woods

billy woods unleashes another astounding, mind-blowing monolith...

Presenting our favorite albums + songs from the first half of 2023...

Here's another track from the irresistibly ramshackle debut full-length from Vivian Girls + Woods collab / side-project the Babies. A despondent Cassie Ramone gets kind of raw on the stark, love-damaged "Wild I," which will also be released alongside "Wild II" by new label LebensStrasse sometime in February on the appropriately titled The Wilds limited 7" EP (pictured)...

Here's the charmingly wheels-off little opener from the forthcoming self-titled debut full-length from Vivian Girls (Cassie) + Woods (Kevin) collab the Babies. The Babies LP is out February 11 on Shrimper: mp3:

Woods dropped by Daytrotter recently, and recorded 3 unreleased songs, as well as a track from their excellent Songs of Shame LP. New song "Death Rattles" is particularly haunting, but it's all good. Download the whole set here. woods :: death rattles (daytrotter session) *********** previously: mp3: ***********

Aerin Fogel of the Bitters rips through the group's jam "Warrior" with the bros from Woods, live at the Captured Tracks/Woodsist fest in Brooklyn last month. Such a great song: mp3: The Bitters have 7" singles due soon on Captured Tracks + True Panther, and a full-length coming in the near-ish future on Woodsist...

Gorilla vs. Bear presents Swedish psych wizards Dungen, live on Saturday, August 22, at the Loft here in Dallas, with support from Woods. We've got 5 pairs of tickets to give away for this one courtesy of the venue; email us at gorillavsbearcontests@gmail...

Our friends at Half Machine Records are set to release Woods' debut UK 7" single, on which a-side "To Clean" is backed by this exclusive, UK-only acoustic rendition of my favorite track from Songs of Shame, "Rain On." A slowed-down, even more hauntingly sparse and melancholy take on the already great LP version: mp3: Pre-order Woods' To Clean 7" here for only £2... R

I've already mentioned how much I love Woods' latest Captured Tracks 7" -- the b-side in particular -- and the band's stellar new full-length, Songs of Shame, is more of the same simple, breezy, and consistently awesome lo-fi pop (the label calls it road worn/windblown "skeletal psychedelia")...