After a one-year hiatus, Portland's Hillstomp is back in action, romping from venue to venue and selling out shows with its swamp blues style.

Armed with washboards, spoons, buckets and banjos, slide and stomp, the junkbox blues duo Henry Christian, guitar, and John Johnson, buckets - bring an assault of high-energy backwoods punk. How the hell does a person yell harmonious twang without sounding a like drunken hillbilly? Maybe the duo do sound like drunken hillbillies. For this talented twosome, it's charming.

Rumor has it Hillstomp will play new songs.

"They're a lot of fun," says promoter Andy Geertson. "Hillstomp has missed their fans and are excited to get playing again."

Local draw Oly Mountain Boys will perform its bluegrass flair.

OLYMPIA BALLROOM, WITH OLY MOUNTAIN BOYS, 9 P.M., $8-$10, 116 LEGION WAY, OLYMPIA, 360.943.9242