Woods Debut New Tunes On Daytrotter

Woods performed three previously unreleased bits of their spacious helium-huffing psychedelia along with Songs Of Shame's "Where And What Are You?" when they stopped by Daytrotter.... CONTINUE READING WOODS DEBUT NEW TUNES ON DAYTROTTER»

Posted on October 7, 2009 in MP3 (0 comments)
Tags: Joey Waronker | Woods

Fuck Yeah Fest 2009 In Photos

In its sixth year, Fuck Yeah Fest had the explicit intention of benefitting California's state parks, and implicit intention of scaring away media outlets afraid of things with "Fuck" in the title. (Well OK: this year did bring the family... CONTINUE READING FUCK YEAH FEST 2009 IN PHOTOS»

New Babies - "Meet Me In The City"

According to their MySpace, Babies is the project of Vivian Girls' Cassie Ramone, Woods bassist Kevin Morby, Bossy drummer Justin Sullivan, and Stupid Party's Nathanael Stark on bass. All that said, it'll largely be the songwriting project of Morby, because... CONTINUE READING NEW BABIES - "MEET ME IN THE CITY"»

Posted on August 20, 2009 in MP3 (8 comments)
Tags: Bossy | Vivian Girls | Woods

New Woods Video - "Where And What Are You?"

In their Michael La Burt-directed video for "To Clean," Woods dug deep into ritualistic over-eating, band-on-band violence, and a twitchy, almost birdlike performance of the Songs Of Shame standout. This time, Amber Gonzalez zooms in more closely to follow a... CONTINUE READING NEW WOODS VIDEO - "WHERE AND WHAT ARE YOU?"»

Posted on July 24, 2009 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: Woods

Wavves/Woods/Real Estate @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC 7/15/09

After the scene portrait painted by Woodsist and Captured Tracks on Independence weekend, a Bowery bill boasting Woods and Real Estate wouldn't register as a must-see despite those bands standing at the top of their class. But there was one... CONTINUE READING WAVVES/WOODS/REAL ESTATE @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 7/15/09»

Posted on July 16, 2009 in Concert, Photo (37 comments)
Tags: Popo | Real Estate | Wavves | Woods

Woodsist/Captured Tracks Fest @ 979 Broadway Backyard, Brooklyn 7/4/09

This past weekend was all about the USA, and nothing says America quite like a day full of shitgaze in a graffitied, degenerated yard under some train tracks in Bushwick (or "East Williamsburg," if your real estate agent is shady).... CONTINUE READING WOODSIST/CAPTURED TRACKS FEST @ 979 BROADWAY BACKYARD, BROOKLYN 7/4/09»

New Woods Video - "To Clean"

Woods have been kicking around Brooklyn in various forms for some time, but it's the fourth full-length Songs Of Shame, with longstanding Vanishing Voices Jarvis Taveniere and G. Lucas Crane plus Kevin Morby in tow, that brought Woodsist head Jeremy... CONTINUE READING NEW WOODS VIDEO - "TO CLEAN"»

Posted on June 16, 2009 in MP3, Video (8 comments)
Tags: Woods

New Woods - "Rain On"

When James Toth, aka Wooden Wand, released Harem of the Sundrum And The Witness Figg in 2005, I coulda sworn (and did) that he was going to continue with this lo-fi scratchiness, providing a noisier and weirder path for folks... CONTINUE READING NEW WOODS - "RAIN ON"»

Posted on March 30, 2009 in MP3 (7 comments)
Tags: The xx | Woods

SXSW 2009: Friday In Photos

By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy On Friday we shook off the early-morning cobwebs and made a beeline to the Pitchfork/Windish Bash in time to catch the last couple tracks by psychedelic post-Vanishing Voice Brooklynites Woods on the outside stage... CONTINUE READING SXSW 2009: FRIDAY IN PHOTOS»