Leslie & The Badgers at Spaceland - June 30 2009

LESLIE & THE BADGERS bring their cool country sound to the stage of SPACELAND in Silver Lake. If you like country, you’ll like Leslie and The Badgers. If you don’t like country, you’ll still like Leslie and The Badgers. Formed in the summer of 2006 by songwriter Leslie Stevens, the Los Angeles based band plays a brand of bourgeois country in the American tradition (Patsy Cline and Emmylou Harris) while exploring other musical influences appealing to non-country folk. Stevens writes sultry lyrics and sets them to powerful melodies that sweetly pierce the most hardened of hearts. You can check them out at www.myspace.com/leslieandthebadgers. Leslie & The Badgers will be celebrating the release of their latest album "Roomful of Smoke" at the show. There will also be musical sets by The Chapin Sisters (www.myspace.com/thechapinsisters), Olin & The Moon (www.myspace.com/olinandthemoon) and Eagle Winged Palace (www.myspace.com/eaglewingedpalacecali). The show starts at 8:30pm with an $8 cover. Spaceland is an awesome place to hear live rock and one of my favorite venues in LA. Spaceland is located at 1717 Silver Lake Blvd. in Silver Lake. For more info you can go to www.clubspaceland.com.