It’s been more than three years since Leroy Macqueen and Kat Friend announced the end of their garage rock’n’roll project The Gooch Palms. The Newcastle band had a bunch of farewell shows booked from ...

What are Gooch Palms? A pejorative term used in Belize? A shell company for a shady hedge-fund tycoon? A new Lori Loughlin sitcom on the Hallmark Channel? Gooch Palms is, in fact, a band from ...

Leroy Macqueen climbed off the makeshift stage, gingerly walking on an Ace-bandaged knee. His band the Gooch Palms, a bubble-gummy punk duo with just a guitar and half a drum set, had just played to a ...

Even with such a goofy name, the Gooch Palms are taking their lo-fi, self-described ‘shit pop’ very seriously. The Australian duo recently transplanted to Los Angeles, but have been touring across the ...

Blend up some catchy garage pop, a punk-rock heart, some quirky sensibilities, and a heap of sincerity, and you’ll wind up with Australian duo Gooch Palms. Otherwise known as Leroy MacQueen and Kat ...