From the musical outpost of St. Louis, Missouri, Kristeen Young began making unlikely inroads into the world of in-your-face piano rock at a time when most attentions were drifting into either grunge retreads, tea-scented Lilith Fair folk rock or burgeoning electronica. In 1997 she debuted with Meet Miss Young and Her All Boy Band, and by 2009 she had dropped the space between her name and released her sixth record Music For Strippers, Hookers, and The Odd On-Looker, a dense and unusual album that compliments Young's swooping vocal delivery with the expert production of Tony Visconti. more ›

Oh, Morrissey. Back in the summer of 1991, we drove up from San Antonio to (the former) City Coliseum to see your Kill Uncle tour, only to be met in the parking lot by some guy with a bullhorn saying the show was canceled due to "inadequate security." Unable to drink away our sorrows due to age, we settled for a truly inadequate substitute of seeing City Slickers and buying some licorice. After a... more ›