Rock-hungry crowds packed Chop Suey Friday night, eager for a taste of the heavily-recommended Dirtbombs’ sonic magic. Openers and local darlings Thee Emergency probably didn’t hurt the door total either, but my favorite part of the evening was discovering in-betweeners Little Claw. This Portland band played raucous, distortion-heavy music that was something like surf rock, something like punk, and something very very like awesome. And lead singer Kilynn also plays a PURPLE VIOLIN. How could it not be love?