Death and distance and the Holy Kiss

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY
San Francisco’s Holy Kiss are led by Leucadian singer/writer Matty Rue Morgue, who as a teenager observed through binoculars the coroner vans leaving Heaven’s Gate, and who now as a young man (in severe clothing) leading a band (also respectfully severe) finds continued and sophisticated inspiration [...]

Well, this is about one of the best bands in California and even though bassist Paz once lived downtown, this is their first-ever Long Beach show. Guy Blakeslee was a field-blues kid on Fat Possum and learned lots from Elizabeth Cotten before he learned lots from Hendrix; drummer Derek James is Paul Whaley/Ginger Baker and [...]

JAIL WEDDINGS by LONNIE NGUYEN
@ QUE SERA
FRIDAY | AUG 31
What a great show and I liked it all, too: Woman, the band split international-playboy-style between NYC, USA and Mexico City, DF, and led by an able Australian—Beefheart splatter guitar over caveman rhythm section and split ursine vocals; sounded like Link Wray catching up to Black [...]