★★★★★
The Portland, Oregon-based Hillstomp veer from the dirty Mississippi blues of R.L. Burnside on "Jumper on the Line," to Bad Livers-styled yeehaw mayhem with "Banjo Song #1," without sounding like they're faking a blessed moment along the way. They manage to make the old chestnut "Crawdad Hole" sound sexy and ominous, and the whole record has a Tom Waits-ian sense of impending doom and fatalism amid its distorted slide guitars and nimble banjo pickin'...
- www.ink19.com
2010-12-13
★★★★★
Hillstomp's third full-length album Darker The Night really grabbed my attention right away! This self-described "hill-country-blues-stomp" duo has written some very powerful, visceral songs! They're visceral in the same way that Bo Diddley's music is, with the most simple of beats and rhythms, but with a fullness you wouldn't think possible with only a vocalist/guitarist and a drummer/percussionist...
- hangout.altsounds.com
2010-11-02
★★★★★
The Woman that Ended the World, a self-released album, is apparently the second full-length effort of Portland, Oregon duo Hillstomp. After listening to this fabulous disc, only one question remains: why haven't these guys gotten a record deal? Although a band this good without a record deal seems like a true travesty, I'm thankful that I get the chance to help spread the word. Hillstomp is Henry Kammerer (vocals and guitars) and John Johnson (percussion and vocals)...
- www.adequacy.net
2009-07-21
★★★★★
Who knew that with just a guitar and a few buckets, you could make such fun and fantastic music? That's just what Hillstomp does on its first live album After Two But Before Five. The band has created an incredibly full sound with just two guys, one guitar and a bunch of stuff you could find in your garage.The last song of the set, "Stewball," is one of the best as it's just lead singer Henry Kammerer and bucket extraordinaire John Johnson handling the backup vocals and tambourine...
- www.ink19.com
2009-07-20
★★★★★
If you dug Hillstomp's album The Woman That Ended The World here that we got in recently here at AQ, then you might want to give a gander to another one of their full lengths. One Word offers up more of the raw, rowdy twang that this Portland, OR band do so well. Seems they've started a trend that whenever they're in town to play at the Makeout Room around the corner from our shop, they bring us another release. Keep 'em comin boys...
- www.aquariusrecords.org
2009-06-05
★★★★★
A new album from this Portland, OR combo who just swung through town and played right around the corner from us at the Make-Out Room. Although they define themselves as "North Mississippi-Style Punk Blues", we'd venture to say that they've much more traditional sounding Appalachian folk than that. Definitely for you if you've dug the recent offerings from Mercury Dimes, Crooked Jades, etc...
- www.aquariusrecords.org
2009-06-05
★★★★★
If you dug Hillstomp's album The Woman That Ended The World here that we got in recently here at AQ, then you might want to give a gander to another one of their full lengths. One Word offers up more of the raw, rowdy twang that this Portland, OR band do so well. Seems they've started a trend that whenever they're in town to play at the Makeout Room around the corner from our shop, they bring us another release. Keep 'em comin boys...
- www.aquariusrecords.org
2009-03-21
★★★★★
A new album from this Portland, OR combo who just swung through town and played right around the corner from us at the Make-Out Room. Although they define themselves as "North Mississippi-Style Punk Blues", we'd venture to say that they've much more traditional sounding Appalachian folk than that. Definitely for you if you've dug the recent offerings from Mercury Dimes, Crooked Jades, etc...
- www.aquariusrecords.org
2008-11-12
★★★★★
If you dug Hillstomp's album The Woman That Ended The World here that we got in recently here at AQ, then you might want to give a gander to another one of their full lengths. One Word offers up more of the raw, rowdy twang that this Portland, OR band do so well. Seems they've started a trend that whenever they're in town to play at the Makeout Room around the corner from our shop, they bring us another release. Keep 'em comin boys...
- www.aquariusrecords.org
2008-11-12
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