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3.0 out of 5 stars
+1/2 -- Hypnotic two-man guitar-and-drums electric blues, April 11, 2009
This review is from: After Two But Before Five (Audio CD)
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]
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