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When I first stumbled upon Cleveland’s Cloud Nothings, I was immediately impressed with the stylish simplicity of their melodic and raw recordings. Laden with pop-punk energy and layers of indie influences, their snappy, short songs still manage to elicit excitement, which is quite the feat in this era of lo-fi, garage-band sound saturation. When I discovered that these songs are the product of Cleveland’s resident kid-brilliant, 19-year old Dylan Baldi, I was even more thrown, and shocked that someone so young was capable of writing such gems…as well as a bit jealous that I wasn’t this cool when I was his age.

Drummer solved the age old riddle of “what would happen if you took five drummers and put them in a band?” Apparently, the answer is some pretty great indie rock.

Buffalo Killers are bringing back a "classic" sound for this new millenium. No gimmicks, just good ol' American rock. They are certainly revivalists, but their brand of velvety smooth psych-rock, filled with blues-heavy guitar and thundering drums, melds with a modern flair or at least an authenticism and honesty that keeps such heavily trodded ground still very fresh.