Feb 23, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Painted Shrines, the collaboration between Jeremy Earl of Woods and Glenn Donaldson of Skygreen Leopards, have shared their latest song, “Not So Bad.” It will be featured on their upcoming album, Heaven and Holy, which will be out March 5 on Woodsist. More

Feb 04, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Painted Shrines, the collaboration between Jeremy Earl of Woods and Glenn Donaldson of Skygreen Leopards, have shared the title track from their upcoming album Heaven and Holy. It is the band’s first album as a duo, and it will be out on March 5 via Woodsist. More

Jun 25, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Jess Williamson released a new album, Sorceress, last month via Mexican Summer. Williamson has shared a new song, “Pictures of Flowers,” which features Hand Habits and is not found on Sorceress. Instead it’s taken from Mexican Summer’s new Looking Glass singles series on Bandcamp. More

May 08, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Samantha Small)

Welcome to the eighteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under quarantine, the same as the last week. There were more ridiculous politics and it still seems like the health of the economy is being put before the health of the people, with premature calls to scale back social distancing and reopen everything while COVID-19 still spreads. We’ll see how that works out. More

May 05, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Woods are releasing a new album, Strange to Explain, on May 22 via Woodsist. Now they have shared another song from it, “Can’t Get Out.” A press release says it’s “a track about fighting to move past the low points of depression.” More

Apr 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Woods are releasing a new album, Strange to Explain, on May 22 via Woodsist. Now they have shared another song from it, title track “Strange to Explain.” More

Mar 03, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Woods have announced a new album, Strange to Explain, and shared its first single, “Where Do You Go When You Dream?” More

Apr 22, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The lineup for the 2019 Woodsist Festival has been announced. Put on by the Woodsist label and its flagship band Woods, the festival will feature the 2009 lineup of Woods (featuring Kevin Morby and G Lucas Crane) in honor of the 10th anniversary of the band’s Songs of Shame. Morby will be performing solo as well and the lineup also features Real Estate, Whitney, Waxahatchee, Hand Habits, and others. More

Mar 16, 2018 By Michael James Hall

This week’s album of the week serves as a follow-up to the most stark, moving and genuinely heartbreaking records of last year, Mount Eerie‘s A Crow Looked At Me. Charting Phil Elverum’s immediate situation and emotional response to the death of his wife Geneviève in 2016, not long after the birth of the couple’s only child, a daughter, the album was a brutally honest document of death and grief delivered with remarkable, soft, melodic directness. More

Feb 28, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish psych-rockers Dungen and Brooklyn’s Woods have teamed up for a collaborative album, Myths 003, which is due out March 16 via Mexican Summer. Previously they shared “Turn Around.” Now they have shared another song from the album, “Loop.” More

Jan 30, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish psych-rockers Dungen and Brooklyn’s Woods have teamed up for a collaborative album, Myths 003, and shared its first single, “Turn Around.” Myths 003 is due out March 16 via Mexican Summer. Listen to “Turn Around” below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art. More

Apr 19, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Woods are releasing a new album, Love Is Love, this Friday (April 21) via the band’s own Woodsist label. Previously the band shared the album’s title track, “Love Is Love,” and “Bleeding Blue.” More

Apr 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Woods are releasing a new album, Love Is Love, on April 21 via the band’s own Woodsist label. Previously the band shared the album’s title track, “Love Is Love.” Now they have shared another song from it, “Bleeding Blue.” They have also announced some North American tour dates. More

Mar 08, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Woods have announced a new album, Love Is Love, and shared its title track. Love Is Love is due out April 21 via the band’s own Woodsist label. Listen to “Love Is Love” below, followed by the album’s tracklist and the band’s upcoming tour dates. More

Apr 19, 2016 By Michael Wojtas

Fresh off the release of the fine LP City Sun Eater in the River of Light, psych band Woods has shared a clip for the track “I See in the Dark.” More

Mar 24, 2016 By Joshua M. Miller

Next month Brooklyn folk-rockers Woods will be releasing ninth album, City Sun Eater In The River Of Light. Today they’ve shared a leisurely guitar-filled new song “Morning Light.” More

Aug 06, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Back in our Best of 2014 Issue Real Estate’s Martin Courtney did a joint interview for us with actor Jason Schwartzman. In it he revealed that he was working on some new solo music with members of Woods. Now he’s shared the first fruit of that session, “Vestiges.” More

Aug 11, 2014 By Wendy Redfern

Check out photos from Day three of the Outside Lands, held in the historic Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA on August 10, 2014. We sent photographer Robert Redfield down to capture the action. Click here to view the full gallery.Plus some bonus photos here! And bonus behind-the-scenes photo here. More

Mar 27, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Listen to “With Light And Love,” the title track from Woods’ forthcoming album, due out April 15 via Woodsist. More

Jan 09, 2014 By Laura Studarus

On April 15, Woods will release their new album With Light and Love via the band’s own Woodsist imprint. More

Aug 02, 2013 By Julia Underwood

This weekend, Katowice, Poland is hosting the seventh annual OFF Festival. We sent writer/photographer Laura Studarus and photographer Helen Boast down to cover the action. More

Sep 12, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Taking in a short break from the road before heading right back out again in support of their upcoming album Bend Beyond, New York spacey-folk ensemble Woods have placed the entire LP online to stream. More

Aug 31, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Slated to release their new album Bend Beyond on Sept. 18, Woods have announced that they begin a new tour through North America shortly after the record hits store shelves. More

Jul 03, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Lo-fi folk pop group Woods have announced that they will soon return with their newest LP Bend Beyond later this fall. More

Mar 07, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Lo-fi folkies Woods are heading out on tour this April in support of their forthcoming split LP with Amps for Christ. Take a listen to a new track. More

Feb 15, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Brooklyn lo-fi folk group Woods have revealed that they have teamed up with Henry Barnes’ experimentalist project Amps for Christ for a split LP. More

May 31, 2011 By John Everhart

Brooklyn psych folk act Woods will be releasing their sixth LP Sun & Shade June 14. We have a stream of the full album. More

May 04, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Northside Festival goes down in Brooklyn June 16-19. In addition to a stellar lineup that includes the likes of Guided By Voices and Beirut and Surfer Blood among others, today they added a special Church series with artists playing at Cecilia’s Church. Performers include Atlas Sound, Woods, Eleanor Friedberger, and Mount Eerie. More

Apr 27, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

Warwick, NY’s indie imprint, Woodsist, is bringing its rays of lo-fi folk-pop to the West Coast this June. Fans of Real Estate, L.A.‘s Abe Vigoda, Woods (helmed by Woodsist leader Jeremy Earl), Kurt Vile, and The Fresh & Onlys can pick from a one-two punch of miniature California festivals. More

Jan 04, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

Brooklyn lo-fi pop upstarts Woods and New Jersey beachcombers Real Estate have shared a few stages in Brooklyn, but March will bring that inter-band camaraderie to the rest of the U.S. via a national tour. More

Apr 11, 2016 By Michael Wojtas

Humble consistency and commitment to craft have long been Woods’ defining virtues, so the boldness of the band’s ninth full-length, City Sun Eater in the River of Light, is an invigorating rush. More

Jul 30, 2014 By Michael Wojtas

Acting as an extension of this spring’s excellent With Light and With Love LP, this 7” finds smoked-out New York folkies Woods continuing to explore a territory that’s lusher—and perhaps even weirder—than their earlier lo-fi patchworks. More

May 09, 2014 By Michael Wojtas

The eighth album from stoner folk quartet Woods, With Light and With Love is their first recorded in a professional studio. Next to the digitized, future-slicked sounds of other latter-day psych totems such as Lonerism orMerriweather Post Pavilion, it feels like a reverent, immersive ramble through the corridors of lysergic pop history. More

Aug 03, 2013 By Laura Studarus

On track to become some of the best weather the festival has ever experienced, the sunny day featured performances from Mikal Cronin, Woods, Zbigniew Wodecki (featuring Mitch & Mitch), and The Smashing Pumpkins. More

Sep 19, 2012 By J. Pace

With Bend Beyond, Woods continue to try and convince us they’re not in California. Brooklyn, they say. This seventh full-length is their dark album, their publicist says. More

Jun 21, 2011 By Aaron Passman

On their sixth LP in as many years, Brooklyn’s Woods tone down the psychedelic freakouts in favor of a folksier sound, reflecting a departure from their breakthrough 2009 disc, Songs of Shame and last year’s follow up, At Echo Lake. More

May 28, 2010 By Aaron Passman

Brooklyn-based folkie weirdos Woods were doing lo-fi psychedelia long before it was fashionable, so its fitting that they’re one of the few bands working in that field that’s actually worth a damn. More

Sep 03, 2009 By Aaron Passman

Perhaps it’s best to think of Dungen and Woods as jam bands for people with higher standards—they both hit the same ‘60’s-inspired notes as many jammy Bonnaroo mainstays, but back it up with substance and a sense of history. More