Blog: Buzz Bands

The songs of Miss Derringer are filled with tears, and blood, and an unhealthy dose of weaponry and various sharp objects. The Los Angeles quintet, not unlike the visual art of its frontwoman Liz McGrath , roots around in a sort of Gothic-tinged Americana while applying a whimsical veneer to its tales of felonies, misdemeanors and crimes against the heart. McGrath doesn't just smile at Death, she shimmies a bit for it too. Live, Miss Derringer is a strange, wonderful and strangely photogenic force. On Saturday night at the Knitting Factory, McGrath and bandmates Morgan [...]