Coming all the way from the interstellar city of Newcastle, Australia, where they’re already making a name for themselves, The Gooch Palms are currently my favorite band. I’ve seen them twice this year: Burger Boogaloo and The Chapel SF with Panda Kid and Susan. I have a photo of Kat in my phone with some Mickey Mouse earrings on, which I spontaneously gave her that night at The Chapel, because that was when I fell in love with The Gooch Palms. They have a stage presence that is so vivid and uncontained, which is remarkable because it’s only two of them. [...]