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…   Read Story »

Mike Sniper, the guy behind Blank Dogs and Captured Tracks, told us Zodiacs isn't really a band, it's "a studio project with a rotating lineup." Wild Nothing and Beach Fossils collaborate on one…   Read Story »

On the heels of Captured Tracks head Mike Sniper's Phrases EP, "Northern Islands" is the first taste of his one-man BTW's forthcoming Land And Fixed. It's cheerier than Blank Dogs' usual danceable…   Read Story »

New York's in the midst of some of the greatest weather in recent memory, but we know it'll tip too far in one direction at some point, and Mike "Blank Dogs" Sniper is preparing us with his "Heat And…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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.…   Read Story »

Incorporating a few releases with relatively bigger labels into his large discography of limited-edition 12"'s, 7"'s, etc., Brooklyn BTW Blank Dogs is quite literally getting easier to watch. See,…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »