Austin dark psych and Americana unit Lord Buffalo announces US summer tour!
Austin-based purveyors of dark psych and Americana Lord Buffalo have announced a run of US shows for the summer of 2026, marking the band’s first live performances since the release of their acclaimed album »Holus Bolus« on Blues Funeral Recordings and their Western US tour in 2024.
Since the 2024 release of their acclaimed album »Holus Bolus« on Blues Funeral Recordings, Lord Buffalo have only deepened their grip on the liminal spaces between genres. Still defying easy categorization, their sound – described as “a balance between filmic desert noir and trippy Middle Eastern ambiance” by Prog Magazine and “a hugely rewarding and cinematic experience” by Distorted Sound Magazine – offers an evocative blend of droning violin, layered guitars, rhythmic intensity and haunting vocals. Drawing from influences as varied as Morricone, Badalamenti, Black Sabbath and Swans, the band is set to bring their compelling darkness and songwriting to the stage. Their upcoming 2026 US run promises to be a full immersion into a soundscape where the mystical meets the visceral.
“After a long hiatus, we’re excited to get back out and play shows,” says multi-instrumentalist Garrett Hellman. “We’ve spent the past few months in writing mode, and it feels good to kick the dirt off our live set. In addition to our summer Midwest dates, we’re planning a handful of fall shows and hoping to wrap up some recordings. It’s been a long year, and we’re grateful to be doing this again – we look forward to seeing you out there.”
US summer shows 2026 – Tickets and info
Jun 13 – Austin, TX – Austin Noise Fest
Jul 23 – Dallas, TX – Ruins
Jul 24 – OKC, OK – Resonant Head
Jul 25 – Iowa City, IA – Gabe’s
Jul 26 – Minneapolis, MN – Cloudland Theater
Jul 28 – Milwaukee, WI – MKEUltra
Jul 29 – Chicago, IL – Reggie’s
Jul 30 – Louisville, KY – Portal
Jul 31 – Chattanooga, TN – JJ’s Bohemia
Aug 1 – Memphis, TN – Hi-Tone Cafe
Lord Buffalo is heavy in the way that ghosts are heavy… in the way that billowing dust is heavy: the Austin, TX psych-Americana band’s music impacts hard, though it seems impossible to touch. Their sound flows through us, it doesn’t invite the Pavlovian response of typical heavy rock music. NPR Music described Lord Buffalo as, “known for their atmospheric spin on folk-rock, at times sounding like the Anthology of American Folk Music beamed from outer space”.
Exporting the haunting heavy folk of their 2020 full-length »Tohu Wa Bohu« across North America, Lord Buffalo toured as direct support for Elder in the fall of 2023, as well as for England’s Church Of The Cosmic Skull. They’ve performed at festivals such as Psycho Las Vegas, Monolith On The Mesa, Ripplefest Texas and more.
While the quartet wades into the same murky waters as dark, emotive brethren Wovenhand, All Them Witches, Chelsea Wolfe, Emma Ruth Rundle, Earth, Echo & The Bunnymen, Nick Cave, the creative interplay of Middle Eastern influences and Western folk Americana takes their latest record »Holus Bolus« in its own enveloping, meditative direction. Embarking on a sleep-deprived road trance through High Plains iconography, »Holus Bolus« is bleak yet hopeful, a mix that is by now Lord Buffalo’s established custom blend.
Lord Buffalo is:
Daniel Pruitt – Guitar, Bass, Piano, Vocals, Melodica
Garrett Hellman – Guitar, Sub-bass, Piano, Synths
Patrick Patterson – Violin
Yamal Said – Drums, Percussion
Courtesy of Purple Sage PR
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well