There's quite a lineup at the Bear Paw Inn this Saturday in Portland, Oregon. The opening act from Salem, the Funhouse Strippers, have released their debut CD on Shark Records this past September. Their cawing vocals and titillating back-ups fit perfectly within the clean dirt guitar sound and the amalgam of sexual proclamation and rock'n'roll that has been at it's core since the beginning. The Artifical Limbs couldn't be more obverse than the openers. Dizzying keyboards pounded through a web of blown-out resonance, scuffed vocals, and fuzz-ridden guitar with a result that gives a glimpse into a future of collapsed technology, and dilapidated landscapes leaving only a skeleton of pure human anathema.
The Portland two-piece outfit, Pure County Gold feed from the same hollow echo guitar sound the Oblivians brought to the nineties, as if they were lucky enough to end up with one of Ray Butts' EchoSonic amps themselves. Their building rhythms and booty-shaking breakdowns are as soul quenching as they come. Their debut full length on Empty Records is available here. The Moneychangers headline the night, and deliver a snarling concoction of snot punctuated anthems of lowlife motifs laden with Farfisa and dirty guitar riffs. Check out some songs right HERE.
