The Blank Tapes made the LA WEEKLY TOP 5 LA Garage Rock Bands! We came in at #3! Not bad for just moving back down to LA from SF a couple months ago. Here’s the list: After forty-odd years of revivals and re-imaginings, garage rock isn’t much of a clear-cut genre. Here in L.A., though, where garage is a persistent fixture in the venues and living rooms, you start to [...]

Brazil was a blast!! 7 weeks of touring, writing, recording & vacationing. My drummer, Will Halsey & I, are in the process of finishing a split release (DOUBLE DATE by THE BLANK TAPES / SUGAR CANDY MT) with 10 songs written in Brazil featuring Pearl Charles & Ash Reiter. Showlivre WE SHOT THEM photos by Bea Rodrigues view more photos online OK! ANNIE by Bruna Dourado O Goma, em parceria [...]

Broke-Ass Band Interview: The Blank Tapes (Wed @ GAMH!) By Chloe – Pennywise Reporter · September 20, 2011 Ok, fine, I’m writing about another show that I’m playing. But it’s not my fault that I happen to be playing at the Great American Music Hall (eeeeeeeh!!!) this Wednesday, September 21st, with one of San Francisco’s all-time favorite folk rockers: The Blank Tapes. And to be fair, I’ve never interviewed myself. [...]

Get psyched for an epic folk-rock showcase. On September 21st four bands will folk out the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Loving Cup & Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival Present The Blank Tapes, Chloe Makes Music, The Range of Light Wilderness, and Hurray for the Riff Raff. Mission Creek is a music and arts festival founded by the Bay Area musician Jeff Ray. Now its 15th year, [...]

Live Shots: Emily Wells and the Blank Tapes, Cafe du Nord, 7/24/11 by Ariel Soto-Suver view photos HERE No one seemed to mind that it was a Sunday night and that we were probably all going to be up far past our bedtime on a work night. That’s because it’s worth staying up late to hear some darn good music, truly starting the week off right. Emily Wells and The [...]