In the hands of a lesser band, Moe Tucker–esque repetitive drumming, Mercury Rev–like keys, squalls of psych guitar, and vocals buried under a flood of echo have the power to drive people away. But ...

Tomorrow, zoned-out space-rock wizards Wooden Shjips will release V., their first new album in five years. It's a gorgeous, inviting, blissed-out record, way more relaxed and unashamedly pretty than ...

i>>?i>>?Once based in San Francisco, the band Wooden Shjips now calls Portland home. (Anna Ignatenko ) For Ripley Johnson of Wooden Shjips, seeing cult garage rock band was equivalent to seeing the ...

San Francisco psych-rock quartet Wooden Shjips are big fans of All Tomorrow’s Parties. They played the ATP NY fest in ’08, and they’ll be back again this year for another set. They’ll also be playing ...

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Rose City Band, the country-psych band led by Ripley Johnson (Moon Duo / Wooden Shjips) have announced a North American tour in support of their most recent album, Earth Trip. Dates are with Rosali ...

Wooden Shjips, as it is today, started in 2006. The band self released a 10? and 7? that year and started playing shows shortly thereafter. Prior to 2006, Wooden Shjips was an experiment in primitive ...

Wooden Shjips are releasing their fifth album, fittingly titled V., on May 25 via Thrill Jockey. Previously they shared its first single, the 8-minute long “Staring At the Sun.” Now they have shared ...

The first time I listened to Wooden Shjips — the “j” is silent – it seemed like the closest I would ever come to experiencing the mix of fear and exhilaration felt by those who attended Altamont. The ...

Never mind the pictures of misty mountains, magic mushrooms and Day-Glo eyes on the cover to their latest album, Back to Land - psychedelic rock band Wooden Shjips give a pretty clear sense of their ...

When most people are looking to seriously launch a new project of any kind–a business, a team, a band–they aim to snag the best, most experienced, most reliable talent around. But guitarist/vocalist ...

This West Coast nouveau psychedelic space-rock based unit has refined its oeuvre a bit. The moveable wall of sound remains intact, however a tad more concentration in melodic content advances the ...