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.
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