Is it just me, or are rock festivals getting incredibly predictable with their lineups each year? For example, the 2009 Lollapalooza lineup contains over 20 bands that I've seen already. Maybe I just spend too much money on shows, but either way, it's hard to find a festival lineup these days that doesn't recycle the same tired list of indie rock headliners and opening acts. Luckily, the Big Su...
Garage/Noise rock quartet Wooden Shjips (with a j) are set to release album njumber two this coming May so all of you better start preparing for the minimalist apocalypse once ajain. . The second record from the San Franciscans goes by the name of Dos and is due for rejease on May 4th via Holy Mountain records.
The sparkling fresh, sixth-month-old record label Mexican Summer has announced its spring release schedule. Valet will release False Face Society; Kurt Vile of The War On Drugs has gone all solo with God Is Saying This To You; Little Girls are giving you Thrills; Wooden Shjips are releasing one called Contact; and Bobby BeauSoleil & The Orkustra will release a definitive compilation of almost a...
My review of their new album 'Dos' resides here, but it's not exactly a giveaway to say that I'm excited to see these guys play. The record hasn't been coursing it's way through my speakers all that often, but it still stands out for me over much of the past months new releases.
Five to ten on a Monday morning: Cup of coffee, Wooden Shjips. I've just got home from a driving lesson which might account for the four-four slaps I'm beating out to 'Motorbike' on my thigh in between typing. This might be the record I listen to when I pass my test and take my first drive.
--- - |- MP3: Wooden Shjips - SOL '07 Who knew this came out?! Shame on you Holy Mountain! I went to visit my friend at a record shop this past weekend and walked away with this sucker, Vol 1 by Wooden Shjips. It's a collection of their old vinyl releases that came before their radical self-titled masterpiece dropped. It rules. Buy it. I did. Now to get the vinyl version..."Vol 1" is ...
--- - |- MP3: Wooden Shjips - SOL '07 Who knew this came out?! Shame on you Holy Mountain! I went to visit my friend at a record shop this past weekend and walked away with this sucker, Vol 1 by Wooden Shjips. It's a collection of their old vinyl releases that came before their radical self-titled masterpiece dropped. It rules. Buy it. I did. Now to get the vinyl version..."Vol 1" is ...
Two freak-form MP3s from a newly issued cassette from Bay Area psychsters Wooden Shjips for your holiday pleasure, the analog-loving band's digital gift to all. It wasn't so long ago that WFMU broadcast from the big All Tomorrow's Parties up in the Catskills where the Shjips set many attendees and FMU listeners' minds adrift with their Kraut/Doors/Spacemen 3 flying carpet ride, and they've ...
Garage/Noise rock quartet Wooden Shjips (with a j) are set to release album njumber two this coming May so all of you better start preparing for the minimalist apocalypse once ajain. . The second record from the San Franciscans goes by the name of Dos and is due for rejease on May 4th via Holy Mountain records.
My review of their new album 'Dos' resides here, but it's not exactly a giveaway to say that I'm excited to see these guys play. The record hasn't been coursing it's way through my speakers all that often, but it still stands out for me over much of the past months new releases.
Is it just me, or are rock festivals getting incredibly predictable with their lineups each year? For example, the 2009 Lollapalooza lineup contains over 20 bands that I've seen already. Maybe I just spend too much money on shows, but either way, it's hard to find a festival lineup these days that doesn't recycle the same tired list of indie rock headliners and opening acts. Luckily, the Big Su...