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HILLSTOMP * PresskitA Treasury of quotes supposedly about Hillstomp"Hillstomp burst out of the garage like wild horses, whinnying new songs that you'd swear were great old ones." ~ "Pig Whipped Punk Blues" at nonstarvingartists.com
"If you're from Portland, Oregon, and you're gonna call yourself Hillstomp, you better be able to deliver the goods when it comes to the North Mississippi Hill Country blues...." ~ High Bias
"Hillstomp actually pulls it off" ~ Magnet Magazine
"...Mercifully, Hillstomp is all undomesticated talent, not a stunt. Johnson made those pickle buckets sing. Guitarist-vocalist Henry Kammerer slapped his guitar like he mistook it for Big Mama Thornton’s ass...." ~ THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT (review of first show in Canada)
"What the world needs is more shows like the one Portland's Hillstomp performed at the Tractor on Friday." ~ Seattlest
"On stage the band is a whirlwind of sound, often producing a product that comes off much larger than what one might expect from a two-piece." ~ The Source Weekly [Bend ORE]
"Never heard of them... ... for me a bit too much... an affectation.. Twas very High energy and no surprise why these guys were getting the strong response from the crowd that night at 19 as well as on their tour." ~ bandlands
"... Out of the Mississippi trance-blues tradition, but with real atmosphere, and even delicacy about them. They are much more musical than a lot of the 'punk-blues' duos who've emerged recently, and occasional give off an old-timey, Appalachian flavour as well." ~ Joe Cushley, Resonance FM London
"Hillstomp has simply outdone themselves on this new record... providing... R.L. Burnside's... lo-fi... Big Sugar... Muddy... Morphine... but...Slowhand was never this gritty and low-down... had the balls... devilishly Robert Johnson-esque...like Mark E. Smith stripping down The Fall...all wrapped around some of the down-homiest blues music you white folks may ever get to hear." ~ Hybrid Magazine
"... great example of how you can do traditional music and give it a real new life and a real new spin much like the Seeger sessions that Springsteen has just delivered..." ~ BBC dj Ralph McLean
"... More originality here would help, but there hearts are in the right place...." Music Emissions
"This is a nice and random change of pace from the normal albums I review...." ~ WCUR West Chester University Radio
"Punk-blues is often a cringe inspiring genre mix but this ain't no high school band playing blues chords with distorted guitars thats for sure." ~ Morgan Grace {thee first place winner in the 2006 American Idol Underground competition}
"... white guys + the blues = a sticky wicket indeed. Still, I am glad to see an exception of that rule with local junkbox blues twosome, Hillstomp...." ~ Portland Mercury
"It's suprising to remember there are no swamps in Portland."
"With low-fi guitar, a drum kit straight out of the credits to “Fat Albert” and a reputation for shaking up a room like a beaker full of nitro..." ~ Corvallis Gazette-Times
Best of 2005 * by DJ Wanda at KUCI * http://www.howdylicious.com/
" Hillstomp, a down-home duo whose minimalist blues tunes make 12-bar shuffles seem like epics. Using a slide guitar, a drum set made out of buckets and grill lids, and two high, lonesome voices, Hillstomp can make any club show feel like a front-porch hootenanny. It pays homage to the pre-amplification era without cowboy-costume gimmickry or stiff, stifling reverence, playing its primitive melodies with punk energy. " ~ The Pitch, Kansas City, April 2005
MusicMisfits made HILLSTOMP their pick o the week..
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