Ruta Maya HQ is proud to announce the Thursday night residency of Austin’s Leatherbag commencing this October/November. Leatherbag have been turning heads w/ their brand of New Sincerity Rocknroll, earning them a spot in ACL 2009 & opening for cool hitters like Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 & Alejandro Escovedo. Amidst a good game of praise from critics for their recent 2010 LP release of Hey Day, Leatherbag strikes up this South Austin residency in October & thru November on the Ruta Maya stage. Randy Reynolds (vox/guitar) is joined by Tammany Hall Machine’s Geoff Dupree (guitar) & Drew Emmons (bass), along w/ Kyle Ponder (drums) to increasingly take the rocknroll road in lieu of a singular singer-songwriter bent.
Each week Leatherbag will be introducing new material alongside 2 featured guest bands. Randy Reynolds personally had a hand in curating the parade of talent, that includes: Wiretree, Future Clouds & Radar, Bryce Clifford, Precious Blood, These Mad Dogs of Glory, The Archibalds, rtb2, The Bremen Riot, Excited States, Frank Smith, Paperbird, The Bruce James Soultet, Graham Weber, & The Service Industry.
To celebrate the residency, 2 Leatherbag 2009 EPs "Tomorrow" & "Everything I Once Knew" have both been re-mixed & re-mastered and will be available for free download as 1 disc on October 7th proper, featuring new artwork by local artist Chase Macalskey. Please visit http://leatherbag.bandcamp.com/ for FREE download! LEATHERBAG Thursday Residency at Ruta Maya HQ October/November 2010 Austin, Texas. 8pm doors, 9pm show. $6, $5 if you bring 2 friends.
(Ed.: this post taken from Leatherbag’s post on our DIY Open Blog, check out other Open Blog posts in the Deli Kitchen.)