Pleased to announce that Genuine Leather will be performing on Tuesday, May 29th at the Mohawk as part of the Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s after party, along with the Blackwells and the Preservation. See you all then!
Just Ask the Axis….This Saturday!!!!
•April 3, 2012 • Leave a CommentHey all! We’ll be playing our first show as Genuine Leather this Saturday at Cheer Up Charlie’s at 6pm on the Outside stage. We’re excited to announce that Hops and Grain Brewery will be giving away their amazing Alteration Altbier during happy hour!
Promotional details:
Kindform in conjunction with new East Austin brewers, Hops & Grain Brewery, are pleased to announce a promotion for the Just Ask the Axis Showcase.
Hops & Grain Brewery has been kind enough to donate a full keg of their Alteration German Pilsner for the event. From the hours of 4pm – 8pm, in conjunction with Cheer Up Charlie’s, we will be giving away a frosty glass of Hops & Grain’s venerable brew to each person in the door until 8pm or while supplies last, which ever comes first. In order to get in on this promotion all you need to do is show up at the door of Cheer Up Charlie’s, get your voucher, and drink up! The music for Just Ask the Axis starts starts at 6pm so stick around and hear the latest in greatest in Austin’s new music scene.
Links
Kindform: http://www.kindform.com
Hops and Grain Brewery: http://www.hopsandgrain.com
Cheer Up Charlie’s: http://cheerupcharlies.tumblr.com/
Axis Productions: http://www.hopsandgrain.com
See you all then!!!
Genuine Leather’s Inaugural Show
•March 22, 2012 • 1 CommentHello all. I’m pleased to announce that Genuine Leather will be performing their first live show on April 7th at Cheer Up Charlie’s. We will be the first band to play of the evening at 6pm so please come early. Below is the show poster. I’d like to thank the new members of Genuine Leather Adam Cook, Kris Schoen, Dylan Stevens, Barry Lacina and Charlie Magnone for helping make this project a reality. We’ll see you in April!
THE FUTURE
•August 11, 2011 • Leave a CommentThis has been a cathartic experience.
Over four months, GL has written and recorded upwards of 20 different songs. These have culminated in four separate four-song EPs with a single bonus track available for each download. These will remain up on the bandcamp page for a good long while.
You have participated in the creation process along with Genuine Leather. As for the future, GL will take all of this material and formally release it in the form of a 14-song LP entitled “Genuine Leather” and a four song EP entitled “Crude Magic”. There is as of yet no solid release date for any of these projects. All GL can say is that they are going to take their time mixing and mastering these two albums, and will properly release them.
A band is forming around this material and will plan to play live near the end of 2011 in the city of Austin.
As for this blog, it will still act as the news center for Genuine Leather, however, no new releases will be coming out anytime soon, unless a chilly fall breeze inspires some sort of folksy ramble. There is the possibility that something of that nature will happen. But it is safe to expect that it shall remain mostly bare for the rest of 2011.
Thanks,
GL
Reflecting a Little Bit Into the Mirror of One’s Self
•June 27, 2011 • Leave a CommentSo __ originally started this whole Genuine Leather thing in order to vacate ___’s mind.
The clutter of creativity tends to back up every once in a while.
So many ideas and so many things figured out along the way.
I speak as if this charade has ended, but it continues.
Seriously though – two more songs will be released along with a hyper-progressive bonus track and then this little foray will be complete. Four EPs in four months. I would say that the most difficult times have been the last two months considering GENUINE LEATHER’S inability to stick to deadlines. Originally, the thought process was that ___ would just crank out tunes whether they were good or bad or whatever. But that notion soon faded. ___ wanted to put something out there that was good, something worthwhile. The anticipated work load was much less in the mind than it was in practice. It’s the details that get you in the long run.
Beyond the EPs, Genuine Leather will be releasing the Crude Magic EP and then the Genuine Leather LP in physical formats. ___ must acquire artwork for them and that should not take very long as long as ___ can find a Windows computer to upload the albums. Hopefully there will be a release party – but who knows.
Genuine Leather is forming a band to perform the songs live. This will happen. If anyone is interested in playing please let me know.
Also, ___ will continue recording sporadically throughout the rest of the year. An influx of somber acoustic ballads have come and they will be explored fully.
Anyways, ___ just wanted to write and say thanks for your patience and for anyone who has listened over the past four months, I appreciate it. Really I do. Thanks for putting up with this very self-indulgent activity. I hope it has maybe inspired some people to pick up a guitar and a microphone and record their own songs.
