February 14, 2010 8pm
The Summit
2210 Summit St.
(614) 268-9377
$7 adv / $10 door
Ages 18+, under 21 pays $2 surcharge at the door
Leslie and the Ly’s
http://www.leslieandthelys.com/
Leslie & the LY’s is a pop music band from Ames, Iowa that began as an open mike trio in 2004.
Leslie & the LY’s is made up of front-woman Leslie Hall, also known as Mother Gem, who composes all of the music herself generally using the Apple Computer program GarageBand. Other past and present members include, DJ Dr. Laura on the turn-tables, and Klassy K on the keytar and dance, OBESE E on turn-tables, Sassy Cassie, & K To the Double L on backing vocals.
Hall has since established The Mobile Museum of Gem Sweaters, which doubles both as the band’s official tour vehicle and gift shop/museum, which sometimes appears at her shows. She has been featured in Vice magazine, on television with VH1 and G4, and has had music videos featured on AtomFilms and Yahoo!’s main page. In 2006, Leslie was filmed as part of space150’s viral campaign for We Are the Web, a site that advocates net neutrality. Fans of the band are known as Junior Gems.
Leslie & The LYs are gearing up to start a 2010 US Tour in support of their newest album, Back2Back Palz, beginning in Chicago, Illinois on February 12, 2010. - Wikipedia
Christopher the Conquered
http://christophertheconquered.com/
…it’s really great, living up to, and surpassing, the cool-looking album cover, trippy background story, and promise of good sounds. Chris was an energetic and often raw performer, testifying and wriggling around on the floor, and that energy comes through on the album, but it’s also very focused and downright lush in places. It is bombastic and baroque like Queen sometimes, but with the biting lyrical wit of Randy Newman. - B. Dudley