new Digital Leather video & 2010 tour dates (SXSW)

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Digital Leather

Taking cues from late 70's/early 80's synthpunk pioneers as the Screamers, Nervous Gender, and The Units, this Arizona based one man band [Digital Leather] rely on just keyboards, drum machines and vocals to set the scene of gloomy electronic desert landscapes and gay night club discotheques.This is the life of Sean Foree, who created this masterpiece in his one bedroom apartment in Tempe, Arizona. Live he borrows members from the Wongs, Reatards, Lost Sounds, and Destruction Unit. Ten tracks that are sure to appeal to fans of the current rebirth of keyboards in punk... but this record surely pushes the boundries of that. [CT Indie]

Digital Leather, the project of Shawn Foree, was managed by the late Jay Reatard. His record Warm Brother came out last September on Fat Possum. There's a new video for his/their song "Kisses" from that record, which is posted below with all tour dates (SXSW included)...

DIGITAL LEATHER "Kisses"

Digital Leather - 2010 Tour Dates
Mar 12 Oleaver's Omaha, Nebraska
Mar 16 Replay Lounge Lawrence, Kansas
Mar 17 Soundpony Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mar 18 SXSW Austin, Texas
Mar 19 tba Austin, Texas
Mar 19 SXSW Austin, Texas
Mar 20 SXSW Austin, Texas
Mar 22 tba Houston, Texas #
Mar 23 Saturn Bar New Orleans, Louisiana #
Mar 25 Hal & Mal's Jackson, Mississippi #
Mar 26 Hi Tone Memphis, Tennessee $
Mar 27 Subterranean Chicago, Illinois
Mar 28 tba Milwaukee, Wisconsin
# w/ Bare Wires
$ w/ Bare Wires & River City Tanlines

Tags: Bare Wires, Digital Leather, Jay Reatard, River City Tanlines

posted at 11:34 AM on February 4, 2010 in music | tour dates | video | Comments (38)

Comments (38)

thats a guitar..and the most pop beat of the last 50 yrs

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 11:43 AM

another candidate for most stupid band photo of the month. i mean, c'mon people...

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 11:45 AM

oh god , where do I begin?

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 11:59 AM

That photo is like a less porny American Apparel ad.

Congrats on being cliches, guys!

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 12:02 PM

it would be better if they were holding each others bananas

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 12:04 PM

someone break the photographers camera

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 12:05 PM

"...just keyboards, drum machines and vocals to set the scene of gloomy electronic desert landscapes and gay night club discotheques."

Nope.

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 12:06 PM

A gayer version of The Faint? No thanks

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 12:11 PM

this is believe it or not their best press pic...the rest of them are just pics of them blowing eachother

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 12:18 PM

the guy in the solid black t-shirt must be the drummer, they're usually the ones to say no to stupid horse shit gimmicks. I thought we were over this irony garbage?

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 1:09 PM

yup, I agree. black t-shirt wasn't feeling it. Gay singer in flannel was totally all about the 'banana' thing. he probably thought it was so funny and witty. yaaay.

Don't even know if he's the singer or not. Just looks like the type. Other dudes in band are probably like: "Aiight, let Xavier do the Banana thing..."

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 1:19 PM

the photo is clearly a reference to the cover of Leonard Cohen's "I'm Your Man"- not just a stupid photo.

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 1:19 PM

yet he is still holding a banana, so he doesnt say no to gimmicks

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 1:19 PM

Give me a break. Next!

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 2:11 PM

Bad photo notwithstanding, all you hater people are sleeping. This band rules.

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 3:19 PM

horrible photo horrible description great band great album

Posted by eric rex | February 4, 2010 3:22 PM

good record

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 3:53 PM

Oh No you didn't. Wack.

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 3:59 PM

I see the band is here commenting on themselves again.

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 4:10 PM

maybe they don't wanna waste money on a fancy press photo. i think they're cool. but what does a 24 year oldd girl know!

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 4:17 PM

someone really let Jay Reatard "manage" their band?

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 4:20 PM

DL rules.

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 4:23 PM

fucking gay!!!

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 4:26 PM

These guys would be perfect in my upcoming wet underwear contest. Wonder if they'd do it.

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 5:52 PM

maybe they don't wanna waste money on a fancy press photo. i think they're cool. but what does a 24 year oldd girl know!

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 4:17 PM

Not much.

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Posted by Indie Power | February 4, 2010 6:22 PM

wear moccasins. listen to blank dogs. read kant. eat tofurkey

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 6:44 PM

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Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 6:50 PM

whuttup derrida

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 7:07 PM

whuttup google search

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 7:17 PM

"maybe they don't wanna waste money on a fancy press photo",

sure. that's it. either that or mgmt blew the budget on a skull bong.

that's just bananas!

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 8:10 PM

banana bongs rule. my boyfriend uses one to smoke skulls

Posted by Anonymous | February 4, 2010 11:11 PM

I always suspected bk vegan was creeping ctindie since a nana grizol days, brings a tear to a niggas eye