Kitchen Dwellers made Seven Devils as a descent: nine songs shaped by Dante’s journey through the circles, each one an invitation for the listener to do the same inward work. The band frames the record as “a musical journey inward to the self,” and the album carries that weight — released in March 2024 and recorded with producer Glenn Brown in East Lansing, Michigan, it debuted at number one on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart. On Thursday, October 29, the Bozeman, Montana quartet brings Seven Devils to Town Ballroom in Buffalo, with Dogs in a Pile opening.
About the Show
Kitchen Dwellers — Shawn Swain (mandolin), Torrin Daniels (banjo), Joe Funk (upright bass), and Max Davies (acoustic guitar) — play progressive roots music that lives between bluegrass and folk, with something more psychedelic and open-ended at the center. Glenn Brown, whose production credits include Greensky Bluegrass and Billy Strings, produced Seven Devils, and his work brings coherence to a sound that might otherwise sprawl. One critic described the record as “an incredibly confident record, each song a journey into different recesses of the human psyche.” The band has headlined Red Rocks Amphitheatre and Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, and played Bonnaroo, Telluride Bluegrass, Under The Big Sky, and WinterWonderGrass.
Opening is Dogs in a Pile, five musicians from Asbury Park, New Jersey, who carry an entirely different kind of energy into the room. Their music runs through funk, jazz, Latin, reggae, and psychedelia; “psychedelic-tinged jazz-funk rock n’ roll” is how they describe it, which gets you in the vicinity without quite landing there. Since 2022, they have averaged 130 live shows per year. They hold more than 100 original songs and have never played the same setlist twice. Their third album, Distroid, arrived November 19, 2025, offering studio versions of material that has been living in their live sets for years. The band’s following (known as the Dog Pound) has spread well beyond New Jersey, and on a bill with Kitchen Dwellers, Dogs in a Pile bring a complementary wildness to the evening.
Venue & Logistics
Town Ballroom is at 681 Main St in downtown Buffalo, a consistent stop on the western New York touring circuit. The show is 18+, presented by Twenty6 Productions. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.; the performance begins at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets
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