Mixing up rock, loose-limbed boogie, neo-psychedelia, and early metal into a sound that ambles and pummels at once, Cincinnati's Buffalo Killers aren't so much a stoner rock rock band as a band that makes rock that's ideal for stoners. Buffalo Killers were founded in early 2006, shortly after guitarist Andrew Gabbard and his brother, bassist Zachary Gabbard, decided to break up their previous band, the powerful The Rolling Stones-influenced rock act Thee Shams. Only a few months after Thee Shams called it quits, the Gabbard brothers joined forces with drummer Joseph Sebaali (who had played keys with Thee Shams for a spell) and set off in a very different musical direction with Buffalo Killers. Wasting no time, the band cut its self-titled debut album at John Curley's Ultrasuede Studios and landed a deal with Bomp-distributed Alive Records by the fall of 2006. The album won enthusiastic notices from the independent rock press, and Buffalo Killers set out to support the release with lots of road work. The band’s second album, Let It Ride, was released in 2008. After tour dates opening for The Black Crowes and The Black Keys, they returned to the studio to work on The Better Life, which was released in August of 2011. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi