Blank Dogs is an American post-punk project from Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

. It is essentially a stage name for Mike Sniper, a multi-instrumentalist who had previously played with DC Snipers.

Blank Dogs' first releases arrived in 2007, and the outfit issued around a dozen releases in 2008, in various formats. Among them was an anthology on Troubleman Unlimited Records

Troubleman Unlimited Records

Troubleman Unlimited Records is a record label specializing in indie rock and similar genres. Founded in 1993, the label is based in Bayonne, New Jersey and owned by Mike Simonetti....

. In 2009 Blank Dogs signed with In the Red Records

In the Red Records

In the Red Records is an independent record label in Los Angeles, CA formed in 1991 by Larry Hardy. It is known for hosting garage punk related bands on its label....

, releasing the full-length Under and Under on CD and double-LP (the LP having bonus tracks). Crystal Stilts

Crystal Stilts

-History:Crystal Stilts was formed in 2003 by Brad Hargett and JB Townsend. After releasing one single and an EP, the pair expanded to five members before signing to Slumberland Records in the US and Angular Recording Corporation in Europe and releasing their debut, Alight of Night, in 2008...

 and Vivian Girls

Vivian Girls

Vivian Girls are an American band from Brooklyn, New York.- History :Vivian Girls, named after the magnum opus of outsider author Henry Darger, started in Brooklyn, NY in March 2007 as the trio of Cassie Ramone ; Katy "Kickball Katy" Goodman; and Frankie Rose...

guest on the album.

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)

Compilations

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