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PERFORMER MAGAZINE
Buffalo Killers – Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.
BY WARREN MCQUISTON
“Ohio band waves their freak-flag high while keeping things concise”

This is a band that’s bound to have some killer vinyl at home. Started by a pair of brothers and a keyboardist-turned-drummer from their old band, Thee Shams, Buffalo Killers sit nicely on the calmer side of the Howlin’ Rain/Aquarium Drunkard crop of bands, groups for whom the ’80s never happened and Dinosaur Jr. were the Stones of the ’90s.

On Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. the band has made an album that sounds like it came out 40 years ago but for one big difference: it’s concise.  The longest song is 4:44, and most are around the three minute mark. Opener “Get It” (which made me holler “Oh, Shit!” the first time I listened to it) could’ve been twice as long and would still be worth every second.  Despite writing heavy riffs that can turn mountains into volcanoes, they don’t pummel you the way most power trios tend to (we’re looking at you Mountain, Blue Cheer, Gov’t Mule).   Songs like “Blood on Your Hands” and “I Am Always Here” show a gift for creating memorable, hooky songs that recall the best of Steven Stills (dude was a beast before the coke took hold, seriously), only louder.

Produced by Buffalo Killers & Mike Montgomery
Recorded & Mastered by Mike Montgomery at Candyland
www.buffalokillers.com
http://performermag.com/2012/09/27/buffalo-killers/

ALL MUSIC
(online music site) – Positive review with album art and related links.

Buffalo Killers
Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.

The Buffalo Killers are still comfortably riding the Way Back Machine that has taken them into some alternate version of the early 1970s (an aural Twilight Zone that has been their home since brothers Andy and Zachary Gabbard broke up Thee Shams), but their fourth album, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow., makes it clear that the mellower tone that dominated their 2011 release 3 was, for the most part, just a passing phase. Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. (which in true period fashion was released a bit less than a year after 3) sounds genuinely amiable as the Buffalo Killers kick out some midtempo jams, but the band hits noticeably harder this time out, and these ten songs sound less like the work of a bunch of Laurel Canyon refugees and more like the proud Midwesterners they really are. Despite its title, DSLG thankfully doesn’t generate much of a hippie vibe; instead, this is the work of a power trio that knows how to cut a deep groove, and Joey Sebaali’s drumming (which is fittingly high in the mix) can be counted on to give this music the swift kick it often needs, even on slower and sunnier numbers like “Farewell.” Andy Gabbard’s guitar work is thick and satisfying throughout, his brother Zachary’s bass work is a solid intermediary between the melodies and the grooves, and if the vocals sometimes sound like the work of someone who won a Joe Walsh soundalike contest, at least the James Gang Rides Again vibe fits this music just right. 3 sounded as if the Buffalo Killers were reaching for something bigger and grander than they’d attempted on their first two albums; Dig. Sow. Love. Grow., on the other hand, is a simpler and more organic effort that suggests these guys just want to rock, but it succeeds well enough to be as satisfying as its predecessor.
http://www.allmusic.com/album/dig-sow-love-grow-mw0002396898

THE BIG TAKEOVER  
(national quarterly music magazine) – Positive album review in Michael Toland’s Top Ten for Oct.

Michael Toland’s Top Ten — October
Buffalo Killers – Dig.Sow.Love.Grow. (Alive)
The Gabbard brothers continue their odyssey through the guitar rock of the early 70s on their latest LP. As the band matures it’s arguably become more comfortable with the harmony-driven folk rock side of its personality, rather than the boogie, but Buffalo Killers deliver reliable pleasures either way. Picks to click: “Hey Girl,” “Graffiti Eggplant”
http://www.bigtakeover.com/top-ten/Michael-Toland-121007

CLEVELAND SCENE
(Cleveland weekly) – Feature interview to preview local show.

Working-Class Heroes
Buffalo Killers channel their classic rock past
by Jeff Niesel

Sociologists will tell you that upbringing often determines personality. Of course, they’re usually interested in looking at issues like class, race, and gender. But that notion of naturalism certainly applies to brothers Zachary and Andrew Gabbard, who head up Cincinnati retro-rockers the Buffalo Killers. Steeped in ’70s classic rock, their terrific new album Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. features harmonies clearly culled from their past.

The Gabbards’ father was a musician who taught Andrew to play guitar when the boy was eight; he taught Zachary the bass when he was 10. The siblings have been in bands together ever since.

“I wanted to play guitar, and my dad told me guitar players are a dime a dozen,” recalls Zachary. “So he went and bought me a bass. I don’t know how he decided he’d teach my brother to play guitar and me to play bass. I think he just needed a bass player in his own band.”

Gabbard started playing with his father’s group, which he says wasn’t a “real band” but just “working-class guys who would get together on the weekends.

“He and some guys from work would get together and play Neil Young songs and stuff like that,” says Gabbard, who grew up in Lebanon, between Cincinnati and Dayton. “All I ever wanted to do after that was put my own band together.”

The brothers started the ramshackle garage-rock group Thee Shams in 1999. They picked up a pretty sizable following among fans of that kind of music. In fact, one of their first out-of-town gigs was at the Beachland Tavern. But by 2005, the group started to disintegrate, and they soon called it quits.

“I’m proud of what we did,” says Gabbard. “There just came a time when it was time to put the nail in the coffin and start something new.”

So the Gabbards recruited drummer Joseph Sebaali and started the Buffalo Killers in 2006.

“We just wanted to be more of a group with three people who really care about each other and care about doing it,” says Zachary. “Not that we didn’t care about it before. But let’s trim the fat and get down to business. We’re more serious about the songwriting. With Thee Shams, it was more about getting drunk.”

Buffalo Killers’ self-titled debut caught the attention of the Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson, who recruited the group to open for the Crowes on their 2007 tour. The Black Keys were also fans, and singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach ended up producing their 2008 album Let It Ride at his Akron studio.

“We would hang out and get hyped on coffee and do it,” recalls Gabbard. “We didn’t do much production. It was more about him capturing the sound. It was us going in and him liking it.”

You can trace the Neil Young influence on the Buffalo Killers’ albums going all the way back to their debut. But that influence is even more prominent on Dig. Sow. Love. Grow, which sounds like the classic rowdy albums Young recorded with Crazy Horse in the ’70s. The band took a looser approach this time, compared to last year’s more mellow 3.

“For half of this record, we didn’t rehearse before going in the studio,” says Gabbard. “We just went in and worked out the songs right there. We had never done that before, so this album is more in your face.”

Gabbard says the band, which has pumped out two albums in the course of 24 months, is now in a good place.

“We just want to keep making records, because that’s what we’ve always wanted to do,” he says. “We want to keep touring and doing what we love doing.

“That’s what it’s all about.”
http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/working-class-heroes/Content?oid=3032527

RIOT FEST (Music fest’s online music site) – New piece with ” Baptized ” download featured

Buffalo Killers release two new songs, are on tour

Ohio psych rockers Buffalo Killers put out a new full length earlier this year but apparently had enough material left over to put up two new stand alone singles. You can check out the tracks “Baptized” and “Nothing Can Bring Me Down” below along with some tour dates with Hollis Brown that start up tonight. The band’s full length Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. is available now via Alive Naturalsound Records.

Nov 2 @ Mercury Lounge – New York, NY w/Hollis Brown

Nov 3 @ Metro Kitchen – Annapolis MD w/Hollis Brown

Nov 4 @ Milkboy – Philadelphia, PA w/Hollis Brown

Nov 8 @ Musica – Akron, OH w/Hollis Brown

Nov 9 @ Ace Bar – Chicago, IL w/Hollis Brown

Nov 10 @ 7th St Entry – Minneapolis, MN w/Hollis Brown

Nov 15 @ Radio Radio – Indianapolis, IN w/Hollis Brown

Nov 16 @ Taft Ballroom – Cincinnati, OH w/Hollis Brown

Nov 17 @ Zanzabar – Louisville, KY w/Hollis Brown

http://www.riotfest.org/buffalo-killers-release-two-new-songs-are-on-tour/

 THE MAD MACKEREL (UK music blog) – ” Baptized ” download featured in their “Mad Mackerel’s Best of the Month: October 2012”

A new non-album track from psych-blues rockers The Buffalo Killers, Baptized is a down-and-dirty rocker that somehow melds heavy psych with gospel!

http://madmackerel.org/2012/11/02/mad-mackerels-best-of-the-month-october-2012/

THE ACTIVE LISTENER (online music site) – Download New Buffalo Killers Song “Baptized” For Free

Buffalo Killers’ Zachary and Andrew Gabbard along with Joseph Sebaali have just emerged from the studio with two newly recorded non-LP sonic gems that they’re offering through their website as pay-what-you’d-like singles (one of which you can download as a free mp3 below to share). While the beautiful organic nature of their new song “Nothing Can Bring Me Down” hints towards some of the intoxicating strengths of both Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. and their previous effort 3, the other new track “Baptized” is a down-and-dirty rocker that weds hedonistic hard rock and heavy psych with the righteous and redemptive qualities of gospel music.

http://active-listener.blogspot.com/2012/11/download-new-buffalo-killers-song.html

HARMONIC DISTORTION  (online music site) – Positive album review and album art. Buffalo Killers – Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. It’s less than a year ago since I reviewed Buffalo Killers’ previous album 3 for Subba Cultcha, (I’ll put a link here soon when the relaunched site is back up and running), it’s great to see that the band’s creativity shows no signs of letting up. Their recently released fourth album Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. is an extension of where the band were at on their last album – earthy country rock, dripping with Zachary and Andrew Gabbard’s vocal harmonies. This time round there are some heavier moments creeping in, as on album opener Get It with its 70s guitar riffage and one-note Stooges style piano. While not quite into metallic zones it does represent the heavier end of the blues rock spectrum.

For the most part though the clue is in the album’s title – earthy, organic, hippy love vibes are in the area. The album sounds like Harvest would have had Neil Young decided to record said record with an electric band. It’s electric, and rock ‘n’ roll, but shot through with some down home warmth. While it lacks a killer track on a par with 3’s Zuma Bird, there’s still rich pickings here. Their take on southern rock ticks all the right boxes – grooves, songs and great harmony singing all present and correct. And man, as for those guitar tones and solos! Dig it indeed!   http://harmonicdistort.blogspot.com/2012/10/buffalo-killers-dig-sow-love-grow.html

THE SODA SHOP (online music blog) – News posting from press release with link to Baptized mp3, album art, band photo, tour dates, and related links.

http://www.thesodashop.us/2012/11/03/buffalo-killers-fall-tour-starts-tomorrow-offer-free-mp3/

FUZZY HEADPHONES  (online music blog) – Brief positive post with Baptized mp3. “Baptized” Buffalo Killers kicked off their Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. tour this past weekend in New York. As a special offering to fans, they’re offering a non-LP track as a free download on Soundcloud, or right below these very words.

http://fuzzyheadphones.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/monday-music-mashup-110512-new-music-from-rhcp-school-of-seven-bells-stereophonics-and-more/

FARONHEIT (Chicago-based music blog) –  ” Baptized ” download featured in their “Pick Your Poison 11.01.12” mp3 feature.

http://faronheit.com/2012/11/pick-your-poison-thursday-11-1-12/

MV REMIX (online music site) – “Baptized” mp3 featured with news post on tour (from press announcement.

http://mvremix.com/rock_blogs/2012/11/buffalokillers-kick-off-fall-tour-tomorrow-in-nyc-in-support-of-dig-sow-love-grow/

TWISTED SOUTH RADIO (national quarterly music magazine Twisted South’s internet rado show) – Phone interview with Zach on Wed. Oct. at 9:15 pm eastern.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/twistedsouthradio/2012/10/25/buffalo-killers-dig-sow-love-grow

CINCY GROOVE
(Cincinnati music blog) – 11/16 Taft Theatre show preview with announcement and live band photo and video.
http://www.cincygroove.com/?p=10192

ILLINOIS ENTERTAINER  
(Chicagoland music monthly magazine) – Positive show preview.

The Buffalo Killers grew up on Cincinnati chili, but somewhere along the line, the swamplands of New Orleans burrowed into the DNA of this Ohio threesome. Hope these shaggy dudes hold a soft spot for the Allman Brothers because there’s no escaping the comparisons on August’s Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. (Alive Natural Sound). “Farewell” is more sneer than parting gift while “Hey Girl” deserves a spot on a Time Life infomercial celebrating the titans of the 70s. If Grand Funk Railroad and The Band hooked up on a beer-soaked futon in a college dorm room, “Blood On Your Hands” would pop out nine months later. (Saturday@Double Door with The Sheepdogs.)
http://illinoisentertainer.com/2012/10/the-plain-of-misfits/

INNOCENT WORDS MAGAZINE  
(online music site) – Positive album review with album art

Buffalo Killers
Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.
(Alive Records)
By: John Castino

All’s tasty and alive with garage groove on the latest from Cincinnati’s Buffalo Killers.  Proficiently picking up where 2008’s Let it Ride left off, Buffalo Killers yield their finest, most honest effort to date with their fourth full-length release, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.

This collection of atmospheric psychedelia is laced with the swamp blues of the Killers’ first three outings, coupled with a mature, melodic folk nuance sure to have you reaching for your lava lamp.  Although echoes of the James Gang’s soul, along with the Ohio three-piece’s time spent with the Black Crowes on the road and the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach in the studio permeate the ethos of this album, make no mistake; this is a band with a voice and vision all its own.   Andrew and Zachary (the brothers Gabbard) blend with a sound made only possible through family harmony, guided by a Joseph Sebaali-led rhythm section that would make Jim Fox proud.

Brilliantly sequenced, organically produced, and genuinely executed, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. cements Buffalo Killers’ reputation for ’70s-infused tunes in a postmodern package and plants the seeds for growth on new musical horizons.
http://www.innocentwords.com/tabId/807/itemId/4773/Buffalo-Killers-Dig-Sow-Love-Grow.aspx

X92.9 CFEX FM  / THE SHOW
(Calgary Canada Rock Station) – Positive post with album art, Hey Girl audio and related links.

Fraser`s One Album You Gotta Buy This Week
Buffalo Killers Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.
Sweet ass 70’s style psych rock from a couple former members of Thee Shams. It ‘s their 4th full length album and I m thinking it might just be their best
http://www.x929.ca/shows/theshow/?cat=113

ULTRA SESSIONS  
(Online music site featuring live studio sessions) – Positive feature with “Get It” studio session video

BUFFALO KILLERS
Buffalo Killers are simply one of the best bands to come out of Cincinnati ever, and on August 23rd, 2012 the band released their newest album, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. at Ultrasuede Studio performing and recording that material in front of a live studio audience.  The band was just coming off the road from a short handful of regional release shows, so they were totally on it.  We tracked 10 songs and will be releasing 5 of them in the coming months.  This is one of our favorites called, “Get It”.

Buffalo Killers are an American rock band comprising brothers Zachary and Andrew Gabbard with Joseph Sebaali. Quickly signed to Alive Records after sending a burnt CD with just their telephone number and name on it, their self-titled debut album was released in October of 2006.

Buffalo Killers drew the attention of Chris Robinson, who invited the band to open a string of dates for The Black Crowes. That road trip spawned the songs for the band’s second long player, Let It Ride, produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach.

Most recently, the Buffalo Killers completed their fourth full length, “Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.” out on Alive Records summer 2012. The summer will also see a 45 RPM release of a couple Eddie Hinton tunes recorded and produced by Dan Auerbach, out on Shake It Records as part of their “Dangerous Highway: A Tribute to the Music of Eddie Hinton” series.
http://ultrasessions.com/home/buffalo-killers/

KDHX RADIO
(St. Louis Community radio) – “Moon Daisy” aired 9/21.
““Moon Daisy” from Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. (Alive 2012) -Slow and sludgy and downright beautiful.”
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kdhx&plid=9222

WMSE / “ZERO HOUR”
(Milwaukee, WI college radio) – “Hey Girl” aired on 09.21.
http://zerohourradio.blogspot.com/2012/09/playlist-for-92112-too-dumb-to-think-of.html

WEKX RADIO
(Williamsburg, KY Rock Radio) – Phoner with Zach on Friday Sep 7 at 10 am  with Kip Jervis.

BERKELEY PLACE
(online music blog) – Positive album review with album art, videos, tour dates and related links.

Buffalo Killers – Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. album review
The name of the latest album by the Buffalo Killers is “Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.”  So, yes, it is very influenced by the 1960s.  And that’s not a bad thing, particularly in a musical environment dominated by 1980s pop knockoffs and indie rockers who sound like something between David Byrne and Bruce Springsteen.

They look like hippies, too:
But they play like Allmans. Alright, maybe it’s not quite that ground up, but there’s a lot of rootsy, bluesy, muscular guitar work underneath the rootsy, bluesy, muscular vocals and just above the rootsy, bluesy, muscular bass and drums. At least, on the songs that aren’t quite so … Psychedelic. This is a great album if you love the sounds of the sixties, Led Zep, The Black Keys, The White Stripes, Sabbath, The Rasberries, Moby Grape…Fuck it, it’s just a great album period.

I’d love to see these guys tour, but they’re staying off the coast for the rest of the year…
Sept. 9 @ Downtown Dayton Revival Fest – Dayton, OH
Oct. 2 @ 20th Century Theatre – Cincinnati, OH w/The Sheepdogs
Oct. 4 @ Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH w/The Sheepdogs
Oct. 5 @ The Shelter – Detroit, M w/The SheepdogsI
Oct. 7 @ 7th Street Entry – Minneapolis, MN w/The Sheepdogs
Oct. 10 @ The Doubledoor – Chicago, IL w/The Sheepdogs
http://berkeleyplaceblog.com/2012/08/31/buffalo-killers-dig-sow-love-grow/

OHIO/NYC
(Ohio-centric Guide to New York City) – Glasslands show preview with band photo and Get It audio.

Buffalo Killers at Glasslands Tonight
Since evolving out of the remains of Thee Shams earlier this century, the Buffalo Killers have taken on a sound perhaps more akin to Laurel Canyon or Zuma Beach than their Cincinnati hometown. (Not that I have a solid idea of what sound I equate to the Queen City.) With last year’s superb 3, the band hit a perfect balance of mellowed, golden rock tones and vaguely psychedelic folk. That yin and yang is still at play on Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. the band’s fourth album released last week. The trio of brothers Zachary and Andrew Gabbard and Joseph Sebaali is in town to promote the new record tonight, playing with the Velcro Lewis Group and Prince Rupert’s Drops at Glasslands.
http://www.ohionyc.com/2012/08/16/buffalo-killers-at-glasslands-tonight/

SOUND ADVICE
(online music site) – Positive album review with album art and related links.

Buffalo Killers – ‘Dig. Sow. Love. Grow’ (Alive Naturalsound Records)

‘Dig. Sow. Love. Grow’ is the fourth album from Cincinnati 3-piece, Buffalo Killers. Here, the trio continue to seamlessly string together and perfect 60’s and 70’s classic rock, 70’s psychedeliA, blues and garage rock. Think ‘Cream’, ‘The Alman Brothers’ and at times, even ‘Black Sabbath’.

Thanks to modern contemporaries such as ‘The Black Keys’ (who Buffalo Killers share some similarity to) and ‘Jack White’, ‘Dig. Sow. Love. Grow’ sounds remarkably fresh. However, where the aforementioned acts have taken their 70’s influence and bought it into modern day, Buffalo Killers appear to have carefully hand-selected their melodies, riffs and arrangements to perfectly sit in the 1970’s.

Opening track ‘Get It’ kicks like a mule and has ‘Black Sabbath’ written all over it. With muddy guitars, tinkering piano hits, bass-heavy stoner-rock grooves and a vintage dual-vocal technique, ‘Get It’ oozes with attitude.

After such a riff-heavy opener, ‘Hey Girl’ changes mood immediately. This track, along with ‘Blood On Your Hands’, which follows, sound like they’ve been lifted off the ’Almost Famous’ soundtrack.

”Rollin Wheel’ changes things up again, this time Buffalo Killers flex their blues and Americana muscle and meld it with hippie-like vibes (just take a look at the album cover for further evidence). And on that note, yes  ‘Dig. Sow. Love. Grow’ might just be the perfect soundtrack to smoke to.

While each of the 10 songs give nod to an array of influences from the 60’s and 70’s, but unlike so many other bands today, Buffalo Killers are no “throwback” act; they’ve taken elements of their influences and completely made it their own. Alternating between vocalists Andrew Gabbard (guitarist/singer) and Zachary Gabbard (bass player/singer) for each song – one more gruff than the other but both as strong –  adds yet  more variation to Buffalo Killers’ already impressive sonic palate.

‘Dig. Sow. Love. Grow’ is a master class display of the band’s solid ability to write decent tunes that never conform to formulaic writing or clichés.

‘Dig. Sow. Love. Grow’ is available today, August 7, and also available to stream in its entirety via RELIX magazine now.
http://soundadvicemusic.net/2012/08/07/buffalo-killers-dig-sow-love-grow-alive-naturalsound-records/

MV REMIX
(online music site) – Positive album review with album art and related links.

Buffalo Killers – Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. album review
written by Christine Keeler

Cincinnati’s Buffalo Killers hail psychedelic blues rock in their fourth labor of love, “Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.” The trio of bearded rockers pump out some fantastic midwestern swagger in this release, drawing on rock legends but never coming close to a copycat band. Their sound is authentic, raw, unashamed, and at times gritty.

At first listen, I instantly thought of the Black Keys, and likes of The Dead Weather or Band of Skulls. The first song on the album, “Get it,” is pure grunge-y goodness at its finest; it’s powerful, raucous, and commanding. Next up is “Hey Girl,” which sounds like it’s rolling off of a record player in some southern lounge in the 70’s. It’s the most authentic sounding song on the album, which as a whole is organic in moody splendor.

Buffalo Killers seem to have found themselves a time machine, because “Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.” is a rocker’s gem from the hippie days of old.
http://mvremix.com/rock_blogs/2012/08/buffalo-killers-dig-sow-love-grow-album-review/

MOST METRO
(Dayton, OH online music site) – Positive show preview with album art, video and related links.

Buffalo Killers Celebrating Dig Sow Love Grow, Looking Ahead to the Fall
Fri Aug 10,2012 By Juliet Fromholt

A little over a year ago the Buffalo Killers were celebrating the release of their third full-length album, simply titled “3.” But the three piece band hasn’t let the last 12 months go by quietly. In addition to a steady schedule of touring, the Buffalo Killers spent some time at Candyland Studios in Cincinnati working with engineer Mike Montgomery on what would become their fourth full-length.

Dig Sow Love Grow was released nationally on Tuesday via Alive Records and is available at local record stores and digitally. The Buffalo Killers will celebrate the release locally with a show this Saturday (August 11th) at Canal Street Tavern. Joining them onstage is Goodbye, a new band featuring M Ross Perkins, Ian Kaplan, Nick Eddy and Chris Green.

Following Saturday’s show, the Buffalo Killers will begin touring in the support of the album. Your next local opportunity to see them live will be at the Downtown Dayton Revival Music Festival in September. The festival is two days and features 3 stages with over 30 bands including Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Rusted Root, Burnt Sugar and many more. The Buffalo Killers are scheduled to perform on Sunday, September 9th at 4:45pm on the Monster Stage.
http://mostmetro.com/music/buffalo-killers-celebrating-dig-sow-love-grow-looking-ahead-to-the-fall.html

RECORD DEPT.
(online music site) – Positive music review with album art.

BUFFALO KILLERS | DIG. SOW. LOVE. GROW
ALIVE
Cincinnati-based rock band Buffalo Killers released their fourth album, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. The trio, which is comprised of brothers Zach (bass, vocals) and Andrew Gabbard (guitar, vocals) as well as Joey Sebaali (percussion), ventures further away from their early 70’s Laurel Canyon sound. Like on 3, they are pursuing more rock than psychedelia, folding in bolder lines of blues and garage rock. Standouts among the ten tracks include opener “Get It” and “Farewell.” – Written by SMarx
SIMILAR | Howlin Rain, Left Lane Cruiser, The Little Killers, Radio Moscow, Soledad Brothers
http://www.recorddept.com/

ARTVOICE
(Buffalo, NY weekly) – Positive show preview

Buffalo Killers

Don’t let those Beatles-esque album covers and Jim Morrison-inspired beards fool you. The Buffalo Killers are, in fact, from this side of the new millennium, though their music, apparel, and general Gestalt make it clear that, spiritually, they’re from the era of lava lamps and free love. The Cincinnati trio are contemporary progenitors of exactly the sort of rough-edged semi-psychedelic 1960s-era feel-good rock-pop (think the Black Keys, but with decidedly more groove) that has been conspicuously absent of late and, incidentally, is more than ripe for a resurgence, and in a big way. On Friday (Aug 17), the Buffalo Killers will find themselves in—well, Buffalo—on the stage of Duke’s Bohemian Grove Bar as part of their summer tour of the country promoting their latest effort, DIG. SOW. LOVE. GROW., their fourth LP to date. Snag tickets while you can—the Buffalo show is the last in reasonable driving distance before the group returns to Ohio for a multi-week five-show homecoming. Given that time travel isn’t yet possible, Friday’s show is probably the closest thing you’re going to get to turning back the clock to the 1960s in the foreseeable future. —edward a. benoit

8pm Duke’s Bohemian Grove Bar, 253 Allen St. (240-9359 / dukesbohemiangrovebar.com) $7, 21+
http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n33/see_you_there

THE RECORD CHANGER
(online music site)– Positive album review with band photo.

OUT NOW: Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. – Buffalo Killers (Alive-Natural Sound) The fourth album by Ohio’s own Buffalo Killers is another stellar collection of retro rock, heavy on the guitars, with lots of hooks, and a classic rock vibe that could  only be stronger if the incense were burning and you were sitting with your girlfriend in the back of a ’68 Dodge listening to it on 8 track while the two of you shared a bottle of Boone’s Farm. For my money, the best rock band to emerge in the 21st century thus far. I’ve been listening to this kind of music my whole life. That’s why they call it classic. Available from bomp.com on vinyl or CD.
http://therecordchanger.blogspot.com/2012/08/dig-sow-love-grow.html

CAMPUS CIRCLE
(Los Angeles college paper)– Positive album review with band photo

Buffalo Killers: Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.
(Alive Natural Sound)
By Kevin Wierzbicki

This Ohio-based trio has gotten quite a bit of exposure from their affiliation with the Black Keys; that band’s Dan Auerbach is a big fan, and he produced the first two Buffalo Killers albums. But these guys don’t ride anyone’s coattails –and they don’t need to.

Lots of the songs here have a southern feel to them; “Rolling Wheel” is powered by ringing acoustic guitar and a few slide guitar riffs, while “Blood on Your Hands,” with its literate yet simply-put lyrics and understated hook, conjures a Kings of Leon/Drive-By Truckers mash-up. “I am Always Here” sounds like classic southern rock act the Outlaws, and (as you might expect from its title) “Graffiti Eggplant” is ’60s-style psychedelic pop.

The variations in style and influence come very subtly though, and are made cohesive by the vocal work of Zachary and Andrew Gabbard, the burly bearded brothers who are this unit’s creative forces. Buffalo Killers are hardly a new act, but they might as well be since they have not yet gotten the acclaim that their music deserves. Maybe good things are coming soon though –maybe the album title, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow., will turn out to be quite prescient.
Grade: A
Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. is available now.
http://www.campuscircle.com/review.cfm?r=16003&h=Buffalo-Killers-i-Dig-Sow-Love-Grow-i

RHAPSODY
Honorable mention in Top 15 Albums of August with positive LP review.

Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.
Buffalo Killers
Released: Aug 2012
Label: Alive Naturalsound

Ohio power trio Buffalo Killers is forever hiking the rolling foothills between James Gang’s hick-funk and Pure Prairie League’s wispy country-pop. Compared to the fairly muted 3, its predecessor, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. sports more Mountain Dew good times: riff-riding sing-alongs and high-flying choruses (those harmonies are just excellent) that sound swell while tubing down the Hocking River with a case of cheap suds in tow. The hardest of all the rockers present is opener “Get It.” Another standout is “Graffiti Eggplant,” anchored as it is by a Dead-like guitar lick that seesaws all about.- Justin Farrar
http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/buffalo-killers/album/dig-sow-love-grow

DAYTON DAILY NEWS / ACTIVE DAYTON
(Dayton Daily) – Feature interview to preview Dayton record release show.

Buffalo Killers return quickly with another batch of tunes
By Donald Thrasher

It’s only been a year since the last Buffalo Killers album was released by Alive Records, but fans of this retro-rock outfit will be pleased to learn new music is here.

The Ohio band with members based in Middletown and Dayton is celebrating the release of the new album, “Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.” at Canal Street Tavern on Saturday. Zach Gabbard (vocal, bass) says that he and bandmates Andy Gabbard (vocals, guitar) and Joseph Sebaali (drums) didn’t want three years to slip by like the gap between “Let It Ride” (2008) and “3” (2011).

“We really wanted to make it happen faster this time,” Gabbard said. “If all of the rest of the process wasn’t so long, we’d have it out even sooner. It always seems like knocking it out is easy.”

Like its predecessor, the new album was recorded at Candyland Studios in Cincinnati with Mike Montgomery of Ampline and Kelley Deal’s band R.Ring.

“Recording with Mike is so easy,” Gabbard said. “I love him. I love recording there. For us, it’s a really comfortable atmosphere. With this record, it’s the same process as always. Me and Andy both write the songs apart, and then we bring everything together. I think everything meshes well, like always.”

The songs do mesh well. Like the trio has done since its 2006 self-titled debut, Buffalo Killers continue to traffic in rock anthems heavily infused with influences from the late 1960s and early ’70s. There are snatches of psychedelic rock, riff-rock flourishes and plenty of extended guitar solos, which are all buoyed by the Gabbard brothers’ gloriously laconic vocals and indelible melodies.

“When we’re together in the studio everyone does their thing,” Gabbard said. “When we come back and do overdubs, everyone’s got their thing. Everyone’s in it to do it. Sometimes with groups it’s not like that. We’re a team. We’re ready to roll. I’ve been doing this for a little while now, and it’s always been great to do, but it’s so much better when everyone is there.

That’s something the three musicians experienced in previous band Thee Shams.

“You’ve got to believe in it or it ain’t real,” he said. “When everyone’s not in it, it’s awful. When we became this group we were like, ‘We’re the only ones that care about this, so let’s just do this ourselves.’ I love playing and recording with Andy and Joey. It’s great. Playing music with people you really love is a big deal. Every show can be a serious moment.”

HOW TO GO
Who: Buffalo Killers
Where: Canal Street Tavern, 308 E. First St., Dayton
When: 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11. Doors open at 8 p.m.
Cost: $5
More info: (937) 461-9343 or www.canalstreettavern.com
Artist info: www.buffalokillers.com
http://www.activedayton.com/news/entertainment/music/buffalo-killers-return-quickly-with-another-batch-/nP9kw/

BEACON AUDIO
(online music site as part of their speaker/headphone site) – Positive album with band photo and link to album stream on Relix

New Music Release: Buffalo Killers “Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.”

With rave reviews regarding their first three albums, and having been compared to The Rolling Stones, Buffalo Killers most recent project had a lot of hype to live up to. And the wait is over. Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. is, as of today, within our reach.

The Gabbard twins and drummer Sebaali have consistently been producing a tightened sound as time’s gone on, and their latest album will undoubtedly remain highly acclaimed. However, there is just one nagging question at the back of mind. Although the boys have stuck with their traditional, much-loved psychedelic sound, is it getting old?

Some may say yes and interpret the familiar noise as lacking, but I am sure that many others will fight back, never disappointed with the 70s rock vibe and underlying stoner tones. An eclectic mix of garage rock, blues and country are still all audible throughout Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. So how could it be boring?

Track 6, “I Am Always Here,” is one of my preferred and seems to act as a turning point for the album. As I delved farther into it, the more I found to like. The slower tempo’s created the mellow ambiance necessary for it to be easy on the ears, and the tones began to encompass a more honest portrait of what suits the vocalist’s best.

Mysun proved to be worth the wait with the short riff introduction enticing me to crank up the volume and lay back. But enough of my favorites, discover your own. Lucky for you, relix.com is offering a full album stream, so check it out here: http://www.relix.com/audio/artist-exclusives/2012/07/31/album-premiere-buffalo-killers-dig-sow-love-grow.
http://cincinnati.metromix.com/music/standard_photo_gallery/ear-candy-songs-we/2624235/photo/3152740

CINCINNATI METROMIX
(Cincy online A&E site) – Get It featured in “Ear Candy: songs we like” with album art and positive write-up

Get It
Artist: Buffalo Killers
Album: Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.
What we’re saying: It’s psychedelic and groovy. Boy, you can always count on the Buffalo Killers to bring you out of your 2012 what-is-this-world-coming-to funk and transport your musical-lovin’ ear canals to an inspiring time in history where people chilled out to music, talked to their friends and had no social networks to get them down. Get your peace signs ready, and join the band at the release of its fourth album, Tuesday, Aug. 7 at Shake It Records.– Daniele Cusentino
http://cincinnati.metromix.com/music/standard_photo_gallery/ear-candy-songs-we/2624235/photo/3152740

MUSIC EMISSONS
(online music site)– News posting with album art and tour dates.
http://www.musicemissions.com/blog/index.php/2012/08/07/on-the-verge-buffalo-killers/

ALT SOUNDS (online music site)– News posting  with album art, tour dates and tour dates.
http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/151179-buffalo-killers-album-today.html

WHEN YOU MOTOR AWAY
(online music site) – Positive LP review with album art, video, tour dates and related links.

REVIEW: Buffalo Killers – Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.
Blues-rock purveyors Alive/Naturalsound Records have done it again – they’ve brought you another act that, while hitting all kinds of pleasurable retro touchpoints, is playing its own take on all that old stuff. Cincinnati’s Buffalo Killers combine influences like the organic guitar work of Crazy Horse and the earthy rock rhythm work of The James Gang into a whole that, if not greater, certainly honors the sum of its parts.

Lead track “Get It” (available for free download here, from relix.com) is a straight-ahead heavy blues rocker, well-played, with a heavy guitar base over some rocking piano work and some twangy, psychedelic vocals. It’s a very engaging combination, but it’s far from the only trick in their bag. Next one, “Hey Girl”, is more melodic and slower-paced, building over an extremely simple vocal line with some engaging guitar effects (and a couple of well-placed solos). The third song, “Blood On Your Hands”, and especially “Those Days”, bring back wonderful memories of James Gang Rides Again, but again, they’re their own band. The slide guitar in “Rollin Wheel” – well, I’m channelling Duane Allman. Not sure if that’s what they intended, but it’s a good thing either way, especially when paired up with some of those psychedelic vocals. Brothers Zachary and Andrew Gabbard share vocal duties and play the guitar and bass.

Here’s a good video of them performing “I Am Always Here”, a good example of their style and evidence that they can deliver in a live setting:

And special mention is warranted by the excellent drummer Joseph Sebaali. At every turn, while the vocals, guitars and piano are moving here and there, he forms a rock-solid and rocking base. Songs like “Those Days” especially benefit from his skill. There are quick changes and hairpin turns, and it all comes together organically, in large part to Sebaali’s work on the bottom.

We first heard these guys on the wonderful Alive/Naturalsound compilation Where Is Parker Griggs?, and while that means we are perhaps late to the game on Buffalo Killers, we are happily working our way through the back catalog. For me, this stands as their apex.

This is a terrific, and very welcome, record. You can listen, for now, at Relix.

It’s available to buy at Alive/Naturalsound and Bomp!

They’ll be on tour, too (with more dates promised soon):

08.10 Louisville Glassworks – Louisville, KY
08.11 Canal Street Tavern – Dayton, OH (Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. Record Release Show!)
08.16 The Glasslands – Brooklyn, NY
08.17 Duke’s Bohemian Grove Bar – Buffalo, NY
08.18 Happy Dog – Cleveland, OH
08.23 UltraSession – Cincinnati, OH
10.02 20th Century Theatre – Cincinnati, OH w/ The Sheepdogs
10.04 Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH w/ The Sheepdogs
10.05 The Shelter – Detroit, MI w/ The Sheepdogs
10.07 7th St. Entry – Minneapolis, MN w/ The Sheepdogs
Posted by John Hyland at 8/08/2012
http://whenyoumotoraway.blogspot.com/2012/08/review-buffalo-killers-dig-sow-love-grow.html

INNOCENT WORDS
(online music site) – News posting from press release with band photo.
http://www.innocentwords.com/tabId/807/itemId/4459/Buffalo-Killers-New-Album-Dig-Sow-Love-Grow-Rele.aspx

LARGEHEARTED BOY
(online music blog) – Album art and link to Spinner album stream in their “Try It Before You Buy It”  feature
http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2012/08/try_it_before_y_244.html

FEARLESS RADIO
(Chicago internet radio station) – News posting from press release with band photo, tour dates and related links.
http://www.fearlessradio.com/component/content/article/36-press-releases/6386-buffalo-killers-new-album-qdig-sow-love-growq-out-today-spinner-featuring-the-full-audio-stream

THE SODA SHOP
(online music blog) – News posting from press release with album art, band photo, tour dates, link to Spinner album stream and related links.
http://www.thesodashop.us/2012/08/07/buffalo-killers-new-album-dig-sow-love-grow-out-today-through-alive-naturalsound-records/

JESTER JAY MUSIC
(online music blog) – Positive album review.

Recording review – Buffalo Killers, Dig Sow, Love, Grow (2012)
Unselfconsciously retro, it’s a rich throwback to the early ’70s
The early ’70s were a fertile hot zone. All the disparate musical shards of the hippie ’60s — folk, pop psychedelia, acid rock, and blues — were starting to slide together into interesting combinations. Bands like Bad Company, the Band, and the James Gang created sounds that were anchored in rock yet soared into cool directions.

Buffalo Killers are throwbacks to that time. Dig, Sow, Love, Grow could have dropped in 1972 or ’73 and it would have fit in just fine. Rather than reproducing the retro vibe of the era, Buffalo Killers seem utterly unselfconscious about their sound. The album has a melange of almost familiar sounds: the Led Zeppelin opening to Get It that slides into a bluesy rock jam, the 13th Floor Elevators garage psychedelia of Hey Girl, the lazy folky groove of The Band on Blood On Your Hands, or heavy Joe Walsh punch of Those Days. Lazy tempos give the heady guitar riffs plenty of room to meander.

Joe Walsh seems to be the strongest influence, pulling bits of James Gang funky jams and Barnstorm era rock to permeate several of the tracks. Buffalo Killers capture his rhythm guitar sound and even a bit of his voice. Brothers Andrew and Zachary Gabbard voices find their home base somewhere between Walsh’s tone and Ozzie Osbourne’s yowl.

Despite all the comfortable musical elements, Dig, Sow, Love, Grow feels more like cross-pollination than a derivative exercise. Each listen turns up a new favorite track. Early on, I was caught up by Get It. The simple staccato keyboard part offsets the warm overdriven guitar tone. The bluesy solo had a wicked tone that perfectly wrapped up the whole package.

Later, Farewell stood out. It starts with a beautiful descending line that balances the bass and guitar. This develops into a rich sound that drifts between delicate psychedelia and a thicker handed folk rock. It’s a thoughtful song right up until the more discordant finish that signals a kind of emotional surrender.

Right now, I’ve dropped deeper into the garage psych with Mysun. The folky rhythm reminds me a little of Pink Floyd’s Free Four. It’s got a sunny, open feeling.

Buffalo Killers may have spent some time buried in their parent’s music collections, but it was clearly time well spent.
http://jesterjaymusic.blogspot.com/2012/08/recording-review-buffalo-killers-dig.html

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
(Milwaukee, WI daily) – Brief album posting in their “New CDs this Week” column.
Buffalo Killers, “Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.” (Alive Naturalsound). Ohio trio with a classic-rock bent gets into sounds from the late ’60s and early ’70s on its fourth album.
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/new-cds-new-cds-2c6aog2-165192756.html

CITY BEAT
(Cincinnati Weekly) – Positive feature to preview local show with band photo and related links.

LISTEN: Buffalo Killers’ New ‘Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.’
Local Psych/Roots/Swamp Rock trio celebrates release today at Shake It
Cincinnati-spawned Psych/Rock/Pop trio Buffalo Killers’ new album, the rockin’ Dig. Sow. Love. Grow., is available at retailers (online or otherwise) today nationwide.

The album — released on Alive NaturalSound Records — has already scored some great press praise. Magnet says the album “will no doubt beg the comparison to a handful of contemporary blues-rock bands like former tourmates the Black Keys and the North Mississippi Allstars,” while Marquee Magazine’s Brian Johnson gave the LP five out of five stars and wrote, “Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. Sow. Love. Grow. sees the band absolutely stampeding back to their raucous rock sound, but it also goes the extra step by showcasing both the majestic side of the Buffalo Killers, while managing to convey the overwhelming and unbridled power of the group.”

Spinner has the full album streaming today on its site. Click here to give it a taste, then head to Northside’s Shake It Records at 7 p.m. tonight to pick up a copy and listen to a few tunes performed live by the band in-store. The appearance is the official local “release party” for the record and kicks off the band’s touring duties behind the release.

Below, listen to the album’s second track, “Hey Girl.”
http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-3795-listen_buffalo_killers_new_dig_sow_love_grow.html

DAYTON CITY PAPER
(Dayton Weekly) – Positive feature/interview to preview local show with band photo and related links.

Soundboard August 7, 2012
Get It
Buffalo Killers return with new album, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.
By Kyle Melton

In a climate that seems to reward anything new and shiny the moment it arrives, it’s refreshing to see a band like Buffalo Killers continue to demonstrate the value of building roots. With their latest album, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. (out August 7 on Alive Records), brothers Andy and Zachary Gabbard and Joseph Sebaali return with a no-frills production that sounds instantly familiar and is infused with a depth and honesty conspicuously absent on many modern releases. We spoke with bassist/vocalist Zachary Gabbard about the new album and how Buffalo Killers continue to draw from the deep roots of American music.

Dayton City Paper: How have things been over the past year for Buffalo Killers? What has been going on with the band members’ individual lives? I know Andy and Joseph relocated to Dayton, so how has that affected things?

The past year has treated us all pretty well; With good women, beautiful children and plentiful gardens you can’t complain.  My family and I sold our home in the city and moved into a 200-year-old farmhouse in the country, so we all live much closer than before.  The band has moved into the barn at my house, so we have a space to create.  Now that we live in-between Cincinnati and Dayton, we feel like Dayton is our home, too, and she welcomed us with open arms.  -Zachary Gabbard

DCP:  Tell me about the writing/recording process for the new album. How did you come up with the new material? Do you and Andy write together or just bring songs individually to the group?

We recorded Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. with our good friend Mike Montgomery, at his Candyland Studios.  With this record, the process was different because we built the album in the studio.  Andy and I brought our songs in, but we wanted to start with the skeleton of the songs and build the meat on them in the studio.  As far as the writing process goes, Andy and I write our songs separately, but we always seem to share common themes.  It’s nice to have a writing partner, even though we really don’t write together.  We are cosmic writing partners. -ZG

DCP: In terms of songwriting, you and Andy seem to have very different styles that compliment each well throughout the album. Is this is conscious move or just a natural evolution of your individual songwriting styles?

Thank you.  Of course no two songwriters sound the same, as each person draws from their own experiences, so it really is a natural evolution of our songwriting styles.  We are thankful that our styles of writing harmonize with each other and is most likely a reflection of growing up under the same roof. -ZG

DCP: Where did the title Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. come from?  How do you feel the new album compares to last year’s 3, which received very high marks from critics?

Good, bad or ugly, we don’t ever have any grand scheme in mind when it comes to albums.  It is a very natural process that leads us in different directions and is a reflection of where we are in our lives.  Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. is a little more rockin’ than 3, but it still maintains the melodic vibrations of that effort.  As far as the name is concerned, it came to me in a recurring dream.  It just wouldn’t leave my head, so after telling the guys about it, we decided to name the album Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.  I’m sure it had everything to do with where I’m at in my life. -ZG

DCP: While many reviews seem to compare your work to ’60s and ’70s artists, do you feel you are anachronistic in the modern musical landscape?

What’s that saying about opinions…?

We are plagued by comparisons of the ’60s and ’70s because those are the last decades where popular music was composed of artists that played their own instruments, voices without the help of auto tune and music that was generally made for adults with subject matter that could get heavy.  The fact of the matter is, we don’t make music for critics, if we did, we would sound a lot different.  We make music for our fans and ourselves.  There is no better compliment than the ones we get from our fans.  If we can reach those people, the people that get us, and they like it, we are happy.  When did it become not modern to play your own instruments and sing your heart out? -ZG

DCP: What does the remainder of 2012 have in store for Buffalo Killers? Any touring plans? Any side projects in the works? Working on new material for the next album?

We were lucky enough to be invited to play the Dayton Revival Music Festival and we are really looking forward to that.  It is a really great event for the city.  Other than that, road warriors, new babies, holidays and start working on the new album. -ZG

Buffalo Killers will celebrate the release of Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. with a show on Saturday, August 11 at Canal Street Tavern, 308 E. First St. Also on the bill are Goodbye. Doors at 8 pm. Admission is $7 for 18 & up. For more information visit buffalokillers.com.
http://www.daytoncitypaper.com/get-it/

CINCY MUSIC
(Cincinnati music site) – Positive news posting with album art and related links.

Buffalo Killers Release CD Today
By Ian Bolender

Cincinnati’s own Buffalo Killers are releasing their 4th full length album today via Alive Records. “Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.” is streaming in it’s entirety here on Relix’s website. The band signed to Alive Records in 2006 after simply sending a burnt CD with their phone number and name on it.. Proof that music is truly all that really matters at the end of the day. The Buffalo Killers caught the attention of Chris Robinson, who took the band on the road with The Black Crowes very early on. Their second full length album was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. It’s no surprise that the band keeps impressing industry insiders. It’s tough to see how far they have really come because of the old saying that you are never really famous in your hometown. If you take a step back and look at what they have accomplished it’s easy to see that they are easily one of Cincinnati’s most succesful bands.

Buffalo Killers will celebrate their new release with a special performance tonight at Shake-It Records (where you can also pick up a copy) at 7:00pm.

They will be back as an opener for The Sheepdogs at The 20th Century Theatre on October 2.
http://cincymusic.com/news/2012/08/buffalo-killers-release-cd-today

MY SOUND ADVICE
(online music blog) – Positive review with album art and related links.

Buffalo Killers – ‘Dig. Sow. Love. Grow’ (Alive Naturalsound Records)
‘Dig. Sow. Love. Grow’ is the fourth album from Cincinnati 3-piece, Buffalo Killers. Here the trio continue to seamlessly string together and perfect 60’s and 70’s classic rock, 70’s psychadelia, blues and garage rock. Think ‘Cream’, ‘The Alman Brothers’ and at times, even ‘Black Sabbath’.

Thanks to modern contemporaries such as ‘The Black Keys’ (who Buffalo Killers share some similarity to) and ‘Jack White’, ‘Dig. Sow. Love. Grow’ sounds remarkably fresh. However, where the aforementioned acts have taken their 70’s influence and bought it into modern day, Buffalo Killers appear to have carefully hand-selected their melodies, riffs and arrangements to perfectly sit in the 1970’s.

Opening track ‘Get It’ kicks like a mule and has ‘Black Sabbath’ written all over it. With muddy guitars, tinkering piano hits, bass-heavy stoner-rock grooves and a cool dual-vocal technique, ‘Get It’ oozes with attitude.

After such a riff-heavy opener, ‘Hey Girl’ changes mood immediately. This track, along with ‘Blood On Your Hands’, which follows, sound like they’ve been lifted off the ’Almost Famous’ soundtrack.

”Rollin Wheel’ changes things up again, this time Buffalo Killers flex their blues and Americana muscles and meld it with hippie-like vibes (just take a look at the album cover). And yes, ‘Dig. Sow. Love. Grow’ might just be the perfect soundtrack to smoke to.

While each of the 10 songs give nod to an array of influences from the 60’s and 70’s, unlike so many other bands today, Buffalo Killers are no “throwback” act; they’ve taken elements of their influences and completely made it their own. Alternating between vocalists Andrew Gabbard (guitarist/singer) and Zachary Gabbard (bass player/singer) for each song – one more gruff than the other but both as strong as one another –  adds yet  more variation to Buffalo Killers’ already impressive sonic palate.

‘Dig. Sow. Love. Grow’ is a master class display of the band’s solid ability to write a decent tune, which never conforms to formulaic writing or clichés.

‘Dig. Sow. Love. Grow’ is available today, August 7, and also available to stream in its entirety via RELIX magazine now.
http://mysoundadvice.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/buffalo-killers-dig-sow-love-grow-alive-naturalsound-records/

THE FIRE NOTE
(online music blog) – Positive 4/5 album review.

Buffalo Killers: Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.
Alive Natural Sound Records [2012]

Fire Note Says: A warm 70’s rock sound has never felt so modern on the excellent fourth long player from the Buffalo Killers!

Album Review:
Right from the opening heavy blues rock on first track “Get It” you know that Cincinnati’s Buffalo Killers are back in full force on their fourth long player Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. The trio have quickly returned as this new record launches almost exactly a year from their last release titled 3 [2011]. Fans will not need to worry as the band once again brings their warm 70’s vibe to the forefront on Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. with their incredibly catchy dual vocals from brothers Andy and Zachary Gabbard.

So far this may sound very similar to the effort they released last year on 3 but the Buffalo Killers bring a bit more confidence, a bit more structure and a bit more groove to Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. This increased comfort in what they do emerges here track after track. The biggest rocker on the record “Get It” politely lets off the line “I don’t need yo bitchin’ anymore” while the slower “Farewell” in no way can be considered a ballad as the band adds in a heavy muscular guitar as the song progresses that is intermittently interrupted with a more quiet strumming which plays out perfectly and creates a unique and sophisticated dynamic within the track.

Then there is the second track on the record “Hey Girl” which is easily one of the best songs the band has released to date as it flows flawlessly just below a mid-tempo pace. Lyrically as Gabbard sings “Hey girl, whatcha say? I’m with you all the way” the song quickly engages the listener as everyone in the audience can identify with the message and its seamless instrumentation makes it an album favorite. Vocally the song has the same smooth vibe of Stephen Stills or even Matthew Sweet which wins you over in seconds and I guarantee will have you singing along before its 4 minutes are over.

The rest of Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. follows a very consistent and solid path while it keeps the tempo balanced with swelling hooks, foot tapping moments, strong basslines and memorable vocal interludes. If you are new to the band the Buffalo Killers may not grab you with an initial listen here but make sure you give Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. a proper chance and spin because the record will just sink in. If you are already a fan Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. represents one of the Buffalo Killers best efforts yet and should be the record that gives them the exposure they most certainly deserve!

Key Tracks: “Get It”, “Hey Girl”, “Farewell”
Bands With Similar Fire:
CSN&Y
My Morning Jacket
The Band
http://thefirenote.blogspot.com/2012/08/buffalo-killers-dig-sow-love-grow.html

PLUG-IN MUSIC
(online music site) – News piece (from press announcement) with band photo, tour dates, link to Relix premiere and related links.
http://www.pluginmusic.com/news/article/buffalo-killers-ready-dig-sow-love-grow-for-release

SPINNER
(online music magazine) – Listening Party  full-album audio stream with album art and related link
http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/spinner#/6

KDHX RADIO
(St. Louis Radio) – Hear and Now full-album audio stream with positive write-up,  band photo and related links.

Hear and Now: Stream the new album ‘Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.’ by Buffalo Killers
Written by Roy Kasten
Listen to “Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.” by Buffalo Killers

Whether it’s chemically, electrically or organically produced — or induced for that matter — the heavy rock of Buffalo Killers’ “Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.” packs a wallop.

It’s only been a year since Buffalo Killers — brothers Zachary (bass and vocals) and Andrew (guitar and vocals) Gabbard, and drummer Joseph Sebaali — released “3” (yes, that would be their third album), and what have they learned in the interim? From the pile-driving sound of opening track “Get It,” not much, save that turning up and tuning out virtually every contemporary trend — don’t even think about calling this garage rock — is one way to make an impression.

On “Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.” the Cincinnati band storms, pounds, sludges and, surprisingly enough, grooves through the ’60s and ’70s blues and psychedelic rock landscape, saluting the Allman Brothers, Cream and Cheap Trick, and even giving a nod to Guns N’ Roses on songs like “I Am Always,” a sweeping power ballad that would have fit right in on “Appetite for Destruction.” On “Hey Girl” the band lays on its sweetest harmonies and hooks for a dreamy respite from the riffage, though that always returns, usually with the vengeance of the unreconstructed rock ‘n’ rollers Buffalo Killers are at heart.

“Dig. Sow. Love. Grow” will be released on August 7, 2012 on Alive Naturalsound.
http://kdhx.org/music/news/hear-and-now-stream-the-new-album-dig-sow-love-grow-by-buffalo-killers

RELIX MAGAZINE
(national music magazine) – Premiere of full-album audio stream with positive write-up,  album art and related links.

Relix.com Premieres New Buffalo Killers Album Dig. Sow. Love.
The fourth album from Buffalo Killers is set for an August 7 release via Alive Naturalsound Records. Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. presents 10 songs that once again reflect “the many unique styles of music cultivated on American soil over the last five decades: from late ’60s psychedelia, blues, Americana, garage rock and the folk-rock sounds that rolled out of Laurel Canyon in the early ’70s like a sweet cloud of Acapulco Gold.” Buffalo Killers have shared dates with North Mississippi Allstars, The Black Crowes and The Black Keys over recent years (The Keys’ Dan Auerbach produced their 2008 album Let It Ride) and will begin their upcoming tour in support of the album on August 10. Click here for the premiere stream of Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.Grow.

http://www.relix.com/news/2012/07/31/relix-com-premieres-new-buffalo-killers-album-dig-sow-love-grow

CINCINNATI METROMIX
(Cincy online A&E site) – Feature interview with Zach with band photo.

Catching up with: Buffalo Killers
New album from Zach Gabbard and friends has more rock but leaves plenty of time for family
By Garin Pirnia
Special to Metromix
When guitarist-vocalist Zach Gabbard split from his group Thee Shams and started Buffalo Killers with fellow Shams, his brother Andy and drummer Joey Sebaali, he didn’t think it’d amount to much.

But then Alive Records signed the trio and released their self-titled debut in 2006 and have since released their three other records including last year’s aptly named “3” and next week’s “Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.” that’s already acquired a lot of pre-release buzz.

Once again, the guys recorded “Dig” at Candyland Recording Studio under the tutelage of Mike Montgomery. Whereas “3” was tightly planned out and orchestrated, “Dig” saw the band doing things they hadn’t done before: recording parts of the record without rehearsing, learning the songs on-spot and recording on the first take.

“It seems like every record surpasses the last record,” Gabbard said. “I’m super-proud of it [“Dig”]. I’m very proud of us as a whole, the band and the three of us are a really good team and everyone cares about each other. And to play and have those moments onstage and look over and it’s my brother and Joey, it tickles me to death.”

Critics label the band as classic rock or psychedelic rock, but they will soon discover the new album purposely oozes a fuzzier sound.

“With this record, we just wanted to rock again, to just bite someone’s head off again,” Gabbard said. “And I think we accomplished that. Sometimes you get wrapped into wanting to be super-deep or really try to say something, and sometimes it comes down to let’s just f—ing rock.”

The truth is, Gabbard is quite pensive, saying things like, “When you lie down at the end of the night, and you cuddle up with your kids and you go to bed, that’s all that matters.”

A couple of years ago he escaped the city and moved to a farm between Cincinnati and Dayton with his wife and kids. Since he plays a lot of shows in both cities, he basically has two hometowns.

Gabbard credits working with Ohio music royalty as one reason why the band’s been so successful. He’s taken guidance from Black Key Dan Auerbach (who produced their second album “Let It Ride”), John Curley of the Afghan Whigs (they recorded at his Ultrasuede Studio) and Kelley Deal of Breeders fame (she sang on “Could Never Be” on their last album).

“As far as Cincinnati goes, think about all of the bands from Cincinnati that have gone out and done things,” he said. “It’s super-inspiring. It should be for anyone who’s in a band. When I first started out playing music, it was like, oh, we have to start going out on the road and I realized that just by watching what everyone else was doing at the time.”

Over the years the road has become a conflicted medium for him. He loves to tour, but he misses his family and thinks his home life would be greatly affected if he was constantly gone.

Luckily, the band decides when they want to tour. They’ll do a brief tour for the new record and they might finally get around to playing some gigs in Europe, where they have a head-scratching following, even though they only played there once.

“To be able to make records and travel and go places and there’s people there that want to see us play, it still blows my mind,” Gabbard said. “I always expect for there to never be anyone there.”

With Thee Shams imploding and a regular job never panning out, it’s clear Buffalo Killers is what Gabbard was meant to do with his life.

“Everyone’s happy and everyone’s into doing it,” Gabbard said. “I’m in a very good place. I’m very lucky that I have guys that I love that I play with, and my wife supports me in anything I want to do, and I have two beautiful kids. I’m a super-lucky man.”
http://cincinnati.metromix.com/music/article/catching-up-with-buffalo/3149934/content

CINCY GROOVE
(Cincy music blog) – Show preview with announcement. Album art and related links.
http://www.cincygroove.com/?p=9403

FOX45-TV DAYTON
(Dayton, OH Fox affiliate)  – Fox45 In The Morning Live Music Appearance
Watch it here: http://fox45now.com/shared/news/features/morning/stories/wkef_buffalo-killers-drop-cd-tuesday-1099.shtml

MAGNET
(national music magazine) – “Get It”  MP3 AT 3PM feature with positive write-up, album art and related links.

MP3 At 3PM: Buffalo Killers
Buffalo Killers sound just as American as their name. Brothers Zachary and Andrew Gabbard, plus Joseph Sebaali, bring the full-force blues rock. “Get It,” off Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. (out August 7 via Alive Naturalsound), is gritty, loud and will no doubt beg the comparison to a handful of contemporary blues-rock bands like former tourmates the Black Keys and the North Mississippi Allstars. Download “Get It” below.
“Get It” (download):
http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2012/07/17/mp3-at-3pm-buffalo-killers-2/

SONIC MASALA
(online music magazine) – “Hey Girl” audio premiere to be feature 6/21with band photo, album art and related links.

Hey Girl, Buffalo Killers Get It Right
Ohio rockers Buffalo Killers are prepping their fourth full-length effort Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. Last year’s 3 was decent, but it didn’t hit me like previous effort Let It Ride, nor their performance at the Breeders’ ATP in 2009. Yet the two tracks offered thus far, ‘Hey Girl’ and ‘Get It’, sounds more meaty, blues, vintage and altogether Buffalo Killers. The band has always espoused virtues from late ’60s psychedelia, blues, Americana, garage rock and the folk-rock sounds that rolled out of Laurel Canyon in the early ’70s, and especially on ‘Get It’ it sounds like such a concentrated mojo is bound to work for them.

Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. is out August 7 through Alive Naturalsound Records. There will be 300 Limited Edition Orange Vinyl LPs exclusive to mailorders through Bomp! – well worth investing in.
http://sonicmasala.blogspot.com/2012/07/hey-girl-buffalo-killers-get-it-right.html

THE DADADA
(Greenville, NC-based music blog) – Posting with album art and “Hey Girl” mp3.

Buffalo Killers – Hey Girl [mp3] (from Dig.Sow.Love.Grow, out August 7th on Naturalsound Records)
Guitarist Andy Gibbard penning what he sees as a Stevie Wonder song – the result is a comfortable psychedlia.
http://thedadada.com/

SPINNER
(online music magazine) – “Hey Girl” audio premiere to be feature 6/21with band photo, album art and related links.

Buffalo Killers, ‘Hey Girl’ — Song Premiere + Free Download
by Cameron Matthews
Buffalo Killers have long hair, beards and a wonderful new tune “Hey Girl” that harkens back to ’60s psychedelia, CSNY hooks and lava-lamp love.

Even though the song possesses a delightfully flowery vibe, “Hey Girl” packs a delicious punch that’s filled with more than your average acid tablets. The Cincinnati band’s new single has a hell of a lot of heart.

“I wrote ‘Hey Girl’ on my way home from rehearsal one night,” guitarist Andy Gabbard tells Spinner. “In my head it was a Stevie Wonder song. The whole thing just came right out. Words and all. I was heavy into Stevie at the time. Zach and Joey took it to the next level. As did the jangly second guitar.”

The band’s previous records 3 and their 2008 Dan Auerbach-produced Let it Ride seem like rock ‘n’ roll stepping stones compared to what’s next.

Buffalo Killers’ new album Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. is a cool addition to the band’s canon and will hit shelves Aug. 7 via Alive Naturalsound Records.
http://www.spinner.com/2012/06/21/buffalo-killers-hey-girl-download/

RELIX
(national music magazine) – Positive news post with “Get It” audio premiere with positive write-up, album art and related links.

Relix.com Premiere Stream and Download: Buffalo Killers “Get It”

Buffalo Killers’ next album Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. is set for a August 7 release on Alive Records. Once again the trio draws on a blend of Americana, garage rock, folk and psychedelia for this recording. Relix.com has just posted the premiere stream of “Get It” from Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.. Click here to hear the new song. In addition, “Get It,” may be downloaded from this link.
http://www.relix.com/news/2012/06/15/relix-com-premiere-stream-and-download-buffalo-killers-get-it

RCRD LBL
(online music site) – “Get It” to run as a feature download on Tue. 6.19, with positive write-up, band photo and related links.

DOWNLOAD: Buffalo Killers – Get It
If you are a fan of The Black Keys (and the millions of bands its members now produce on the side) then you will probably be into Buffalo Killers – an Ohio rock band that will release its fourth album, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow., on August 7 via Alive Naturalsound Records. The album features the band’s raucous blues-rock sound, which harkens back to the classic rock era. “Get It,” a rollicking number complete with twangy electric guitar solos, is loud and wild and will likely make you crave a beer. Preferably from a dive bar in the South.
http://rcrdlbl.com/2012/06/19/download_buffalo_killers_get_it

MUSIC SAVAGE
(online music blog) – (Second) Positive news post with “Hey Girl” download and band photo.

New Music | Buffalo Killers – Hey Girl
by Kyle
Buffalo Killers – Hey Girl
Buffalo Killers are sharing up another track from their forthcoming record, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow., a slow burner of a track that lays somewhere between ‘70s rock and a tab of acid. It’s a cool jam and its starting to feel like this new album is gonna be quite a good album. Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. will hit shelves Aug. 7 via Alive Naturalsound Records.
http://www.musicsavage.com/2012/06/new-music-buffalo-killers-hey-girl/

THE WASTER
(online music site) – News posting with band photo, Get It mp3 and related links.

The Buffalo Killers: Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. Out 8/7
The Buffalo Killers will be releasing their new album Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. on Alive Naturalsound Records this August 7th. Check out their single ‘Get It’ below, and pre-order the album now!
http://thewaster.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2386:buffalo-killers-dig-sow-love-grow&catid=6:news-wire&Itemid=82

MARQUEE MAGAZINE
(Boulder, CO monthly music magazine) – Very positive 5/5 album review, with album art, related links and Get It download.

Buffalo Killers
Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.
Alive Naturalsound Records
5 out of 5 stars

It’s been less than a year since Buffalo Killers released their third full-length LP, 3, and already, these big bearded bastards are releasing their fourth album, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.
3 saw the Buffalo Killers at their most refined — an almost mellow album for the Cincinnati-based retro-psychedelic power trio — but beautiful nonetheless. In 2011, this critic said of 3: “I love the change of gears for 3 and could listen to it repeatedly [which, by the way, I have done a lot in the last year]. It’s  truly some of the Buffalo Killers finest work, but I hope album number four cranks it back up again.”
Well, I fished my goddamn wish! Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. sees the band absolutely stampeding back to their raucous rock sound, but it also goes the extra step by showcasing both the majestic side of the Buffalo Killers, while managing to convey the overwhelming and unbridled power of the group.
The opening track “Get It” starts with a moment of heavy bass feedback that almost serves as a warning call before the herd begins its mighty gallop.
But track two begins to unveil the real joy of Dig. Sow. Love. Grow., emphasizing that it’s not one big sprint. “Hey Girl” almost sounds like it could have come right after 3’s opening track “Huma Bird.” But the second the final note of “Hey Girl” ends, the strength and rawness of “Blood On Your Hands” comes roaring back to knock listeners off their foundation.
Throughout the album, Buffalo Killers weave in and out of those different moods with grace and power.  This is a band — and an album — that is made for fat tube amplifiers and powerhouse headphones. If you buy this album digitally, spring for the flac recordings (or the highest bitrate you can get) and not just the run-of-the-mill mp3s. That extra quality from those files will show why the band is a perfect fit on the Alive Naturalsound Records label, which boasts artists from The Black Keys (who released their 2003 album The Big Come Up on Alive) to Lee Bains III, and the Glory Fires. In fact, Buffalo Killers’ second album Let It Ride was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys.
The band, which features brothers Zachary (bass and vocals) and Andrew (guitar and vocals) Gabbard, as well as drumming monster Joseph Sebaali, most certainly draws influence from a wide catalog of rock and roll’s elite. But Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. isn’t just another retro-sounding album that mimics bands of yesteryear. It’s a raw, real and commanding sound forged from grit that is as wide and expansive as the western plains, and is as mighty as it’s namesake. Simply put, it’s fucking awesome.   — BFJ
http://marqueemag.com/2012/07/01/buffalo-killers-2/

FEARLESS RADIO
(Chicago internet radio) – News post (from Relix premeire press release) with band photo, tour dates and related links.
http://www.fearlessradio.com/musicians/press-releases/5849-buffalo-killers-new-album-qdig-sow-love-growq-out-aug-7th-relix-premieres-new-qget-itq-track

CITY BEAT
(Cincinnati weekly) – Positive feature with “Get It”/Relix premiere news, album art and related links.

Buffalo Killers Debut New Track at Relix
Alive Records to release area trio’s new full-length on Aug. 7

Powerhouse area power trio Buffalo Killers will have their fourth album, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow., released nationally by Alive Naturalsound Records on Aug. 7. The album will be released on CD and digitally, with a limited edition orange vinyl version available through Bomp!

From the press release:
Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. is a heady synthesis of not only their own previous efforts, but also the many unique styles of music cultivated on American soil over the last five decades. From late ’60s psychedelia, blues, Americana, garage rock and the folk-rock sounds that rolled out of Laurel Canyon in the early ’70s like a sweet cloud of Acapulco Gold, brothers Zachary and Andrew Gabbard along with Joseph Sebaali have brought them all together to create an intoxicating album that sounds as timeless as it does remarkably fresh… and quite unlike anything else being released today.
Relix has your first listen to the album, a great heavy track called “Get It.” The tune is available for free download through the site here.
http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-3603-buffalo_killers_debut_new_track_at_relix.html

ROCK GUITAR DAILY
(online music site) – Very positive feature album review with many band photos.

Buffalo Killers – Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. A New American Guitar Hero’s Arrival
First, let’s talk about their rather ironic name. Buffalo Killers sounds a little rough, but you’d be hard pressed to meet a more polite, well behaved bunch, and in the words of singer/bassist Zach Gabbard. “We’re pacifists….lovers, not killers!” However, there is the fact that this band does look like a bunch of buffalo killers – bearded, large in stature, and dressed to not impress, they could easily have just stepped off of a train sliding across the Midwest of America in 1869, after a month of tallying up bison. By the same token, this band would just as easily have fit in on that train crossing Canada in 1970, carrying Janis Joplin, The Band, The Grateful Dead on a trip known as the Festival Express, that saw the hippie elite drinking, smoking, and jamming their way into history. Maybe equally interesting is that sonically, they would have fit right in. Good music knows no age.

Buffalo Killers are a true band – the Gabbard brothers, Andy and Zach, sound as if they’ve been singing together since the cradle. They were groomed for their jobs by their father’s record collection, and his gift of early age guitar instruction. Zach recalls, “…listening to Neil Young, The Grateful Dead, CS&N, and The New riders of the Purple Sage as far back as I can remember.” The apple did not fall far from the tree in the Gabbard household. Drummer Joe Sebaali has played with the brothers since he served as keyboardist in their early days of playing as Thee Shams, days in which the Cincinnati garage rockers released four albums on four labels, and toured extensively. Eventually it became obvious that Thee Shams had come to their logical conclusion, and were laid to rest. The brothers soon reconvened and it resulted in Buffalo Killers being formed in 2006.

Almost immediately they recorded a demo with producer John Curley (Afghan Whigs) that Zach sent out to some record labels, and they were instantly signed to Alive Records – the band quickly recorded five more tunes to round out their eponymous debut. The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson heard the record and invited the Killers out to open some shows on the band’s Warpaint tour in 2007. Then their credibility increased even more when Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys signed on to produce their sophomore effort, Let It Ride. They also toured with the Akron band in 2008. In 2011 Buffalo Killers returned to the recording studio and pumped out the successful 3, an album that Vive Le Rock described as, “Twelve tracks of melancholic psych rock with twists of folk – 3 is perfect summer music.”

Dig. So. Love. Grow. is the record that should catapult Buffalo Killers into a higher realm of rock – hopefully, a realm which will see them quitting day jobs, putting in much more time on the road, and focusing on their music as a full time proposition. The band has just signed with New Frontier Touring, the large agency out of Nashville that books road warriors like The Avett Brothers. Their timing is exquisite, as this record will certainly raise their visibility.

It’s really tough to talk about Buffalo Killers and not compare and contrast them with many of the best bands of the 60s and 70s – while on one hand, the band bristles at the ‘too easy’ attempts to dismiss them as revivalists, or revisionists, they also take being mentioned in the same breath with their heroes as a compliment. The truth is that they should be congratulated on following their collective muse, and damned the torpedoes. This is a band that plays guitar based rock and roll with a heavy heap of vocal harmonies – with an emphasis on songwriting, and dynamic instrumental interplay. They play what they love in the fashion they are able, and what we are given is a soulful stew of excellent songcraft, and quality rock – whether it was recorded this year or in 1969 matters not a bit. The songs are melodic and memorable, the vocals a classic example of what happens when brothers sing together, and they have a drummer who often comes dangerously close to rolling off the rails with a strange, and unpredictable syncopation that makes me smile as I remember Levon Helm.

What I really like is the fact that we may be in the presence of a new and genuine American guitar hero. Andy Gabbard is an encyclopedia of cool guitar tones, chord changes, fills, and solos. He manages to use enough tone modifiers in the way of varied distortion tones, tremolo, and time based effects to keep things interesting, but it’s his staunch rhythm chops and sinuous soloing that has me so giddy. At the risk of offending or oversimplifying, I hear the legacies of a lot of my favorite players and favorite tones in his playing. Occasionally I’ll smile and think of Joe Walsh’s wonderfully funkified staccato right hand picking style and his slightly behind the beat rhythm chops. The legend of Neil Young’s fire breathing Tweed Fender Deluxe shines through, along with his pathos filled chord progressions. Then I hear the Mid-Eastern market open, and the slippery washes of sound that informed the best of Jimmy Page’s Danelectro fueled orchestrations, as on the wonderful strut of Those Days.

The younger Gabbard brother isn’t the flashiest soloist, and his chops aren’t going to send anyone running for the woodshed, but that’s never the point – guitar heroes are not always those with the flashiest fingers, but they are always the most musical, and Andy is one innately musical son of a gun. The hardest job in rock may be that of a guitarist in a three piece – the guys who have done it best were often the guys who could cover the most ground without becoming tiresome, or overly repetitious. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Joe Walsh, Billy Gibbons – these are the unarguable masters of the power trio, fellows who were able to carry bands just not through the night, but through a career without boring their listeners. While the times have changed, and there’s little chance of Buffalo Killers selling tens of millions of records, there is every chance that Andy Gabbard could continue to up his game, and end up with his mug on magazine covers, and his name brandished a few signature models. If you learned every lick on every Buffalo Killers album up to this point, you’d have a hell of a rock and roll vocabulary, and a mess of musicality at your disposal.

The album’s lead off track, Get It, is a battle cry for the disenfranchised – “You say your tired of being pushed around, and everybody’s in your way, sometimes you got to push your weight around,” and boy do they. This joyful freight train of fuzzed out bliss is catapulted by an insistent piano riff that cuts nicely through the muscular marriage of Andy’s guitar and Zach’s heavier than Hell bassline, and the boys drive their message of empowerment home, then Andy cuts loose with an audacious solo that is filled with propulsive pentatonic vitriol. Powerful stuff.

I looked all over the original Woodstock soundtrack, hell, I even looked over the complete setlist for the festival, and I could find neither heads, nor tails of a song titled Hey Girl – I’m joking, but damn, this tune is a fantastic slice of what made the combination of Neil Young and Stephen Stills so enticing. Fact is, the era it’s from doesn’t mean a thing – it is a convenient reference point, and an easy way for me to communicate to you what this thing sounds like. It’s filled with melody, hopeful lyrics, great guitars, and some cool vocal interludes. While, of course, I’d love for CSN&Y to record another great record – this will do just fine. A summertime, top down, driving down the highway with the wind in your hair classic.

Rollin Wheel is a sophisticated slice of syncopation that grooves like mad, largely due to Andy Gabbard’s choppy rhythms and drummer Joe Sebaali’s death defying act of entertainingly waiting until it’s almost too late to decide which fill he wants to play, but always making it work – the slight variance between the guitars insistence and the drums slight hesitance makes this a joy. Zach Gabbard keeps it all glued together with a rock solid bassline that bounces with an appropriate buoyancy as he bops between octaves.

As I mentioned earlier there is no escaping the fact that Those Days trespasses a bit on the houses of the holy, but it does so in a fashion that no one has captured for a very long time, and did you notice the groovy backwards tracked guitar solo? Good music is good music – it transcends era, it matters not when it came to pass, The Beatles would be The Beatles at any point in history. That’s one of the beauties of guitar based rock. Unless you are going for a fashion sound (nu-metal anyone?), you may find yourself sounding as relevant 40 years from now as you do today. Buffalo Killers are a very musical, and unpretentious bunch – they write excellent songs and they play them. My litmus is to take Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. and listen to it next to a record recorded in the 60s – it sounds fine. Then I listen to it next to something recorded last month – it still sounds great. If you listen with the wrong ears, things can get screwy pretty quick. Take music at face value – remember how you approached it when you were fifteen.

I Am Always Here is a muscular mid-tempo rocker on which Andy Gabbard plays casually, but with great command. His rock riffery is in fine form as he punches a few power chords, then arpeggiates some chords in a rather nice, melodic fashion before he wraps up the riff with some world weary bends on the lower strings that convey the emotional content of the tune. Sebaali is again all over the map, and Zach Gabbard carries the day with a confident vocal and another solid bassline.

Buffalo Killers gear it down wonderfully. When they downshift it all becomes rather soporific, and spacey. They take you on a gentle journey, as on the tune Farewell – a loping bassline keeps things melodically interesting as Andy adds chord colors and textures. Sebaali sounds just drunk enough behind the kit to never really let you relax. Going slow isn’t as easy as it sounds and these guys do it masterfully.

Psychedelia figures heavily on this record – there’s a lot of atmospheric information that seems to hang in the clouds above the tunes, whether in the form of the band’s exquisite backing vocals and harmonies, Andy Gabbard’s effects laden forays, or Joseph Sebaali’s occasional lurching as he goes from soft, sympathetic accompaniment to hammer heavy tom and cymbal work. It all stays on the tracks, but there’s always the wondering of just how they are going to pull it off – these guys are the Flying Walendas of rock and roll. Graffiti Eggplant suggests that the band may even have some minor prog-rock leanings, as Andy Gabbard layers some sweet guitar harmonies (more Steve Howe/Yes than Thin Lizzy in terms of guitar harmony, by the way) amidst the power rock.

I’ve been raging about the brilliance of Andy Gabbard, but I still have to say that much of the spirit of it all resides in the heart of Zach Gabbard – his vocals and songwriting are truly unique, in spite of what one hears about all the Joe Walsh/James Gang comparisons. I think that the sound that comes out of this band is about exactly what you’d think. It’s the sound of a group of fellows who have been playing together for quite some time, living out on a farm with lots of land, guitars, amps, drums, and beer, but little in the way of distractions. They couldn’t change it if they tried – this record is a great slice of who and what they are at this moment. A very, very good rock and roll band that will most likely become a very great rock and roll band. Some serious roadwork, and another record like this, and  we’ll see the band much higher up the bills at some big festivals and headlining tours of their own. They have a ways to go, but they will get there, you can bank on it.

Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. is an excellent album, and one that should bring Buffalo Killers great success, and position them for even greater things.
Thanks to Tony Bonyata at Pavement PR, Buffalo Killers, and Zach Gabbard!
Posted by Tony Conley
http://rockguitardaily.blogspot.com/2012/07/buffalo-killers-dig-sow-love-grow-new.html

WUOB RADIO
(Athens, OH public radio) – Positive news feature with band photos, video and related links.

Up-And-Coming Power Trio Returning To Athens
By Elliot Nicolson

Alive Records artists Buffalo Killers return to The Union Bar & Grill on June 22 in support of their upcoming album, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow., due out August 7.
The Cincinnati-based band has been gaining steam since releasing their self-titled debut in 2006, which was followed by a string of dates opening for The Black Crowes in 2007.

During that tour, the group wrote much of the material for their second release, Let It Ride, produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys.
Recently, Auerbach returned to his producer’s chair to work with the band on two Eddie Hinton songs for a 45 rpm single to be released this summer on Shake It Records.

A single from Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. entitled “Get It” was released earlier this month on Alive Records’ Soundcloud page.

Buffalo Killers still find the time to pass through Athens during their tours. However, with four full-length releases under their belt, solid ties with Dan Auerbach, several tours with national acts and almost 3,500 Facebook “likes,” it’s uncertain how much longer the band will be playing intimate venues such as The Union.

The doors open at 9 p.m. on Friday with hometown heroes Hex Net opening the show. Visit The Union’s Facebook event page for details.
http://woub.org/2012/06/18/and-coming-power-trio-returning-athens

ALAN CROSS: A JOURNAL OF MUSICAL THING
(online music blog) – Brief positive post with “Get It” Relix link and album art.

Artist: Buffalo Killers, “Get It”
Album: Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.
This is rough and tumble, dirty south, throwback blues rock done right.
Sounds like: Americanarama
Link/Listen/Watch:  Stream it here.
http://www.musicsavage.com/2012/06/new-music-buffalo-killers-get-it/

MUSIC SAVAGE
(online music blog) – Positive news post with “Get It” download and band photo.

New Music | Buffalo Killers – Get It
Buffalo Killers’ next album Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. is set for a August 7 release on Alive Records. The KY trio released first cut “Get It,” and as evidenced it draws from similar influences as past tunes, a little americana, rock, folk and a little fuzzy psychedelia.  The song is pretty guitar heavy and suuuuuper fuzzy, and definitely feels as though it could have come straight out of an early 70′s rock record.
http://www.musicsavage.com/2012/06/new-music-buffalo-killers-get-it/

FARONHEIT
(Chicago-based music blog) –  “Get It” download featured in their “Pick Your Poison 6.19.12” mp3 feature.
http://faronheit.com/2012/06/pick-your-poison-tuesday-6-19-12/

THE MAD MACKEREL
(UK music blog) – Positive news post with “Get It” download.

New Album From Buffalo Killers
We were big fans of Buffalo Killers album 3 released last year and the follow up, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. will be released on 7th August and promises to be just as an intoxicating mix of ferocious blues psychedelia and good old fashioned rock and roll as its predecessor.
But there are some nostalgic echoes of Laurel Canyon and 60s hippiedom too, which provide some welcome gear changes and contribute to a record that in places could be submerged beneath a fog of sweet Acapulco Gold.
The Buffalo Killers have a refreshingly uncontrived, feel-good approach to their music that is rowdy, rousing and thoroughly enjoyable. It evokes a time when things were a whole lot less complicated and a whole lot more fun and for that we salute them!
Download Buffalo Killers – Get It mp3 (from Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.)
http://madmackerel.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/new-album-from-buffalo-killers/

THE SODA SHOP
(online music blog) – News post (from press release) with band photo, album art, tour dates and related links.
http://www.thesodashop.us/2012/06/19/buffalo-killers-new-album-dig-sow-love-grow-out-august-7th-through-alive-naturalsound-records/

HELLHOUND MUSIC
(online music blog) – News post (from press release) with band photo, album art, tour dates and related links.
http://hhmzine.blogspot.com/2012/06/buffalo-killers-new-album-dig-sow-love.html

BUFFABLOG
(online music blog) – Positive news post with “Get It” stream album cover and video.

Buffalo Killers leak track from upcoming album

One of the best shows I’ve, I think, EVER taken in was Buffalo Killers at Rochester’s Bug Jar back in early ’11. I’d seen the group a handful of times around the Nickel City, sharing bills with locally-celebrated Rust Belt Blues bands (see: Chylde). These shows were great, too, but for some reason, soundmen in our neck of the woods (see: Merlin’s) typically ended up sending them out sounding more polished and swaggery (see: Black Keys, Cream) than the powerful-yet-nuanced, Ohio-based trio would like, I presume, have intended. It wasn’t bad; it would always fall into the B- to A- range, while at Bug Jar, they sounded like Neil Young made it (see: mating) with a fucking Tyrannosaurus Rex – even ending the night with a blaring rendition of “Homegrown.”

The group’s recordings don’t exactly convey this huge-ness, though they certainly suggest it. Past singles, such as “San Martin Des Morelle” and “Huma Bird” are both super-pretty, whiskey-soaked runs, but if you cranked them up all the way, you’d be blown away by their raw omnipotence.

Well, the band has a new record (Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.) set to be released later this summer on Alive Records. And they’ve leaked a track, too: Get into “Get It”: a more laid-back blues offering, with insistent piano bits and plenty of their sweaty guitar swagger.

These guys are good, and they’re embarking some light touring in the Northeast this summer. Here’s hoping they make a stop here and live up to their name. Otherwise, keep an ear out for D.S.L.G. (which should be out in time for harvest), and maybe take a peek at their old video for “SS Nowhere,” one of the best chronicles of bohemian-aesthete life in our economically depressed corner of the country here.
http://www.buffablog.com/2012

KEY AND CHORDS
(Belgium online music blog) – Positive album review (in Dutch) with album art.

Spotty Google Translate:
Buffalo Killers: Dig, Sow, Love, Grow
Peace, Love and Happiness … Hooray, the flower power is back. And how!
Buffalo Killers are a trio of long-haired and bearded musicians from near Cincinnati, Ohio. With guitar-based rock ‘n’ roll grab Andrew Gabbard (guitar, vocals), Zachary Gabbard (bass, vocals) and Joseph Sebaali on drums immediately back to the late 60’s and early 70’s. This sound is already the psychedelic beast loose in our music or how a change in consciousness can bring.
The fourth album by the Buffalo Killers is dotted with 10 tracks that are a mix between swampy Americana, garage rock, rock ‘n’ roll and psychedelic folk. The stampede beaten tracks follow each other at top speed and feed for the fans of The Black Keys and the North Mississippi Allstars. The production was in the hands of Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, and that is not pure coincidence.

Bring the sun back into your house constantly the long winter … here comes the Buffalo Killers. Let the beast go …

Philip Verhaege (4)
http://www.keysandchords.com/6/post/2012/09/buffalo-killers-dig-sow-love-crow.html