Yes, goddamn it! SweetKiss, in the case of Puyallup's SweetKiss Momma, is one word! That's just how this band rolls. Who are we to judge whether or not the word "sweet" and the word "kiss" should ever have been joined as one? Rather, all we can judge is the band's swilling, swirling "swamp rock," straight from the fields and auto lots of Puyallup. As crazy as it sounds, and it sounds a whole lot less crazy after chugging a half-rack down by the river, SweetKiss Mama's rejuvenated and slapped-into-shape '70s Southern rock shtick really works.

SweetKiss Momma

Grit City Fest
With Voxxy Vallejo, Jay Barz, Shotty, and Spaceman
Saturday, June 19, VIP pass $40, weekend pass $25, $12 at door
Speakeasy Arts Cooperative, 746 Broadway, Tacoma
253.426.5704