Woods / Amps For Christ split 12″ out this spring on Shrimper Records.

“There has been a tradition going back to almost the begin of Shrimper of artists on the label collaborating with one another. From John Davis/Lou Barlow’s Folk Implosion to Franklin Bruno & John Darnielle’s Extra G/Lens with dozens of other examples in between. This Split LP between WOODS & AMPS FOR CHRIST began as a kernel for a split 7″ single but grew into this full length split LP featuring 4 songs by each artist and an additional collaborative track. Woods & Amps for Christ explore a lot of the same land mass as one another, but manage to turn over different rocks & shards of glass. Working independently from one another, you will hear the sublime manner in which the 2 sides of the LP (or the harsh tinny digital skree of the MP3’s for you 20th century types, dig your irony) complement one another both musically & lyrically. Check out the ESP interplay of Barnes & Earl when together or separated by coasts.”- Shrimper

WOODS SPRING TOUR


04-19 Waltham, MA – Brandeis University
04-20 Hoboken, NJ – Maxwells *
04-21 Pittsburgh, PA – Garfield Art Works *
04-22 Louisville, KY – Zanzabar *
04-23 Bloomington, IN – Bishop *
04-24 Grinnell, IA – Gardner Lounge / Grinnell College *
04-25 Lawrence, KS – Jackpot Music Hall *
04-26 Norman, OK – Opolis *
04-27 Dallas, TX – Sons of Hermann Hall
04-28 Austin, TX – Austin Psych Fest *
04-29 Houston, TX – Rudyards *
04-30 Jackson, MS – Morningbell Records *
05-01 Atlanta, GA – 529 *
05-03 Charlottesville, VA – The Southern *
05-04 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s *
05-05 Brooklyn, NY – 285 Kent *

* with MMOSS

03-02 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall ^
03-03 Los Angeles, CA – The Troubadour ^
03-08 Pioneertown, CA – Pappy and Harriets *
03-09 Las Vegas, NV – Beauty Bar *
03-10 Albuquerque, NM – Launch Pad *
03-11 Denton, TX – 35 Denton Festival &
03-13 – 03-16 Austin, TX – SXSW
03-24 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory %
04-22 Santa Cruz, CA – Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium $
05-03 Portland, OR – Star Theater #
05-04 Vancouver, British Columbia – Waldorf Hotel #
05-05 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey #
05-06 Missoula, MT – The Palace #
05-08 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry #
05-09 Madison, WI – High Horse Saloon #
05-10 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall !
05-11 Detroit, MI – Lager House !
05-12 Toronto, Ontario Horseshoe Tavern !
05-13 Montreal, Quebec – Il Motore !
05-14 Portland, ME – Space Gallery !
05-16 New York, NY – Webster Hall @
05-18 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s #
05-19 Raleigh, NC – King’s Barcade #
05-20 Atlanta, GA – The Earl #
05-21 Nashville, TN – The End #
05-22 Memphis, TN – Hi Tone #
05-23 Little Rock, AR – Whitewater Tavern #
05-24 Houston, TX – Walter’s #
05-25 Austin, TX – Mohawk Outside Stage #

^ with Ty Segall, Mikal Cronin, Feeling of Love
! with Ty Segall, Strange Boys
@ with Ty Segall, Strange Boys, the Men
# with Ty Segall
* with Thee Oh Sees
& with Built to Spill, Thee Oh Sees, Oberhofer, Bleached and more
% with Off!, White Fence, Strange Boys, Wavves, King Tuff
$ with The Shins

“Fuck Nostalgia. Live the truth. Truth is feeling, Truth is sound, Truth is motion. I am believing. I am seeing. I am moving. TRUTH IS FOREVER. Meet The Presley/ White Fence Truth Serum. Imagine if you will, that your uncle frank, aunt jane and cousing ricky all made out with George Harrison at the same time and felt good about it. Thats what the family perfume smells like. Like the real shit. This aint your regular mutton chop rock. This is freak your fucking mom out cause she caught you naked in the back yard blasting this shit rock. This is not a joke. This is the hit factory. This is the eye. This is another planet. And hurry up, cause this perfume aint available at no macy’s. Fuck the Rolling stones. Long live Keith. Were allready dead. SMELL THE TRUTH. FUCK THE TRUTH. FUCK ROCK AND ROLL. LOVE ROCK AND ROLL. And this is just vol. one.”- Ty Segall

WHITE FENCE- “Family Perfume” VOL 1 (woodsist057)

1 WF FP Intro
2 Swagger vets & Double moon
3 Long white curtain
4 Balance yr heart
5 Do you know Ida Know?
6 Down PNX
7 Take away lifes endless take
8 Hope! Servatude, i have no!
9 It will never be
10 Soaring, daily pique number 2
11 A Hermes Blues
12 Hey! Roman nose
13 Breathe Again
14 Daily Pique

In celebration of this momentous occasion we made some new Woodsist merch – shirts! totes! cozy sweatshirts! And to make things even more all right, we have just released The Doozer’s “Keep It Together” LP and Golden Calves 2 x LP reissue (James Toth and co., pre-Wooden Wand). Welcome to the new site.

“starting this coming sunday january 8th we begin our residency at zebulon in brooklyn. 3 consecutive sundays and three sets nightly beginning after 9 pm. acoustic / electric / beyond, in the good ol’ abe order with the home comfort wing of the golden road in tow. all these zebulon shows are FREE. for this coming sunday we’ll be joined by rongoose and smokehound along with special guest steve gunn sittin’ in with us for the environmental “beyond” set. expect some other surprises as well.

on sunday the 15th “high lodge”, which is my new project with jeremy “woods” earl, will handle the beyond set. we’ve been cuttin’ wood in the shed for the past coupla years and we’re ready to burn. expect an LP from that unit in future wave as well. special surprises that night will have good ol’ jer doing triple duty (3 times the fun) sitting in on traps and various possessions for the acoustic/electric sets and herbcraft providing the low end theory. should be wild papers.

on sunday the 22nd our great, groovy old friend and tapenaut P.G. Six will provide a set of his own in the evening as well as sitting in with erika and I for some numbers. who knows what kinda transmissions from the sensual field that might bring.

mos def hope to see everyone more than once in the tapers pit…tapers are welcome.”- MV

12/07 Burlington, VT – Monkey House *
12/08 Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern %
12/09 Gambier, OH – Kenyon College / Horn Gallery %
12/10 Chicago, IL – Subterranean %
12/11 Lexington, KY – Cosmic Charlie’s #$
12/12 Nashville, TN – The End #
12/13 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree #
12/14 Athens, GA – 40 Watt #
12/15 Raleigh, NC – Kings Barcade ^
12/16 Richmond, VA – Strange Matter ^
12/17 Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel ^ w/ Purling Hiss
12/18 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar ^
12/19 Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands Gallery w/Alex Bleeker and the Freaks + Steve Gunn

* = w/ MV&EE
% w/ Wet Hair
# = w/ Jovontaes
$ = w/ Wooden Wand
^ = w/ MMOSS

10.13.11- Poughkeepsie, New York. Vassar College w/ Grass Widow
10.14.11- Hanover, New Hampshire. Dartmouth College w/ Caveman
10.15.11- Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Homegrown Festival w/ Grass Widow
10.16.11- Portland, Maine. Space Gallery
10.17.11- Brooklyn, NY. Bruar Falls w/ The Babies
10.19.11- New Haven, Connecticut. BAR (FREE SHOW)
10.20.11 -Manhattan, New York. Cake-shop NYCTAPER CMJ PARTY (DAYTIME) [2:45PM SET TIME]
10.20.11- Middleton, CT. Wesleyan College w/ Grass Widow (NIGHT)
10.21.11- Brooklyn, New York. Shea Stadium IMPOSE CMJ DAY PARTY [12am]
10.22.11- Brooklyn, New York. Public Assembly PANACHE CMJ OFFICIAL SHOWCASE [10:30PM

09-04 Dorset, England – End of the Road Festival
09-05 Manchester, England – Manchester Sound Control *
09-06 Glasgow, Scotland – Stereo *
09-07 Bristol, England – The Fleece *
09-08 London, England – The Scala *
* with Kurt Vile and the Violators
-limited tour split 7″ will be available at shows

As a companion piece to their new full length, Sun and Shade, this single was recorded in the winter of 2011 at Buttermilk Falls in Warwick, NY. Woods have gracefully risen to the top of their class by crafting intricate nostalgic, experimental pop songs that are unforgettable. The A-side, “Find Them Empty” is far less falsetto and way more Bob Trimble than any of their previous work. The B-side, “Be There” is a more jam-friendly number reminiscent of their legendary live shows. The cover of this single features a young Caleb Braaten (Sacred Bones), his father, and a gigantic marijuana plant. Enjoy!

07-11 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall *
07-12 Montreal, Quebec – La Sala Rossa *
07-13 Toronto, Ontario – Lee’s Palace *
07-14 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop *
07-15 Bloomington, IN – Russian Recording *
07-16 Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival
07-16 Chicago, IL – Subterranean *
07-18 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry ^
07-19 Fargo, ND – The Aquarium ^
07-22 Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party
07-23 Vancouver, British Columbia – Electric Owl ^
07-24 Bellingham, WA – The Shakedown ^
07-25 Portland, OR – Doug Fir ^
07-27 Sacramento, CA – Sol Collective ^
07-28 Felton, CA – Don Quixote’s Music Hall ^
07-29 San Francisco, CA – The Independent ^
07-30-31 Big Sur, CA – Woodsist Festival
08-02 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex ^#
08-03 Phoenix, AZ – Trunkspace #
08-04 El Paso, TX – Black Market #
08-05 Austin, TX – The Mohawk #
08-06 New Orleans, LA – Circle Bar #
08-07 Oxford, MS – Cats Purring Dude Ranch #
08-08 Atlanta, GA – The Earl #
08-09 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle #
08-10 Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel *#
08-12 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s #
08-13 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom #%
09-04 Dorset, England – End of the Road Festival
09-05 Manchester, England – Manchester Sound Control *
09-06 Glasgow, Scotland – Stereo *
09-07 Bristol, England – The Fleece *
09-08 London, England – The Scala *
* with Kurt Vile and the Violators
^ with the Fresh & Onlys
# with White Fence
% with Ducktails