This week's Song of the Week comes from Brooklyn's Blank Dogs—essentially the work of one super-prolific writer and performer, Mr. Mike Sniper. Starting in 2007, Sniper began putting out release after release under the moniker, Blank Dogs, with little to no explanation of who the band was and absolutely no shows to support the recordings. That all changed last fall with two highly anticipated shows in NYC. Now Sniper's got a new album out that, from the sound of this track, Tin Birds (download to the right and down), continues to push the new new wave sound. Stereogum put it best when they said - "It's like Joy Division vocal lines with the Cure's synth and guitar melodies filtered through ancient submerged keyboards and eroded recording equipment." Check them/him out in Philly July 9 and at South Street Seaport in NYC July 24.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Music Monday
This week's Song of the Week comes from Brooklyn's Blank Dogs—essentially the work of one super-prolific writer and performer, Mr. Mike Sniper. Starting in 2007, Sniper began putting out release after release under the moniker, Blank Dogs, with little to no explanation of who the band was and absolutely no shows to support the recordings. That all changed last fall with two highly anticipated shows in NYC. Now Sniper's got a new album out that, from the sound of this track, Tin Birds (download to the right and down), continues to push the new new wave sound. Stereogum put it best when they said - "It's like Joy Division vocal lines with the Cure's synth and guitar melodies filtered through ancient submerged keyboards and eroded recording equipment." Check them/him out in Philly July 9 and at South Street Seaport in NYC July 24.
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I thought I would say hi from Seattle where I live, work as a photographer and have fallen in love with a raven at a wildlife rehabilitation center i volunteer at here. Her name is Angel, she talks like an old man and she is wonderful, she was chained up most of her life but now we are trying to nurture her back to life. you can see more photos of her on my website under sarvey wildlife project at www.anniemusselman.com
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Annie Marie
Whoa, very cool, indeed. Love your photos, especially the ones of Angel. We're pretty weirdly obsessed with crows and ravens around here, but, being in New York City, we hardly ever see either. When we visited our friend in Seattle last year, I was constantly distracted by the crows everywhere. Wish I had known about the center then. Thanks for your post!
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