Stereogum — Ripley Johnson, known for his time in psych-rock groups like Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo, now leads the beautifully mellow Rose City Band. They released a new album called Sol Y Sombra in January, and it’s one of the most purely pleasant record... more info

Stereogum — There’s a good chance that you know psych-rock wizard Ripley Johnson from his bands Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo, but there’s at least some possibility that you also know him from his monthly NTS Radio show. See, Ripley Johnson really loves the ... more info

Stereogum — If you know Ripley Johnson from the heavy-ass psych projects Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo, then there’s a good chance you probably also know him as the force behind the considerably lighter psych project known as Rose City Band. Lightness is a big... more info

Stereogum — Last year, Ripley Johnson of bands like Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo released his fifth solo album Garden Party under the name Rose City Band. Today, he’s announcing its follow-up, Sol Y Sombra. The lead single “Lights On The Way” is out now... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Over the course of the past decade, San Francisco's Moon Duo has drifted among the clouds, emitting bursts of spacey shoegaze and mellow psych. The duo’s latest, Stars Are the Light finds them headed toward an icy disco party somewhere further... more info

Stereogum — Moon Duo have always just sounded so cool. Theirs was a nihilistic, nocturnal brand of psychedelia: mechanistic krautrock rhythms, guitars overdriven into furiously combusting engines, a detached delivery that alternated between slithering and swagge... more info

Stereogum — Since the release of Moon Duo's Occult Architecture Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 back in 2017, the Portland band's Sanae Yamada has released a solo album under the name Vive La Void. But now she's back making music with Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnso... more info

Stereogum — Here's something that we, as a society, don't discuss often enough: Moon Duo fucking rule. The Portland-based team of Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson and Vive La Void mastermind Sanae Yamada have been making beautifully spaced-out music for th... more info

Stereogum — Back in 2017, Portland space-rockers Moon Duo released two albums, Occult Architecture Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 . Moon Duo half Sanae Yamada has since shared a self-titled solo album under the name Vive La Void. Ripley Johnson released a Wooden Shjips al... more info

Stereogum — Five years ago, the great Bay Area space-rock quartet Wooden Shjips released Back To Land , their last album. They've been quiet lately, and guitarist Ripley Johnson has been busy with Moon Duo, his other band. But Wooden Ships are returning next mo... more info