the sugary sweet "Foxes Mate for Life" to the foot stomping "Badonkadonkey", the band constantly pushes the boundaries of musical arrangements. Live, they have    [ read more ]

LP $16.99

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Born Ruffians aim to take the rough out of ruffians. Primarily because it wasn't there in the first place, but also because it just ain't their style. Luke Lalonde, Steve Hamelin and Mitch DeRosier are Born Ruffians, but thankfully for their audience, are currently tame. With electric guitar, electric bass guitar, a set of drums and the occasional interjection from a trombone, keyboard, shlang dang or jazz flute, their music is tightly knit into a rock and roll top hat, from which they pull out a dancing, i   [ read more ]

CDep $8.99

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VINYL FORMAT. "I Need a Life" b/w an acoustic version of "Hummingbird".

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VINYL FORMAT. "The EP follow up to [the Born Ruffians] Red Yellow Blue full length, Little Garcon sounds kind of like the jukebox of your local, neighborhood dive bar at one am, jumping around with sing-song-y familiarity, an underlying country twang, and a healthy scoop of in-song unpredictability that has everyone in the bar drunkily mouthing along the wrong lyrics. The title track "Little Garcon" starts off with an acoustic guitar/harmonica combination reminiscent of a '64 Newport-era D   [ read more ]

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