Wooden Shjips

Thrill Jockey Records Celebrates 20 Uncertain Years of Wild Music

The Five Best Concerts in San Francisco This Week

Sunn O))) @ Mezzanine, Tuesday, Dec. 18 Over the 14 years that Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley have run Sunn O))), the pair have eagerly tested threshold after threshold. The Seattle-born drone metal project's songs are long -- the shortest track on 2009 LP Monoliths & Dimensions is 9 minutes, 42 ... More >>

Tame Impala on "Brain-Squelching" Music, S.F. Psych, and Trying to Make Guitars Not Sound Like Guitars

Though it hasn't quite reached the level of recognition achieved by histrionic Aussie blooze-rawkers Wolfmother, Perth's Tame Impala seems poised to deliver its lush, tuneful brand of psychedelia to a global audience. Led by guitarist, singer, and songwriter Kevin Parker, the band shared some common ... More >>

A Cold-Stricken J Mascis Talks About Dinosaur Jr. Playing Loud, SF Hippies, and the Relative Inferiority of Bug

Dinosaur Jr. plays the Fillmore this Thursday.​ The person whose job it is to get musicians to say interesting things over the phone already faces something of a challenge when interviewing J Mascis, singer-guitarist of Dinosaur Jr., and O.G. slacker of legendary proportions. Since the '80s, M ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Wooden Shjips Give a Free Ride on the Psych-Drone Starship

Wooden Shjips at Bottom of the Hill last night. Pics by Ian, more after the jump.​ Wooden Shjips Night Beats Bottom of the Hill August 18, 2011 Better than: Getting seasick. Wooden Shjips is an excellent band name in many ways, but the best way may be this: It is impossible to watch the four ... More >>

Wooden Shjips: Show Preview

Tri Angle Records Fetes Its Birthday with oOoOO and Water Borders, Outside Lands 2011 Wrap-Up, and More

From SF Weekly's latest print music section: oOoOO's Christopher Greenspan​Tri Angle Records showcase: Roughly a year ago, a young New York-based blogger named Robin Carolan did what many lovers of music often only dream of: He started his own record label. Calling it Tri Angle Records, Carol ... More >>

London Warehouse Fire Badly Burns Indie Labels

via yfrog​The London riots began with a fatal police shooting, but the latest casualty may be independent record labels. Protesters burned down a CD and vinyl stock warehouse in North London last night that was owned by Sony DADC and used by the PIAS Group, a marketing and distribution firm t ... More >>

Wooden Shjips Make a Visual Drone for "Black Smoke Rise" Video

​ The music made by S.F. outfit Wooden Shjips could be simplified as fuzzy, blown-out riffs repeated into psychedelic infinity. Even though the band's upcoming album, West, contains some of its most accessible psych-rock to date, it still finds the members working in a style reliant upon the p ... More >>

Hear Wooden Shjips' Blazing, Blown-Out New Song, 'Lazy Bones'

The cover art for West. Look familiar?​ Here it is, the first new song from West, the upcoming album by long-running but too-little-discussed S.F. psych outfit Wooden Shjips. The song is called "Lazy Bones," and it is anything but lazy. Rather, it's like one big trippy sprint, with deep vocals ... More >>

Wooden Shjips Sign to Thrill Jockey for "West," Continue Trend of S.F. Bands on Chicago Labels

​ Having already carried out a vital inquiry into whether we San Franciscans are too obsessed with our brilliant little garage/psych/vintage rock scene (answer: yes, but deservedly so) let us now ponder this: What's with all the S.F. bands on Chicago labels?We ask specifically because of today's n ... More >>

SF's Moon Duo Announce Debut Full-Length LP, Release Title Track

The future's so boring we gotta wear shadessss​I've only ever seen one picture of San Francisco's Moon Duo, the (um) duo of Sanae Yamada and Ripley Johnson, the latter being the guitarist for alt-fuzzmongers Wooden Shjips. And until today I would have told you I'd only ever heard one kind of song ... More >>

'Tis The Season For Denatured Versions of Holiday Standards

It's turning out to be a good week for surrealistic Christmas cheer. First we've got Low playing at the Great American Music Hall tomorrow night in celebration of the reissue of their slowcore Christmas EP; tomorrow also sees the release of limited-edition holiday singles from the Bay Area's affili ... More >>

El Rio's Birthday Party, Moon Duo, Autobahn, Mission Dolores Fiesta and More

Cody T WilliamsDiamond Daggers will perform at El Rio this Saturday​If you don't have tickets to Giants playoffs games this weekend, didn't want to pay the jacked-up prices, or simply do not care about baseball, check out every other cheap event in the city. There are many. Here's our list of 10 t ... More >>

What's With All The Misspelled Names in Hip-Hop?: An Examination

Chali 2na​So Chali 2na's coming to Yoshi's tonight. Dude may be the most likeable member of Jurassic 5, with his booming voice and salaam-to-that-ass demeanor, but he's also the one whose name mounts the most nihilistic assault on orthographic sensibility (distant second: Mark 7even). Not that th ... More >>

Moon Duo gives minimal Krautrock new gravity

SXSW 2010 Showgoers' Guide to Bay Area Acts

Local Acts on the Big Festival Circuit: Who's Playing Where

www.joshuabrott.comBassnectar​One measure of musical success is being invited to one of the premiere music fests in the U.S. Among the most established and prestigious, of course, are Bonnaroo, Coachella, and All Tomorrow's Parties, the latter having the added cred of being curated by a different ... More >>

Video of the Day: The Younger Lovers by KUSF's Irwin Swirnoff

Irwin Swirnoff--one of my favorite DJs on KUSF, where he goes by the nickname Sleeves on Hearts--has a double life as a video director. Late last year, he directed a Wooden Shjips clip for Motorbike.Swirnoff recently finished a video for The Younger Lovers, the latest musical project from Brontez of ... More >>

Last Night: The Lickets, Moon Duo, The Spyrals

The Spyrals​The Lickets, Moon Duo, The SpyralsTuesday, Jan. 12, 2009Cafe du NordBetter than: a space odyssey.After last night's show, I'll be hard pressed to say nothing good ever comes out of being in line at the DMV. The Cafe du Nord lineup of the Lickets, Moon Duo, and the Spyrals came about, a ... More >>

Video of the Day Pt. 2: Wooden Shjips Dir. by KUSF's Irwin Swirnoff

One of my favorite KUSF DJs, Irwin Swirnoff (Friday morning's "Sleeves on Hearts" show) has directed a video for one of my favorite Wooden Shjips songs, "Motorbike." The look is hazy, vintage San Francisco, with cool, washed out colors and shots of motorcycle rides around the city.

Track of the Day: Kurt Vile

Shawn Brackbill​If you can't get into the free, 'secret' Weezer show at the Regency--or if you just want your tunes a little muddier, a little more dirt under those fret-torn nails--there's another good music gig tonight we can recommend. Lo-fi troubador Kurt Vile brings his Violators to the Hemlo ... More >>

Frisco Freakout

Frisco Freakout Returns Oct. 10 w/ Liquorball, Assemble Head, More

Jennie WarrenMagic Lantern​Fans of psychedelics and the music made to go with them should be pleased to hear that the one-day bash of stoner tunes returns for a second year to Thee Parkside next month. On Saturday, Oct. 10, Frisco Freakout celebrates spaced out sonics with a dance party comprising ... More >>

The Outside Lands alternative: In the Pines

Summer's Best Lineup in Big Sur: Woods, Gang Gang Dance, Ariel Pink, More

Josh WildmanGang Gang Dance likes treesI've been to lots of great (((folkYEAH!))) events over the years, but this one--just announced--for Saturday, August 29 is pretty much the sweetest lineup they've had yet. For one night the indie promoter is teaming with Kemado Records to host "In the Pines," f ... More >>

Bay Bands Restore Maximum Freedom

Wooden Shjips Planning to be in Central California this weekend? Wanna see hella local bands play for a cheap price? Stop off in Davis May 16 for KDVS' annual shindig, Operation Restore Maximum Freedom . As first posted on underground music website the Bay Bridged, ORMF features a large Bay Area con ... More >>

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Dos (Holy Mountain)

Track(s) of the Day: Wooden Shjips' Mixtape

Local dronesters Wooden Shjips like you so much, San Francisco, they've made you a mix tape. They want to impress their love and commitment to you in a compilation (for Too Cool to Die) focused on under-appreciated artists who lived here or passed through SF to do some legendary recordings. Check ou ... More >>

Last Night: SF Weekly Music Awards 2008

2008 Music Awards Nominees

Frisco Freakout makes a California scene

SF Weekly Music Awards Nominee: Wooden Shjips

Frisco Freakout Psych Fest in October

Earthless, Assemble Head, Ascended Master to hit Frisco Freakout

KUSF birthday bash April 25

(((folkYEAH!))) brings Cluster up the coast

Bay Area Picks for SXSW

Autolux Concert Review, with Wooden Shjips at the Independent - LastNight

SF Weekly Best Albums Of 2007 : Jennifer Maerz Rounds Them Up

Best CDs of 2007

SF Weekly Music Awards 2007 Program

Wooden Shjips

S/T (Holy Mountain)

Radio Birdman: still tuned into the good shit

TV on the Radio: no one dislikes these dudes

Nursing the SXSW hangover

The slow build on Wooden Shjips