Gary War's most striking innovation has been their off-kilter guitar delay, a gargling effect that plays like dub recorded beneath the East River. The strength of Blank Dogs' Mike Sniper has been his ... Continue reading "On Roman Soldiers' "Warmer," a Gary War/Blank Dogs Collaboration" >

Who knew I had so many records in the virtual review stack. And who knew I had so many words in me. I think we can finally call an end to my recession induced writer's block. Oneida Rated O Brah/Jagjaguwar Any triple album, like Oneida's Rated O, contains a certain amount of selfishness on the band's part. When Oneida's Kid Millions discussed the album with Dusted Magazine , he made it fairly clear that [...]

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Recently we downloaded the free InSound monthly sampler, which contained tracks by a number of bands we like - Blank Dogs, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Wave Pictures, and best of all The Obits.We had been aware of their recent album I Blame You and had enjoyed the tracks we had heard without delving much deeper. Then we came across their single for Record Store Day, especially the cover of Military
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[picture via R5Productions ] I'll be at work while most of this is happening. Hopefully you're not. Go have fun! FRIDAY: Blank Dogs @ Kungfu Necktie Poison The Well @ The Troc Handsome Furs @ JB's Brand New @ North Star Bar Tu Phace @ The TLA Deep Sea Diver @ The M Room SATURDAY: Punk Rock Flea Market day I @ Starlight Ballroom Younger Brother @ The TLA The New Time @ JB's [...]

Mike Sniper (aka Blank Dogs) has been spending a lot of time in his bedroom this year. And I'm not about to tell a rude joke. Sniper - the misleadingly solo Brooklynite - it turns out is a musical machine of real pedigree, whose dedication to all things drum machine, analogue synth and reverb guitar has sent Blank Dogs and his side project, The Mayfair Set, leaping into New Ears' sweaty lap. As he freely admits to being "an avid conspiracy theory junkie" you'd be forgiven for thinking that he was barking mad. [...]

Dum Dum Girls The Fresh & Onlys Ganglians Woods Some people spent their Fourth of July watching fireworks. Others barbequed with friends. One guy spent his eating 68 hot dogs in ten minutes . Me? I hang out in an empty lot underneath the JMZ line in Bushwick Brooklyn watching a whole bunch of awesome bands on the [...]

blank dogs open shut 2009 (française version) Donc. Faisons court (etc...) Comme pour les coquillages. Si tu écoutes attentivement et suffisamment fort, en dessous et encore en dessous, tu entendras l'appel mystérieux des vagues... Bande son de l'été n°6: blank dogs (englikhtonian version) So. Let's make it short (etc...) As for shellfishes. If you listen carefully enough and extremely [...]
Kirsten Starcher To me "indie" and "DIY" are nearly synonymous. "Indie" implies that you're not going into the music world expecting a big record deal, or making a hit pop album, or writing music according to a formula. It's about seeing what you have to do to reach the next level, and doing [...]

Every Friday we bring you our weekly batch of uploads. Download all the songs that went up the week of 6/22-6/26 right here, right now. You can download the following mp3s individually OR play them all in a row. Click on the artists at the right under Related Downloads to learn more about each band and see similar music suggestions. [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] Play All [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [ [...]
Blank Dogs, a famosa banda composta apenas por um elemento que não se sabe exactamente quem é, mas que dá pelo nome meramente figurativo de Mike Sniper, parece ser mais um hype duvidoso vindo de terras norte-americanas.Com um álbum já editado (hype tardio...), lançou este mês o seu segundo trabalho, 'Under and Under', que fui tentar compreender o que me poderia trazer de bom à minha vida.

You'd think with all the rain we've been having that I'd be able to spend more time writing, but for some reason it's not working out that way. I am as behind as ever. Today I sat down and imported more than 100 songs that had piled up in my download folder. Now if I could just find time to listen to them all! Any hoo , a couple of things intrigue me and I figured I'd share them today since there's not much else to do to distract me (aside from the [...]

[mp3] Woods: "To Clean" Um. So, yeah. Continuing with the summer mood enhancer theme, is this pretty much amazing festival coming 4th of July weekend in New York. Holidays in the city are usually huge let downs, but the quality of this Woodsist/Captured Tracks showcase is to much to even list in one blog post. How big a year are THOSE guys having? It includes: Woods, Blank Dogs, Crystal Stilts, Kurt Vile, Vivian Girls, Thee Oh Sees, Dum Dum Girls, Ganglians, The Mayfair Set, Real Estate and much more. [...]
goddamn have in the red been on a hot frickin roll recently. another belter here, slightly behind schedule with this one (and a few others...) but been waiting like a sweaty end of days obsessed millenist around 11:59 31/12/99 for the expanded vinyl and it's certainly worth chucking out some belated words about. can i get [...]

No need to feel like a second class NY-er for not going out of town for Independence Day this year. If you're around, might I suggest the Woodsist/Captured Tracks Festival ? Two of the city's best vinyl-centric labels (with help from Todd P) are bringing together some of the best garage/lo-fi/psychedelic bands in the country, playing over the course of two days. A combined two-day ticket is $25, but if you had to choose one day ($15) I think you'd have to go with July 4, what with Ganglians, Woods, Beets, Real Estate, Thee Oh Sees, Dum Dum Girls, [...]

Amoeba Records - Hollywood 1.) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest 2.) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 3.) J Dilla - Jay Stays Paid (Buy) 4.) Eminem - Relapse 5.) Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown 6.) Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King 7.) Eels - Hombre Lobo 8.) Elvis Costello - Secret Profane & Sugarcane 9.) Rancid - Let the Dominoes Fall 10.) Kings of Leon - Only by the Nigh t As of 6/7/2009 [...]
Tracks: Blank Dogs- "Face Watching" (6) Phoenix- "Lisztomania" (7) MP3: Blank Dogs- "Tin Birds" For more info on Blank Dogs and Phoenix, go to wearephoenix.com or myspace.com/blankdogtime .
"The Laurels of Erotomania (Live at No Fun Fest 2009)" COLD CAVE "Off Our Backs" MEN "Neon Jesus" CROCODILES "Danny" THE YOUNGER LOVERS "Big Boy (Ssion's Bang Bang Remix)" JEPPE "Setting Fire to Your House" BLANK DOGS "We're Having Your Children" JEALOUSY "Suffering" HECUBA "Lover" NITE JEWEL "Misery" EPEE DU BOIS

This week, we join the Akron/Family. The freewheeling folk interpretations of Akron/Family are a sonic playground. It's experimental rock that's always in the mood to play--even in its most mellow moments. The band's new LP is Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free , and we're playing track from it like it's nobody's business. We've also got new stuff from a lo-fi project out of New York, Blank Dogs, and a tasty debut from Holiday shores. It's an unpredictable podcast... The Needle Drop: 06-06-09 [...]