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Check out some of the first album – Que Linda

“Quirky, Psychedelic, and Surreal..” – Post-Punk.com

Our Latest Album on Clearly Records Que Linda

Mary Chicken Soup And Rice will strike grotesque postures with you under hot purple light, at the Mary Chicken Soup And Rice show!

Mary Chicken Soup And Rice (MCSR) is the immersive rock-and-roll theater project of LA-based musician, playwright, and filmmaker Matthew Dunehoo. A channeled trickster spirit in smeared face paint and tattered suits, MCSR delivers purgatorial theatrics—part psychedelic séance, part manic episode, part communal ritual—driven by live electric guitar, squawking vocals, and alien choir backtracks. The sound swings between shimmering ethereal highs and zombie-gutter beats, landing somewhere between Eno, Siouxsie, Bowie, Cocteau Twins, Love and Rockets, Carole King, and Sesame Street.

Inspired by the Maurice Sendak/Carole King special Really Rosie, MCSR treats play and irreverence as survival tools in a beautiful, antagonistic world.

Dunehoo’s background spans NYC independent theater, filmmaking—including his feature horror debut WRETCH (Night Visions, Helsinki)—and mental-health advocacy through his podcast MINDBEND. After a pair of hand-mangling accidents during the pandemic, MCSR evolved into a one-man band: painful guitar, fake candles, real spells.

The debut album “Que Linda” (CLEARLY Records, 3.14.25) honors his late mother Linda, who painted the cover before passing from ovarian cancer in 2024.

Because sometimes a chicken is an omen.

Upcoming Events Events, Meetups & Concerts

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Past Events

2025

WED 5/7 = Austin, TX @ Kick Butt Coffee
(with WEIRD WOLVES, THE UNLIMITED STARS, DEATH PALMZ)

THU 5/8 = Dallas, TX @ Craft and Growler (w/ Weird Wolves + TBA)

FRI 5/9 = Oklahoma City, OK @ The Grand Royale (with PROM MOM + That Sick Feeling)2025

SAT 3/15 = The Echo, Los Angeles, CA with Kap Bambino

WED 4/2 = Los Angeles, CA @ Gold-Diggers (confirmed)
w/ Santos & the Crystal Visions + Atlas Engine

FRI 4/4 = Arcata, CA @ The Miniplex (confirmed) w/ the Radio Clash DJs

UE 4/8 = Portland, OR @ Turn! Turn! Turn! (confirmed) w/ Auradev + Masonique

WED 4/9 = Seattle, WA @ Baba Yaga (confirmed) w/ Quilli Fin + Quid Quo

SAT 4/12 = Salt Lake City, UT @ International Artist Lounge (confirmed)

SUN 4/13 = Las Vegas, NV @ TBA (confirmed ℅ promoter Damo Obrigado)

TUE 4/15 = Flagstaff, AZ @ the Hive (confirmed ℅ artist)

*WED 4/16 = Tempe, AZ @ the Darkside (confirmed) w/ Sattva + Fl33ce

FRI 5/2 = Prescott, AZ @ Art Hive (with METV + Coolsville Sucks)

SAT 5/3 = Tucson, AZ @ Groundworks (with MANTIS, BURIAL MASK, C U SOON)

SUN 5/4 = Las Cruces, NM @ Lalo’s Sonora Style Dogs (with MT KUP, SUNIHATEYOU)

TUE 5/6 = San Antonio, TX @ Happy Place Bar on Rittiman (with Weird Wolves, Cadherin + Lazy Comet)

SAT 5/10 = Kansas City, MO @ Sk8bar (with THE MEDICINE THEORY, SIMUL ASTRA)

SUN 5/11 = Wichita, KS @ Kirby’s (w/ Remains to Be Seen + Marrice Anthony)

TUE 5/13 = Denver, CO @ EastFax Tap (8001 East Colfax Avenue)

WED 5/14 = Santa Fe, NM @ Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery on the Patio (with Psirens)

WED 9/10 = Nashville, TN @ Springwater Supper Club & Lounge w/ Erin-Clare + Mickey Sunshine

THU 9/11 = Memphis, TN @ Bar DKDC w/ Screamer + Victim of Doug

FRI 9/12 = St. Louis, MO @ Platypus w/ Vulture Vulture + Perfect Worker

SAT 9/13 = Louisville, KY @ Seidenfaden’s

SUN 9/14 = Akron, OH @ the Matinee w/ Hansen Risley (of Diversity Hire) + Fakerealmiles

MON 9/15 = Chicago, IL @ Cafe Mustache w/ Quilli Fin + the Matriarch

WED 9/17 = Indianapolis, IN @ Healer w/ Quilli Fin, Pan Am + Ultimate Dog

TUE 11/4 = Lancaster, CA @ Transplants Brewing w/ Into Action, the Sympathy of All Things + Mysterywacker

WED 11/5 = Albany, CA @ the Ivy Room

THU 11/6 = Cottage Grove, OR @ Axe & Fiddle w/TBD

FRI 11/7 = Portland, OR @ the Hallowed Halls w/ Gasp., the Vardaman Ensemble + Shadowhouse

SAT 11/8 = Seattle, WA @ Slim’s Last Chance w/ Hot Hail! + Devilwood

SUN 11/9 = Olympia, WA @ the Crypt w/ Quilli Fin + Dead Pets

MON 11/10 = Seattle, WA @ Recreational Psycho Acoustics Lab w/ Quilli Fin & Bridles

TUE 11/11 = Bend, OR @ Silver Moon Brewing

WED 11/12 = Cave Junction, OR @ the Replay 

THU 11/13 = Reno, NV @ Midnight Coffee Roasting w/ Azma Hazard + Generic Bad

FRI 11/14 = Las Vegas, NV @ (TBD)

2024

8.17.24, = The Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles, CA

2023

10.17.23 Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles, CA
9.9.23 The Echo, Los Angeles, CA Echo Park Rising
7.24.23 The Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles, CA

2022

12.3.22 The Mint, Los Angeles, CA First Show

REVIEW

Los Angeles Dark Post-Punk Outfit Mary Chicken Soup And Rice Debut Bizzare Video for “As Was To Life”

REVIEW

Los Angeles Post-Punk Project Mary Chicken Soup and Rice Debuts Video for Bizarre Anthem “Always On The Drugs”