A little earlier today, rootsy Brooklyn outfit Woods dropped the video for "Any Other Day," one of the standouts from their underrated 2011 LP Sun And Shade. It's got a psychedelic, vaguely-Yellow…   Read Story »

Don't you love Christmas music? I'm Jewish so mostly it makes me feel like I'm in a mall. But don't you love malls? I've been trying to get my daughter to listen to The Nutcracker, and that's been…   Read Story »

This year you can have a a Very Woodsist Xmas, at least for three minutes. The god Vince Guaraldi's magical Charlie Brown yule-time standard "Christmas Time Is Here," the one that immediately gets…   Read Story »

Last week, the UK's Larmer Tree Gardens hosted a hilariously deep bill for the End Of The Road Festival, a lineup that featured Joanna Newsom, Kurt Vile, Tinawiren, Lykke Li, Best Coast, the Walkmen…   Read Story »

Pitchfork Fest Friday inspired thoughts about the intimate and situational appeal of much of today's crop of independent artists, and the challenges inherent to translating that allure in sunny…   Read Story »

"Find Them Empty"'s a companion single to Woods's recently released sixth full-length Sun And Shade. It was recorded this winter at Buttermilke Falls in Warwick, NY. The cover features the baby…   Read Story »

Mike Sniper, the guy behind Blank Dogs and Captured Tracks, told us Zodiacs isn't really a band, it's "a studio project with a rotating lineup." Wild Nothing and Beach Fossils collaborate on one…   Read Story »

Panda Bear joins one of his many aesthetic offspring Ducktails (aka Real Estate's Matthew Mondanile) on this alternate bonus take of Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics' "Killin The Vibe." Of course,…   Read Story »

I don't think Cassie Ramone and Kevin Morby's Vivian Girls/Woods spinoff the Babies' "Wild I" is a play on VG's "Wild Eyes" -- that's a Roman one not an "I." Though who knows. The song appears on a…   Read Story »

Jewelled Antler kingpin Glenn Donaldson has always had good taste in music (scroll) and a way with words. It's no surprise I like the blurb he wrote for the Welcome Home / Diggin’ The Universe…   Read Story »