The Blank Tapes follow up this year’s acclaimed ‘Vacation’ with a low key cassette release, custom made for a lonely Saturday night.
The Blank Tapes
California garage pop torch bearers The Blank Tapes go hi-fi for the first time with the first single from their forthcoming Vacation album.
Due to the extreme length of this 2012 year-end recap, Michael Fortes recommends that you skip ahead to the entry on Joey Dosik.
The Blank Tapes get trippy – big surprise there – with a cool underwater video for the song “A’bergine,” from the new album Sun’s Too Bright.
San Francisco’s folk hero, Sean Hayes, gifted us with a Parlour to Parlour interview at his own private studio in the series’ final interview of 2011.
Parlour to Parlour heads outdoors once again, this time for a psych-folk-rock trip with Joshua Bruner of the great Northern California band Magic Leaves.
Berkeley-based singer/songwriter/NorCal girl Ash Reiter radiates characteristically casual grace in this month’s Parlour to Parlour.
The Parlour to Parlour journey takes an unexpected turn as Michael Fortes spotlights Bryant Denison’s gypsy voodoo folk rock collective The Beehavers.
No, it’s not Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood – but it’s close! Sean Olmstead of fpodbpod gives us a tour of his funhouse in this month’s Parlour to Parlour.
In the first Parlour to Parlour episode of the year, Michael Fortes pays a visit to The Blank Tapes’ Matt Adams.
From the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, Michael Fortes runs through his top picks for the best albums of 2010.