Sep
27

Video: Wooden Shjips – “Lazy Bones”

Wooden Shijps – Lazy Bones from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo. Directed by Brooklyn noise-rockers Black Dice who decide to edit an epilepsy into the video for Wooden Ships’ “Lazy Bones.” Kind of lazy but kind of fitting. My advice to you is purchase West, smoke a blunt, and drive off the nearest pier. You… Continue reading »

Sep
09

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: West and the Bold New Direction of Wooden Shjips

If you squint, you can spot Douglas Martin on the speedboat adjacent to the Golden Gate Bridge. What separates Wooden Shjips is their ability to take the template of classic-rock and push it far, far, far past its logical conclusion. While bands many of their fellow San Francisco bands  have gotten by on well-played revivalism… Continue reading »

Aug
03

Video: Wooden Shjips – “Black Smoke Rise”

Turn it up loud and get your wig pushed back. Then read the Wooden Ships interview on Agit Reader and pick up a couple Parson Sounds and Trad Gras records. They too are similarly woolly, ragged, gaffling psychedelic rock. Download: MP3: Wooden Shjips-”Lazy Bones”

Jul
05

The West is The Best

Expect the Dirty Shoes treatment on Wooden Shjips some time soon. In the meantime, I’ll stick to what I do best: brief hyperbolic declarations. After all, this is probably my favorite rock record of the year and now that Jack White has laid down his Stripes, Ripley Johnson may be my favorite guitarist. The San… Continue reading »

May
24

Mystery Jets – Dreaming of Another World (Wooden Shjips Remix)

Wooden Shjips’ decision to remix “Dreaming of Another World,” is either attributable to a late April Fool’s gag, or someone at Rough Trade got slipped some orange sunshine and hallucinated the commercial potential of a pulverizing remix from the current kings of psychedelic drone. Either way, I’ve long suspected that Wooden Shjips occasionally smirk behind… Continue reading »

Mar
25

Wooden Shjips – “Outta My Head”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmchBXiAlW8 As a fan of good/bad puns, I can’t help but be enthralled by a video for a song called “Outta My Head,” depicting a man crawling out of a skull, wandering the earth, and encountering zebras. Also, the 7th Voyage of Sinbad-esque stop-motion Claymation is worthy of lavish praise. As are Wooden Shjips, who… Continue reading »