The Babies, the lo-fi psych-rock band led by Vivian Girls' Cassie Ramone and Woods' Kevin Morby, will release their sophomore album Our House On The Hill in fall. And the first single from the LP is…   Read Story »

Woods will return this fall with Bend Beyond, their follow-up to 2011's Sun And Shade. Today, they put out the first single "Cali In A Cup," an open, laid-back rocker awash with pretty guitar lines,…   Read Story »

Prolific New York grime-folkers Woods will soon release a split LP with noise guy Amps For Christ, and it'll feature four brand-new Woods tracks, as well as one collaboration with Amps For Christ.…   Read Story »

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 »