Leatherface played NYC (pics) & they will again soon (dates)

April 22, 2010

words by BBG, photos by Chloe Rice

Leatherface at Knitting Factory in March

Leatherface… blew the doors off a sold out — and then some — performance at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory…
The crowd, far younger than I expected, was filled with fans in their twenties and thirties who were fully supportive of Stubbs & Co…. Stubbs, looking near 50, probably seemed far more fascinating to this crowd of young’uns precisely because he was not another twenty-something from Brooklyn. He was exotic.
Stubbs belted out songs like “Springtime” (arguably the group’s best song), “I Want the Moon” (the one that made the venue positively erupt) and “Never Say Goodbye” (the “single” and a superb one at that from the new album) with conviction and pathos.
The group also played, among others, “Isn’t Life Just Sweet?,” “Broken,” and “Diego Garcia” from Stormy Petrel. Leatherface’s epochal Mush (1992) also gained plenty of attention with the spine-tingling “Not Superstitious,” “Dead Industrial Atmosphere,” “Not a Day Goes By,” “How Lonely” and “Message in a Bottle,” by THE POLICE, all getting a hearing. – [The Big Takeover]

Two months and seven days after playing Knitting Factory (March 5th), Leatherface is back for a second helping on May 12th as part of a larger US tour that includes an appearance at Chaos in Tejas. Tickets are on sale.

Pics, video and the setlist from Leatherface’s last appearance at Knitting Factory, and their full tour sked is below…

Leatherface at Knitting Factory

LEATHERFACE – 2010 TOUR DATES
April 16th – Giessen-Ak 44, Germany
April 17th – Trier-Exhaus, Germany
April 18th – Karlsruhe-Alte Hackerei, Germany
April 19th – Coburg-Bei Adam, Germany
April 20th – Nürnberg-K4, Germany
April 21st – München-Feierwerk, Germany
April 22nd – Saarbrücken-Garage, Germany
April 23rd – BielefelForum, Germany
April 24th – Düsseldorf-Ratinger Hof/Stone, Germany
April 25th – Solingen-Cobra, Germany
April 26th – Köln-Underground, Germany
April 27th – Arnheim-Willemeen, Netherlands
April 28th – Bremen-Schlachthof, Germany
April 29th – Flensburg-Volxbad, Germany
April 30th – Münster-Gleis 22, Germany
May 8th – Lansing, Michigan @ Mac’s Bar
May 9th – Cleveland, Ohio @ Now That’s Class
May 10th – Albany, NY @Bogie’s
May 11th – Providence @ Jerkey’s
May 12th – NYC @ Knitting Factory
May 13th – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
May 14th – Virginia Beach, VA @ Jewish Mother
May 15th – Wilmington NC @ The Rad Fest
May 16th – TBC
May 17th – St Louis, MO @ Firebird
May 18th – TBC
May 19th – Denver, Colorado @ Marquis Theatre
May 20th – TBC
May 21st – TBC
May 22nd – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
May 23rd – TBC
May 24th – TBC
May 25th – TBC
May 26th – Las Vegas, NV @ Cheyenne Saloon
May 27th – Scottsdale, AZ @ Rouge Bar
May 28th – TBC
May 29th – Chaos in Tejas Fest @Red 7
May 30th – TBC
May 31st – Houston, TX @ Walters on Wash
June 1st – TBC
June 2nd – TBC
June 3rd – Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds
June 4th – Miami, FL @ Churchill’s Pub