I got the "West" vinyl. no 7" tho
― The Uncanny Frankie Valley (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 14 November 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
The 7" came free if you ordered the LP from Thrill Jockey (along with a tote bag). All of the tracks from it are on the iTunes version of West, FWIW. They are:
- Phonograph - Lights Out (Peaking Lights Mix)- Wiking Stew (Sonic Boom Remix)
Totally agree on the Moon Duo Vol. 1 need. Hell, the Shjips are due for Vol. 3!
― She Got the Shakes, Monday, 14 November 2011 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
is there a place to (legally) download the horror tour ep?
― tylerw, Monday, 14 November 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
As I mentioned a few posts up, on iTunes for $6.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 14 November 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
oops, missed that post! thx
― tylerw, Monday, 14 November 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
Copies of the West bonus 7" are showing up separately these days. Got one on pre-order.
― Wandering Boy Poet, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
saw these guys last week - played sikkk cover of 'buddy' by snapper
― merrick & toro rosso (haitch), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
^underrated
― titanius sterlingsmith, fancyman of corwood (electricsound), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
that sounds so awesome, I love that tune and that EP kills
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
^cosign bigtime
― Year of the RMDE (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 04:23 (twelve years ago) link
damn, maybe I should have grabbed that EP earlier after all...
― Chris S, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 05:21 (twelve years ago) link
Wait my bad I tht Sleeve was talking about the Snapper EP
― Year of the RMDE (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
Finally managed to get a reasonably priced copy of the Shjips 7" with the Snapper cover off eBay last week. Took long enough.
― Wandering Boy Poet, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 12:59 (twelve years ago) link
http://youtu.be/fwxCbE3T7q4
― Year of the RMDE (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:08 (twelve years ago) link
I tht Sleeve was talking about the Snapper EP
I was!
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, but they've been doing this for five years by my count
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
*rimshot*
I have to admit, I listened to that and thought "sounds like every other WS song."
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
idk tenderizer, i have not seen them before - thought it may have been something novel for aus/NZ audiences. kiwi friend at the show was beside himself about it!
― merrick & toro rosso (haitch), Thursday, 5 April 2012 05:17 (twelve years ago) link
no worries, just joking abt the similarities between their sound and "buddy". it's a great song, and they're a phenomenal live band.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 05:33 (twelve years ago) link
new album trailerhttp://vimeo.com/71853120
― tylerw, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
nice LZII vibe on the sleeve
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
this is apparently a big crossover album? people sure are up and down on the wooden shjips.
― special beet service (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
lol crossover ... to where?
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
it's gonna be HUGE. i like this new one a lot, their progress into being a straightforward rock band has been surprisingly successful, imo. there are a few big Neil Young moments on this one.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
"a rock audience" (rather than?) i dunno. i saw they have won over dero http://www.wbez.org/blogs/jim-derogatis/2013-09/rim-shots-willis-earl-beal-bongos-and-wooden-shjips-108713
Consider this an early head’s up: The album won’t be released by Chicago’s beloved Thrill Jockey until November 12, but I haven’t been able to stop listening since I downloaded the advance a few weeks ago, and you need to know about these timeless, hypnotic, swirling, psychedelic melodies now. The San Francisco quartet has been recording since the mid-2000s—giant slabs of dark mystery built on the familiar elements of droning organ, fuzzed-out guitar, whispered vocals, and insistent, metronomic drums—in the grand tradition of the Velvet Underground to the Dream Syndicate and Spacemen 3 to the Black Angels. But after going back and devouring the back catalog, I can say they’ve never been as consistent, entrancing, necessary, and just plain perfect as they are on these eight new jams.
i bought a ticket to the record release show as soon as i saw crazy horse. i liked them enough in their previous state, but i'll pay $14 to see a cut rate crazy horse.
― special beet service (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
I just can't picture these guys as a mainstream rock act. granted I haven't heard the new one but...
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
i didn't even know there was a rock mainstream anymore tbhit seems ridic to think that the shjips are gonna blow up the charts but who knowsi just want to hear some lumbering jams
― special beet service (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
xp "mainstream" is stretching it -- what's a mainstream rock act these days, anyway? kings of leon or something?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
anyhoo, w/ the neil young stuff, the last song on the new shjips sounds like an homage to this deep cuthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc65mHWrS1k
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
well, yeah - Kings of Leon. uh the Black Keys I guess?
these guys just seem off in their own little world, completely insulated from larger market trends. which is fine, that's how I like it for the most part.
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
Arcade Fire, are they a rock band?
ha! crossover.
i'm excited for this. Shjips + CAVE for that release show has me looking at bus tickets & times and trying to make that trip.
― dronestreet, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
huh didn't know Interstate was a Ragged Glory outtake
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
that version i posted is actually the int'l harvesters version from 85ish, but yeah, he recorded it for ragged glory (and then for whatever reason, put it out on the vinyl broken arrow). definitely one of his best "unknown" songs.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
Streaming in full here: http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/nov/04/wooden-shjips-back-to-land-album-stream
― dronestreet, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEsuD_K4sUU
― du mein bestie (micarl), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 16:18 (ten years ago) link
ripley seems like a super nice dude from that video, wkiw, but the show friday did not electrify mei think they suffered from overly good opening bands tbh
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 11 November 2013 20:51 (ten years ago) link
Wanted to come up for that show really bad, but had to work. Assuming that they followed CAVE, which would be tough. Really liking the new record though.
― dronestreet, Monday, 11 November 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
Bobby Matador from Oneida with some measured half-praise: http://thetalkhouse.com/reviews/view/bobby-matador-wooden-shjips
― dronestreet, Monday, 11 November 2013 20:53 (ten years ago) link
They not only followed CAVE, but they followed Rabble Rabble, whose drummer is so fun to watch and so good. I feel like they almost didn't stand a chance even though they weren't at all bad or anything like that. They were quite buoyant, really. I just wasn't feeling it too strongly. I'll admit that I left after 4 songs. Maybe it got super incredible after that, dunno.
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 11 November 2013 21:03 (ten years ago) link
cave would probably be the worst band to have to follow
― tylerw, Monday, 11 November 2013 21:07 (ten years ago) link
this was the first bandhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyXQIgjhh_8
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 11 November 2013 21:09 (ten years ago) link
haha wow yeah she is good
fingertapping on the end there a little regrettable but otherwise sweet!
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 11 November 2013 23:18 (ten years ago) link
someone tweeted an in-the-flesh picture of the new album today - not a massive fan but this thing looks great:
https://twitter.com/dannykellywords/status/399906456939405314
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Monday, 11 November 2013 23:36 (ten years ago) link
Was annoyed to see it in Rough Trade East last night (the version with the bonus 7"). Got mine sent from Thrill Jockey to my Sister-In-Law's in the US, thinking only TJ would have the bonus 7" & their shipping to the UK being more hideous than it should be. Oh well, I did get a bonus iTunes download of one of the 7" tracks...which is only valid in the US store.
― Wandering Boy Poet, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:58 (ten years ago) link
Feel like this band is everything I hate about psych rock, just like long boring songs with no energy and standard psych guitar solos.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 17:50 (ten years ago) link
so what do you like about psych rock
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:00 (ten years ago) link
very possible i just like long boring songs with no energy and standard psych guitar solos.i dunno, i get what you mean, but for whatever reason i always enjoy wooden shjips
― tylerw, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:04 (ten years ago) link
is this west coast tour any good?
thinking about seeing them saturday night but was not impressed with "west" and have not heard "back to land"
― the late great, Friday, 24 January 2014 23:43 (ten years ago) link