I'm a label loyalist, so when our friends at Hardly Art send something our way, I'm pretty much guaranteed to like it. Perhaps that leads me to make judgmental errors in regards to what's good and what's not, but in the case of Black Marble , I think I'm right on with this one. The vinyl release of their Weight Against the Door EP will be out on Valentine's Day, and I hope it features just as many darkened tracks as this number. [...]
Last year I raved about the self-titled debut from Mind Spiders , so I was really excited when I found out the band would already be releasing their new album Meltdown almost less than a year later. Said record is set to come out on February 21st via Dirtnap Records , and you'll definitely find some differences this go around, at least if this first preview is any indicator. Their last effort was pretty straight forward rock n' roll, but here you'll hear a [...]
I recently got passed this record from Canada's Under Electric Light , which has recently been playing a lot on my stereo, even though the record is several months old. Upon my first listen, I enjoyed the coldness of the atmospherics that were present, yet the more I listened the more I started to think of this group as a more accessible Blank Dogs , especially when you listen to the track below. It builds with synths and gentle crashes of percussion that seem hidden in the background. If you dig this track, then [...]
Este tipo de cosas son las que hacen que me caiga el veinte de que realmente ya ha pasado un año desde que les puse un playlist para esta ocasion con tan solo un par de semanas de haber iniciado con todo este asunto del blog y claro, como ya ha pasado un año y estamos de nueva cuenta dentro de todas esas 'celebraciones' que en si, para ser un tipo de México para muchos podria parecerles una gran mamada ya que todo el asunto de Halloween es de los 'gringos' y nosotros solo debemos enfocarnos en el Dia de [...]
Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let's look back, reflect, and contemplate. What were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the September 2010 Mix and find out. Downloadables: Coma Summer (mp3) by Weekend Drifting (mp3) by Young Adults Fever Dreaming (mp3) by No Age Transparency Is the New Mystery (mp3) by Marnie Stern [...]
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Jen Weidl and her posse in Seapony definitely have something wonderful going on in their debut for Hardly Art , Go With Me . After lots of critical acclaim on the net, it would be easy to throw this band aside as just another band making bedroom pop, which they do for the most part. But, if you can discard similarities to various other bands, you'll find that lay in wait, waiting to [...]
Barcelona - On the second day (and first full day) of the Primavera Sound Festival, there seemed to be a recurring theme to the bands I was seeing, and that theme was old guys. P.I.L , Suicide, Glenn Branca , even Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips - all in the 50 plus club. Despite their age though, these old guys showed that they still had it, whatever "it" is, thus making a good case against a mandatory retirement age for rock. Sure, I saw some younger acts too, but the old guys put on some of [...]
Quand nous avons appris que Blank Dogs revenait à Paris pour une série de concerts ce printemps, c'est toute la rédaction d'Hartzine qui s'est mise en branle-bas de combat. Et comme entre Mike Sniper et Hartzine, c'est une grande histoire d'amour, ni une, ni deux, celui-ci nous a pondu une savoureuse mixtape dont il a le secret. Un condensé frénétique de post-pop fiévreuse et de new wave en clair-obscur. Audio Tracklist 1. The Sound - Heartland 2. The Servants - Look like a girl 3. Sparks - How [...]
Mais qui est donc Blank Dogs ? Plus on pense en savoir sur le projet de Mike Sniper et plus on reste dans le flou, tant l'homme se plaît à s'envelopper d'une aura mystérieuse. Rarement nous aurons connu artiste si prolifique, puisque le musicien compte déjà cinq albums au compteur, une douzaine d'EP, de multiples compilations et ce, en à peine cinq ans de carrière. Un parcours sans fausse note, loin de là, chaque sortie apportant son lot de bouleversement. Une course en hors-piste qui nous amène à la lisière de la noise, de l'expérimental, de la coldwave, [...]
Si on est aussi fan de ce mois de mai, ce n'est pas seulement parce que les jupes des filles raccourcissent, que les mecs exhibent leurs torses velus et que pendant que les oiseaux roucoulent, ça picrave sec en terasse... Notre extase semble plus liée au passage de Blank Dogs dans notre Babylone adorée. Artisan musical mystérieux et boulimique, le projet de Mike Sniper réunit le meilleur de la new wave et du post-punk en un condensé de hits hantés de battements électriques et de rythmiques synthétiques. En guise d'ouverture, ce sont les talentueux The Fresh & [...]
It's time again to look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the April 2010 Mix and find out. Downloadables: Tell 'Em (mp3) by Sleigh Bells Line Out (mp3) by Proton Proton Medulla Oblongata (mp3) by Buke And Gass Jail La La (mp3) by Dum Dum Girls (Baby) [...]
On April 26th, Blank Dogs will release Collected By Itself: 2006 - 2009 , a compilation of out of print singles, EP's, cassette and compilation tracks from the recording archive. Get inititiated with a listen to "Slow Room" . http://www.capturedtracks.com/ http://www.myspace.com/blankdo gtime
Blank Dogs released Collected By Itself: 2006 – 2009, a collection of out-of-print singles, EPs, cassettes, etc. never out on cd before. This is the tracklist: 01 "Leaving the Light On" 02 "Slow Room!" 03 "Two Months" 04 "Before The Hours" 05 "Keeping All The Time" 06 "Freezing Styles" 07 "1480 Fox" 08 "The Tied" 09 "She's Violent Tonight" 10 "Dismorphobia" 11 "Doorbell Fire" 12 "The Other Way" 13 "Calling Over" 14 "Yellow Mice Sleep" 15 "Outside Alarmer" 16 "Waiting" 17 "My House is Red" 18 "Butler Hospital" 19 "Poison Ivy" 20 "Scenes In A [...]
Captured Tracks is releasing a 27-track collection of remastered rarities and impossible-to-find singles from Blank Dogs on digital and CD formats. Collected By Itself 2006-2009 drops April 25th, and you can check out the second jam in the bunch, "Slow Room!", below. Tracklisting: 1. Leaving the Light On 2. Slow Room! 3. Two Months 4. Before the Hours 5. Keeping All The Time 6. Freezing Styles 7. 1480 Fox [...]
The ever mysterious Mike Sniper of Blank Dogs is releasing a rarities compilation, Collected By Itself: 2006 – 2009 , which includes unreleased tracks from those years that are sure to display his multi-instrumental/experimenta l talents. Expect more fuzz and cool ambiguity from this Captured Tracks favorite. Listen to the second track from the compilation and check out the track list below: "Slow Room!" - Blank Dogs by forcefieldpr 01 "Leaving the Light On" 02 "Slow Room!" 03 [...]
If I hadn't proclaimed Mike Sniper a masked person of interest in 2008, the longtime Brooklyn Blank Dogs multi-instrumentalist and Captured Tracks honcho couldn't easily made yesterday's 18 Bands To Watch In 2011 . He released a new, higher fidelity LP Land And Fixed in October. Collected By Itself: 2006 - 2009 , in turn, is very much what its title suggests, a collection of out-of-print singles, EPs, cassettes, etc., from the years specified. None of it's appeared on CD before: This is the old scuzzy, especially pretty stuff. Don't [...]
Multi-instrumentalist and Captured Tracks creator Mike Sniper has plans of releasing 27 rare tunes that never found a spot on proper full-lengths for his musical outlet Blank Dogs . From the press release, we can gather that this isn't a compilation of tracks for strictly diehards, but rather those who enjoy exploring sounds from lo-fi to mysterious soundscapes to melodic noise-pop. Collected By Itself: 2006 - 2009 will see the light of day April 26 via his imprint Captured Tracks. Here's the second cut from the forthcoming album, the synth-laden "Slow Room!". [...]
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