Blank Dogs

Blank Dogs is an American post-punk project from Brooklyn. It is a monicker for multi-instrumentalist Mike Sniper, who had previously played with DC Snipers. ^[1]

Releases

Blank Dogs' first releases arrived in 2007. By 2008, it had issued around a hundred releases, in various formats. ^[2] Among them was an anthology on Troubleman Unlimited Records. Blank Dogs signed with In the Red Records in 2009, and released the full-length Under and Under as a CD and double LP. (The latter pressing had bonus tracks). Crystal Stilts and Vivian Girls guest play on the album. ^[1]

Discography

Albums

• On Two Sides (cassette, Fuck It Tapes / LP, Troubleman Unlimited / CD, Sacred Bones, 2008)
• Under and Under (LPx2, CD, In the Red Records, 2009)
• Land and Fixed (LP, Captured Tracks, 2010)

EPs

• The First Two Weeks (12" Freedom School, 2007)
• Yellow Mice Sleep (7" HoZac, 2007)
• Diana (the Herald) (12" Sacred Bones, 2007)
• The Fields (12" Woodsist / cassette, Fuck It Tapes / CD Woodist, 2008)
• Mirror Lights (cassette, Drone Erant, 2009)
• Captured Tracks Vol. 1 (CD-R, Captured Tracks, 2008)
• Seconds (Captured Tracks, 2009)

Singles

• The Doorbell Fire (7", Sweet Rot, 2007/2008)
• Two Months (7", Florida's Dying, 2007)
• Stuck Inside The World (7", Daggerman, 2008)
• Setting Fire To Your House (7", 4:2:2, 2008)
• In Here (Slow Room/Anywhere) (7", Down In The Ground, (Captured Tracks), 2008/2009)
• Waiting (7", In The Red Records, 2009)
• Leaves (cassette, Captured Tracks, 2010)
• BDMS (7", Disordered, 2015)

Compilations

• Blank Box (LP, ?, 2008)
• Year One (cassette, Fuck It Tapes / LP, CD, Sacred Bones, 2008/2009)
• Ages Ago on The World's Lousy With Ideas Vol. 8 (Almost Ready Records, 2009)
• Collected By Itself: 2006-2009 (2xLP/CD, Captured Tracks, 2011)

References

Footnotes

1. Interview, XLR8R, July 29, 2009
2. Blank Dogs at Allmusic

Further reading

• Band to Watch: Blank Dogs Archived 2009-03-23 at the Wayback Machine . Stereogum, September 5, 2008.
• Hype Monitor: Blank Dogs, Bowerbirds, Brilliant Colors. Rolling Stone , May 14, 2009.
• Blank Dogs. East Bay Express , June 17, 2009.
• Review, Pitchfork Media
• The Official Blank Dogs Fan Community Website
• Land and Fixed Review SPIN