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Wooden Shjips (pronounced "ships") is an American experimental and psychedelic rock band from San Francisco, California.
History
The project has released one EP and seven albums. Guitarist Ripley Johnson also plays in two side projects, including Moon Duo, formed in 2009 with Sanae Yamada. The group played at the 2010 All Tomorrow's Parties music festival in Monticello, New York in September 2010 at the request of film director Jim Jarmusch. Johnson has also released solo music under the name Rose City Band. They are signed to Thrill Jockey records.
Musical style
Their sound has been described as experimental, minimalist, drone rock, and "spacey psychedelic rock". They have been compared to Suicide, Spacemen 3,
Loop, The Velvet Underground, The Doors, Soft Machine, Guru Guru, The Black Angels and many more.
Discography
= Studio albums
=Wooden Shjips (2007)
Dos (2009)
West (2011)
Back to Land (2013)
V. (2018)
= Compilation albums
=Vol. 1 (2008)
Vol. 2 (2010)
= Singles and EPs
=Self-released
Shrinking Moon For You (2006)
Holiday Cassingle cs (2008)
via Sick Thirst
Dance, California (2006)
SOL '07 (2007)
European Tour (split with The Heads) [2008]
Vampire Blues (2008)
Oh Tennenbaum / Auld Lang Syne (2010)
Tour of Australia and New Zealand (2010)
via Mexican Summer
Contact (2009)
via The Great Pop Supplement
Big City (Demo) / I Believe It (split with Spacemen 3) [2009]
via Sub Pop
Loose Lips / Start To Dreaming (2007)
References
External links
Official website
Wooden Shjips at AllMusic
Discogs
BBC Artist page, including reviews and tracks played Archived 2019-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Wooden Shjips
- Wooden Shjips (album)
- Vol. 2 (Wooden Shjips album)
- Dos
- List of acid rock artists
- Moon Duo
- List of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area
- Levitation (festival)
- V. (album)
- Drunk Girls
