Orange Pop: Blank Tapes’ Matt Adams comes home By KELLI SKYE FADROSKI / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER 3/14/12 It was 2003 when Matt Adams came up with an apt moniker for his band: the Blank Tapes. He and several other musician friends had been playing at various open mic nights in the Newport Beach/Costa Mesa area for a few years, but by 2006 Adams needed a change of scenery. He [...]

orangecounty.com Slideshow: The Blank Tapes kick off March residency at Detroit Bar Indie rock act the Blank Tapes return to Orange County, after being in San Francisco for five years, to perform as Detroit Bar’s Monday night residency for March. The quintet is performing a different set each week with a variety of local and touring acts opening. The shows begin at 9 p.m. each Monday and are free for [...]

The Blank Tapes Recommended Every week Monday from Mon., March 5 until Mon., March 26 @ Detroit Bar (843 W. 19th St. Costa Mesa, CA 92627) By Erin DeWitt Songwriter Matt Adams was greeted with a warm, smiling reception upon his return to Southern California. Within just a few months of moving back from San Fran, sister paper LA Weekly heralded his band, The Blank Tapes, as one of the [...]

THE BLANK TAPES, Whiskerman, Tumbleweed Wanderers, The Love Dimension at The Uptown Nightclub March 2, First Friday First Friday! Open Early, No Cover! THE BLANK TAPES Whiskerman Tumbleweed Wanderers The Love Dimension (acoustic set) When you think of The Blank Tapes, think of Buddy Holly or Neil Young or Joe Ely or Bill Fox or Robert Pollard and now guys like Greg Cartwright—they were born to one day stretch a [...]

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 [...]