When I spoke to Wooden Shjips’ Ripley Johnson for the Quietus last year, in an interview focusing on his other band Moon Duo, he concluded by considering the different directions he saw each group ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tomorrow, zoned-out space-rock wizards Wooden Shjips will release V., their first new album in five years. It's a gorgeous, ...

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 ...

Wooden Shjips were formed in 2006 by the guitarist Ripley, whose original vision was to work with non-musicians to create a primitive psychedelic sound, inspired by various members of the Velvet ...

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 ...

When Erik “Ripley” Johnson pitched his Wooden Shjips bandmates on recording their first album in five years, he did so gently. “What I proposed to them was the minimum commitment possible,” Johnson ...

West Coast psychedelic quartet Wooden Shjips will release V., their fifth album, May 25th on Thrill Jockey. Inspired by the tumult of the modern world, and the desire to offer a contrasting vision of ...

Wooden Shjips' "Lazy Bones" rides on a combustible riff and rattle-and-roll percussion. Wooden Shjips' members aren't the type to shift gears between records, but they're willing to venture outside ...

Psychedelic spacemen Wooden Shjips have a prevailing fascination with the West Coast of the United States. Frontman Ripley Johnson talks to VOLUME before their New Zealand shows. The global financial ...

Five years ago, the great Bay Area space-rock quartet Wooden Shjips released Back To Land, their last album. They've been quiet lately, and guitarist Ripley Johnson has been busy with Moon Duo, his ...

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 ...