Wooden Shjips

Rose City Band Announce New Album 'Sol y Sombra,' North American Tour

PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2024

Rose City Band — the Pacific Northwest-based project helmed by Ripley Johnson (Wooden Shjips, Moon Duo) — have announced their fifth studio...

Wooden Shjips/Moon Duo Spinoff Rose City Band Get Back to Basics on 'Summerlong'

PUBLISHED May 15, 2020

Ripley Johnson of Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo is a trailblazer in the world of psychedelia, but his solo project Rose City Band — named afte...

Wooden Shjips

V.

PUBLISHED May 22, 2018

Psychedelic rockers Wooden Shjips have been under the radar since the release of Back to Land in 2013 and now return with new album V. Deep...

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"Everybody Knows" (video)

PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2013

Despite its grounded album title, Wooden Shjips got spacey again this year on their Back to Land. A more down-to-earth spirit journey is pr...

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Stripped Down

PUBLISHED Dec 9, 2013

Wooden Shjips started life as Ripley Johnson's one-man psychedelic project before evolving into a proper band. Their fourth full-length, Ba...

Wooden Shjips Find Their Inner Groove with 'Back to Land'

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2013

Throughout Wooden Shjips' career, the San Francisco rock crew have sought to strip away psychedelic music's aural clutter, creating music t...

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"Back to Land" (video)

PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2013

This week, San Francisco psych crew Wooden Shjips released their Back to Land LP. To keep us paying attention, they've now treated the albu...

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Back to Land

PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2013

Have we reached peak psych, the point where Ripley Johnston's multiple musical endeavors converge into one, long hallucinogenic jam? The We...