Aquarium Drunkard — Wooden Shjips, the bay-area quartet led by Moon Duo’s Ripley Johnson, release their fifth album, V., via the stalwart Thrill Jockey Records today. As the shadows cast begin to lengthen out here on the east, this new disc’s heavy dose of... more info

DrownedInSound — Wooden Shjips’ fifth record, like pretty much all their records, is a pleasant, fun listen more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Agnes Obel's Late Night Tales, Chvrches's Love Is Dead, Jenny Hval's The Long Sleep EP, Wand's Perfume, and Wooden Shjips' V are the new releases I can recommend this week. Box sets include Ornette Coleman's 10-LP The Atlantic Years.... more info

Stereogum — Tomorrow, zoned-out space-rock wizards Wooden Shjips will release V. , their first new album in five years. It's a gorgeous, inviting, blissed-out record, way more relaxed and unashamedly pretty than many of the band's past records, and it's our cur... more info

Stereogum — A little while ago, I interviewed Roc Marciano, a rapper and producer whose music I really like. It didn’t go well. Much of the short interview was devoted to awkward conversational fumbling, the sort of thing that happens when a writer and a music... more info

JamBase — Stream “Red Line,” the latest single from the forthcoming Wooden Shjips album ‘V.’ The post Wooden Shjips Share New Single ‘Red Line’ appeared first on JamBase. 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

Stereogum — I've always thought of way-out space-rockers Moon Duo as a Wooden Shjips side project, since Ripley Johnson, one half of Moon Duo, also plays in that band. But now Moon Duo, who only just released a new single, have spun off their own side project. S... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — a new video from Bonny Doon, a new Wooden Shjips record (the first in five years), the excellent Dungen/Woods collaborative record, a new single from former Selebrities singer Maria Usbeck, and some basement-recorded power-pop from D.A. Stern. Contin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Also: Jarvis Cocker, Jade Bird, Black Label Society, Mew, The Sea & Cake, Band of Horses and Rick Astley? Continue reading… more info