This past weekend was all about the USA, and nothing says America quite like a day full of shitgaze in a graffitied, degenerated yard under some train tracks in Bushwick (or "East Williamsburg," if your real estate agent is shady).... CONTINUE READING WOODSIST/CAPTURED TRACKS FEST @ 979 BROADWAY BACKYARD, BROOKLYN 7/4/09»
Posted on July 6, 2009 in , , (6 comments)
Tags: Beach Fossils | Blank Dogs | Crocodiles | Crystal Stilts | Dum Dum Girls | Ganglians | Kurt Vile | Real Estate | The Beets | The German Measles | Vivian Girls | Woods
When writing on Dum Dum Girls in the past, I've mentioned the Mayfair Set, her best-of-two-worlds collaborative project with the recently unmasked Blank Dogs. It's good stuff and thankfully there's more of it: A six-song Woodsist 12" from the duo... CONTINUE READING NEW MAYFAIR SET - "CEASE TO BE" & "JUNKED"»
Posted on May 21, 2009 in (3 comments)
Tags: Blank Dogs | Dum Dum Girls | The Mayfair Set
Mr. Blank Dogs has removed the mask for his forthcoming Under And Under, but that doesn't mean he (or at least the male protagonist) and his choreographed KKK-as-Fort Thunder dancers in this crisp back and white Jacqueline Castel-directed video should... CONTINUE READING NEW BLANK DOGS VIDEO - "SETTING FIRE TO YOUR HOUSE"»
Posted on April 23, 2009 in (8 comments)
Tags: Blank Dogs | Peter Bjorn And John | The Antlers
Incorporating a few releases with relatively bigger labels into his extensive discography of limited-edition 12"'s, 7"'s, etc., Brooklyn BTW Blank Dogs is quite literally getting easier to watch. See, for instance, the forthcoming In The Red-imprinted Under And Under which... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP LXXXV: HEAR NEW BLANK DOGS, WIN A TURNTABLE & PASSION PIT PRIZE PACK»
Posted on April 22, 2009 in , (2 comments)
Tags: Blank Dogs | Passion Pit
For those of you who've given up on the Vivian Girls because of that bathtub interview, here's a chance to wipe the slate clean and find some all-Girls noise-pop by someone from another coast. We've been enjoying L.A.'s Dum Dum... CONTINUE READING NEW DUM DUM GIRLS VIDEOS - "CATHOLICKED" & "BLANK GIRL"»
Posted on March 5, 2009 in , (18 comments)
Tags: Blank Dogs | Crocodiles | Dum Dum Girls | Micachu And The Shapes | Ryan Adams | The Mayfair Set
Not all of Stereogum's favorite sounds conform to what folks expect us to cover. In this space, resident Bananafish fetishist Brandon Stosuy focuses on bands, albums, singles, and villages in Sweden that may otherwise pass by unnoticed. This installment's virtual... CONTINUE READING THE OUTSIDERS: THE BEST ALBUMS OF '08»
Posted on December 23, 2008 in (16 comments)
Tags: Blank Dogs | Caïna | Cold Cave | Dennis Cooper | Dominick Fernow | Grouper | Harry Pussy | Kevin Drumm | Mick Barr | Ocrilim | Peter Rehberg | Peter Sotos | Prurient | Real Estate | Roberto Bolano | Shit And Shine | Valet | Yellow Tears
Blank Dogs are actually singular: It's the insanely prolific one-man Brooklyn-based band of Mr. Blank Dog. We don't know too much about the biography of the guy behind the bedroom new-wave pop/punk and he's usually covering his face with masks... CONTINUE READING BAND TO WATCH: BLANK DOGS»
Posted on September 5, 2008 in , (28 comments)
Tags: Blank Dogs | Vampire Weekend
