O, Yeah

The Pitch‘s crack calendar editor, Crystal K. Wiebe, caught the Yeah Yeah Yeahs last night in Lawrence and offers up this review. (Photos by Scott Spychalski)

Opening up for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs

would be an intimidating prospect for any local band. The New York City garage punks have helped bring art rock back into the mainstream, largely through the quirky charisma of frontwoman Karen Orzolek. But inspirational as her costumes and desexualized strutting are to women and rockers everywhere, it’s possible that Karen O has influenced no one more than Kansas City’s own Alicia Solombrino.