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Hillstomp
After Two But Before Five
Genres: Country, Blues, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Goin' Down South - Hillstomp, Burnside, R.L.
2. NE Portland 3am - Hillstomp, Hillstomp
3. Mr. Charlie III - Hillstomp, Hillstomp
4. Lucy's Lament - Hillstomp, Hillstomp
5. Dark Clouds A-Risin' - Hillstomp, McDowell, Mississip
6. Roustabout - Hillstomp, Hillstomp
7. Rollin' and Tumblin' - Hillstomp, Traditional
8. Poor Black Mattie - Hillstomp, Burnside, R.L.
9. You Done Told Everybody - Hillstomp, McDowell, Mississip
10. Shake 'Em on Down - Hillstomp, White, Bukka
11. Landlord Blues - Hillstomp, Hillstomp
12. Stewball - Hillstomp, Traditional

CD Details

All Artists: Hillstomp
Title: After Two But Before Five
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Fuzzmonster Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 8/14/2007
Genres: Country, Blues, Pop, Rock
Styles: Neotraditional, Acoustic Blues, Modern Blues
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 751937289623

Synopsis

Product Description

Portland duo Hillstomp follow-up two critically-acclaimed full-lengths, 2004's 'One Word' and 2006's 'The Woman That Ended The World', with their live album, 'After Two But Before Five'. Drawing heavily from North Mississippi trance blues, a bit from the hills of Appalachia and stealing energy from punkabilly, the Portland Oregon duo Hillstomp create a raucous hill country blues stomp with a fiery youth and vigor. It comes clanging and tumbling out of an assortment of vintage mics, buckets, cans and BBQ lids drenched in rambunctious slide guitar. 'After Two But Before Five' captures the energy of their live performance while introducing new songs in Hillstomp's growing reportoire of ""Bucket'n'Slide Rock'n'Roll"". Recorded on two nights in Eugene & Portland, Oregon, the CD displays the electricity of their live show and the exuberance of their fans.

CD Reviews

+1/2 -- Hypnotic two-man guitar-and-drums electric blues

hyperbolium | Earth, USA | 04/11/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This Northwest duo could be loosely lumped in with a half-dozen other bands playing blues as a duet of guitar and drums, but where minimalists like the Black Keys, Soledad Brothers and Radio Moscow are driving, Hillstomp is more droning. Even when they increase the beat to a toe-tapping (or hillstomping) tempo, their music remains more hypnotic than frenzied. Guitarist Henry Kammerer plays both straight six and slide guitars and vocalizes through distortion that sounds enough like a cheap microphone (which it may very well be) to give this live set an off-hand feel - as if John Lomax stumbled across the band on a recording expedition. Fans of more raucous electric blues may find this a bit sedate, but there are charms in the band's subtlety. 3-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2009 hyperbolium dot com]"