The Devil Makes Three

Don't start thinking the Devil Makes Three are a grindcore metal band just because of their name. The Santa Cruz trio plays old-timey bluegrass music – acoustic guitar, stand-up bass, banjo, no drummer -- pulled by a distinct country/blues/folk current. Guitarist Pete Bernhard, bassist Lucia Turino, and banjo player Cooper McBean boast a visceral punk ethic that energizes them in the studio and amps them up onstage. The Devil Makes Three's audience is so vital to their success that the band has interspersed two live albums among their three studio recordings, including last year’s appropriately titled Stomp and Smash. For the past decade, the group has attracted fans from every conceivable genre with their Violent-Femmes-meets-Mississippi-John-Hurt-at-Camper-Van-Beethoven’s-jugband-hootenanny sound, and they show no signs of taking their punkabilly boots off the gas anytime soon. Get ready to do some stomping and smashing when they come to the Grog Shop this weekend. With Phillip Roebuck and the Chardon Polka Band. 8 p.m. Tickets: $15, $12 in advance. – Brian Baker