http://www.woodsist.com/ & http://www.woodsist.com/fit.htmOne of my favourite labels of recent years. also, for euros, a lot of the recent Woodsist releases are on spotify http://open.spotify.com/search/label%3a%22woodsist%22
Woods & Ganglians are my 2 faves but I just got the art museums lp and I'm enjoying it.
I wish fuckittapes releases didn't sell out so damn quick. (only have a pocahaunted tape,Gospel and some warmer milks) Thankfully I finally managed to be on the ball and got the new woodsist bands compilation tape. most of the songs are previously unreleased.
So anyone else a fan of the label?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 6 June 2010 10:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
some. Kurt Vile's Constant Hitmaker is a favorite, but I guess that's really a reissue as it came out on CD on Gulcher originally (dig the White Fence too but it's the same thing as the LP came out on Make A Mess originally). Love The Fresh & Onlys LP, like Moon Duo OK, Real Estate is growing on me, but I can't really get behind Woods or Ganglians.
― chromecassettes, Sunday, 6 June 2010 14:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
I like the Real Estate and Moon Duo albums a lot too. Not heard any Kurt Vile.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 6 June 2010 14:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
Blues Control - Puff is great
Sun Araw is pretty cool although I don't own those records
good 7"s by Sic Alps, Thee Oh Sees, Vivian Girls
― dmr, Sunday, 6 June 2010 14:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh Sees Tidal Wave 7" is great. And the Magic Lantern lp is my favorite out of the Woodsist lot.
― Jews Newton (van smack), Sunday, 6 June 2010 16:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Herbcraft on the new woodsist subsidiary "Hello Sunshine" is very good imo. Droning fuzz guitar indie-sike. "Puff" is awesome indeed. I like the last Woods record better than the new one, but that one I haven't spent much time with.
― ian, Sunday, 6 June 2010 16:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
Woods Family Creeps is my favourite of all the woods releases.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 6 June 2010 16:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
I really enjoy the Meth Teeth album on Woodsist too.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 6 June 2010 16:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
i like almost all the soundscans i've been listening to on woodsist's label page on emusic.
the label's bands have a similar aesthetic, i think.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 6 June 2010 16:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
Shit, I forgot all about Blues Control's Puff LP. That's a great one.
― chromecassettes, Sunday, 6 June 2010 23:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah I have that one too!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 6 June 2010 23:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
have liked a ton of stuff on woodsist over the past few years. including reissues and whatnot, most especially: kurt vile - constant hitmaker, blues control - puff, woods - songs of shame and the fresh & onlys - grey-eyed girls. plus some great singles by idle times, pink reason, sic alps, eat skull, fergus & geronimo and real estate. on the fence about ganglians. the woodsist lp/ep/whatever is didn't do much for me, but i dig monster head room on weird forest. haven't heard the meth teeth lp or the new woods.
been interesting to watch the shift from the more "difficult" drone/noise-leaning woodsist circa 06/07 -- putting out stuff by racoo-oo-oon, night wounds and blues control -- to the more garage/pop oriented woodsist of the last couple years.
― the other is a black gay gentleman from Los Angeles (contenderizer), Monday, 7 June 2010 02:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
The folk spectre lp is innaresting
― Trip Maker, Monday, 7 June 2010 03:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm a big Woodsist fan. Woods & Ganglians of course. White Fence is among my favorites of 2010 at this point. Moon Duo is an excellent Wooden Shjips offshoot. The Fresh & Onlys releases are all tres-cool, as is the Mayfair Set. Eat Skull is mindblowingly righteous skuzzpunk. Psychedelic Horseshit & Meth Teeth are crazed boiling lunacy. Wavves & Magic Lantern are killin' it. Crystal Stilts have put out some of my favorite tunes over the last couple of years. Offhand, the only band from the Woodsist orbit I'm having trouble liking is prolly Blank Dogs. The synth/pop/wave scene has never been my cuppa tea for the most part.
― ImprovSpirit, Monday, 7 June 2010 04:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think I better check out Kurt Vile then. Never heard Ariel Pink either so i guess i better get to it. Magic Lantern are awesome. Funnily enough i couldnt get into the psychedelic horseshit stuff i heard.
yeah, but it seems a natural shift though.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 7 June 2010 11:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'd count myself as a fan of Woods, Real Estate, Eat Skull Psych. Horseshit, Crystal Stilts, Blank Dogs, Moon Duo... not sure which of those have released stuff on the Woodsist label that I've heard, but I enjoy all of 'em to some degree.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 7 June 2010 14:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
Methinks all of those have released at least one thing on Woodsist.
― ImprovSpirit, Monday, 7 June 2010 16:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh yeah, Sean OTM--that Folk Spectre LP on woodsist is great! And the new one, on Arbitrary Signs, is even better.
― ian, Monday, 7 June 2010 16:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'll have to check that out, Ian.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 7 June 2010 16:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
It's funny how "Spectre" and "Folk" alternate positions in the band name.It's Pete Nolan, btw, folks.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 7 June 2010 16:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
and pete nolan, btw, is the drummer for magic markers. folks. ;)
it's funny when i was talking to Jeremy last time he brought in records, he was talking about how the Hello Sunshine imprint was going to be for the dronier, weirder, more 'out' side of things, and how ironic it is that just a few years ago woodsist was putting out Pocahaunted records and shit. ("peyote road" is actually prob the best thing I've heard from them.)
― ian, Monday, 7 June 2010 17:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
Pete Nolan, btw, is severely awesome. I think he has been in something like 73 bands over the last few years.
― ImprovSpirit, Monday, 7 June 2010 19:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
blues control - puff
it's not often that somebody builds a new wing on the psych mansion, these guys were prolly my fave going concern in '07
― (e_3) (Edward III), Monday, 7 June 2010 20:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
and I like raccoo-oo-oon a lot but was not a big fan of the mythos folkways series
― (e_3) (Edward III), Monday, 7 June 2010 20:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
I thought it was ok
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 10 June 2010 12:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
I side with Edward where Blues Control is concerned. It thrills me when a band can take recognizeable influences & mold them into a new form.
― ImprovSpirit, Thursday, 10 June 2010 15:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
Pfork reports on Herman's fav. label: http://pitchfork.com/news/39105-woods-real-estate-members-on-woodsist-records-compilation
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Thursday, 10 June 2010 15:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
I got the cassette in the mail a few weeks back. It's great.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 10 June 2010 15:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
Had no idea there was gonna be a vinyl of it.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 11 June 2010 11:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
It can't be just me that thinks that the eventual Fresh & Onlys singles/odds & ends compilation will be fucking glorious.
― chromecassettes, Friday, 11 June 2010 14:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
Saw this in the latest Eclipse Records update, figured it was worth mentioning on the thread:*Acoustic Family Creeps - Acoustic Family Creeps one-sided LP $15.99 (Acoustic Family Creeps)"One sided, bootleg-style twelve inch that may very well be Brookylns own Woods, caught live in Europe. No listed record label, no B-side, no repress. Weve seen these for sale at Woods shows so they may be legit, although the world is ripe with mystery. Very limited."
― Trip Maker, Friday, 11 June 2010 14:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, I have that 12". Got it in Monorailmusic in Glasgow.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 11 June 2010 14:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
Thanks for the heads-up on the Acoustic Family Creeps
― ImprovSpirit, Friday, 11 June 2010 14:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
saw a used copy of the folk spectre lp the other day for cheap, and picked it up due to mentions on this thread. sounding great atm, very aptly named. cool combo of dead c./shadow ring dust scrape and groovier fsa/tower recordings tones. both spacious and crushed. thanks for the heads up.
― contenderizer, Friday, 25 June 2010 03:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
did anybody go to the fest?
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd be interested to hear how it was. friend of mine is planning to try to go next year. saw Woods on Saturday in Manhattan, decent set but short ... only played about 60 mins including a couple long jams that were borderline filler. (to be fair one of the jams toward the end of the set was p killer and I do like that space-rock side of them as much as the song-y side.) one-song encore was just "Military Madness" and then they're out.
― dmr, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
srsly though, what is with the mouth-mask that one guy wears. I hear it's a distorted microphone or something? shades of Frank Booth.
― dmr, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
i am planning on it for next year, stayed there early this june and it was hella chill
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
er i mean late june
xp lucas sings into a pair of headphones hooked up to some thingamajigs.
ps an hour is not a 'short set' unless you're nick cave or something
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 00:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, and hour seems standard for an indie rock gig? not everyone can be guided by voices or dead moon.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 00:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
woodsist really snuck up on me over the last year. i think they send a ton of promos down this way because i don't have much trouble finding their stuff used.
listening to ganglians, purling hiss, ducktails, real estate all the damn time.
― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 02:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
heard great things from norcal ppl about the fest this year and last year too, the henry miller library is one of the best venues in the world imo (good booking too, whoever got cluster to come there a+ good work)
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 03:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
the two white fence albums are sooo great
― the wheelie king (wk), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 03:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
woodsist really snuck up on me over the last year
me too, was surprised to see how much of their catalogue i've been getting into
― rice-a-roni eyes (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 03:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
an hour is way too long for a set imo
― rice-a-roni eyes (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 03:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
agreed
― the wheelie king (wk), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 03:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was gonna say but then i remembered seeing AMT with ned
― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 04:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
but i did take a 30 min breather about an hour in
honestly though for 90% of bands 30 mins is enough for me
― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 04:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
the recent ducktails and spectre folk records are p gd great
― Monstrous TumTum (Lamp), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 05:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol "don't like"
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Friday, 9 March 2012 18:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
but yeah, dig basically every band in that lineup, and several are among my very favorites CIA (ohsees! hurley! arrows!)
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Friday, 9 March 2012 18:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Out of all those bands Mantles are the least active and rarely tour so they are even more of a "get" IMO. White Fence albums are very nice, but their live show is a lot more aggressive (full band) and I dig it. If I was in Cali I would definitely go to this. Maybe Hurley is gonna do an album on Woodsist? Only thing missing is Some MV/EE or Matt Valentine solo action.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Friday, 9 March 2012 18:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
man, they should really do a WC tour w that shit. this summer. daytime shows @ outdoor venues. would fly a kite.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Friday, 9 March 2012 18:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maybe Hurley is gonna do an album on Woodsist?
In the press release it said something like "this year we invited some of our favorite bands to come hang out"
― dmr, Friday, 9 March 2012 18:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
meaning Hurley and Pierced Arrows I think
― dmr, Friday, 9 March 2012 18:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
They did it 2 summers ago, there were a series of "Woodsist Festival" shows in addition to the Big Sur fest. Saw Real Estate, Woods, Kurt Vile, Sun Araw, Mantles, Art Museums, Nodzzz and some Vivian Girls one-off at The Echo in LA. For selfish reasons I wish they would do a freaking New York Woodsist Fest again.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Friday, 9 March 2012 18:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
seattledibs
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Friday, 9 March 2012 18:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
portland would be okay too. we have trees! lots of them! woods even
moon duo was on that lineup too iirc
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 9 March 2012 18:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just got lucky and happened to be in big sur that wknd
just gonna reiterate how much i want to go to this
― Lamp, Friday, 9 March 2012 18:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw anyone going get campsites now it is a nightmare
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 9 March 2012 18:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
y'all should come down to Big Sur, esp. northwestern folks
― sarahell, Friday, 9 March 2012 18:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha when i pitched going to this to my bf this morning he was like 'is there camping' and then made a face
― Lamp, Friday, 9 March 2012 18:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
i have family nearby -- so i'd either crash there, go for a charming cheapish motel, or just drive down and do only one of the days
― sarahell, Friday, 9 March 2012 18:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
camping in big sur is kind of glamping any way you slice it imo <---- this could be wrong
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 9 March 2012 18:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
what is glamping?
― sarahell, Friday, 9 March 2012 18:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
ok this thread has convinced me to get tix for this
my family would camp in Big Sur for a weekend or so every summer when i was a kid. it was pretty much normal camping.
― sarahell, Friday, 9 March 2012 18:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
glamour campingyea it's pretty much normal camping, but with like burrito places down the road
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 9 March 2012 18:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
there weren't any burrito places anywhere nearby when i was a kid! we had peanut butter & jelly sandwiches and campfire hotdogs and s'mores and stuff.
― sarahell, Friday, 9 March 2012 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol at burrito places making something glamourous. especially when in big sur there are super fancy places to eat.
― mizzell, Friday, 9 March 2012 18:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think there were bathrooms with running water, but that was about it for amenities
― sarahell, Friday, 9 March 2012 18:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
― mizzell, Friday, March 9, 2012 10:48 AM (43 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
:(
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 9 March 2012 18:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
why are you sad?
― mizzell, Friday, 9 March 2012 18:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've never been able to eat at the fancy places, anyway I'll see ya'll there
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 9 March 2012 18:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
when you are camping, burritos are the height of decadent glamour. wet, hot and wearing pumps.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Friday, 9 March 2012 18:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ referring to myself, oc
you wear pumps to go camping?
― sarahell, Friday, 9 March 2012 19:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
glumping
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 9 March 2012 19:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
do you have a rec. of which one to shoot for?
― dmr, Friday, 9 March 2012 19:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
wait i thought the burrito was wearing pumps
― mizzell, Friday, 9 March 2012 19:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
― mizzell, Friday, 9 March 2012 19:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
also recomend making a reservation for the public bath hours (1 am to 3 am only) at esalen institute
― mizzell, Friday, 9 March 2012 19:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
― dmr, Friday, March 9, 2012 11:03 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
if you head up to big sur early or want to just try for it I would rec that you get a first come first serve site at andrew molera. This is prob the cheapest option and while the sites themselves are just like in an empty meadow its right next to a beach and close to the library.
Fernwood is pretty alright for a private campsite so I would hop on it if there aren't any state park options. Pfeiffer's incredible if you can get a spot in the redwoods, but this fills up super quick, may be some availability now. These three are all pretty close to the venue. Kirk creek is generally considered the best park to camp at of all of these but it's about 40 mins to an hour from the venue and not easy to get a site there. There are couple other public and private places that are cheap that I've never stayed at, but I know some of the other state ones are kind of inland and a bitch to get to.
I am prob not as well versed as a lot of other people here but that's what I got
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 9 March 2012 19:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
I AM THE BURRITO!
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Friday, 9 March 2012 19:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
uh, anyway, i have been listening to "don't lie" over and over again for quite a while. nice accidental (?) fringe benefit of lofi gleverb camping style is that it sounds boss through shitty computer speakers.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Friday, 9 March 2012 19:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
super helpful, thanks
if I'm able to swing it I'd probably be getting in fairly last-minute so I think I'd need something I can reserve in advance
― dmr, Friday, 9 March 2012 19:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
then I would say Pfeiffer #1 and Fernwood or whatever other private site around there (there are a couple right next to it) #2
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 9 March 2012 19:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
wish I could go to this
― fuck deathcore and metalcore (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 9 March 2012 20:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Pfeiffer is already booked up through October if I was filling out the online rez thing right
― dmr, Friday, 9 March 2012 20:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
following up on mantles talk upthread, i believe they have a slumberland lp on the way later this year
always blows my mind a bit that mantles dude is also personal of pizzas fame
― some crap (electricsound), Saturday, 10 March 2012 00:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol i didnt know that
― flopson, Saturday, 10 March 2012 20:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
personal & the pizzas are like only the fifth best pizza punk band
― flopson, Saturday, 10 March 2012 20:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was disappointed that when i saw them they didn't do very many songs about pizza, like they might have done one.
― sarahell, Saturday, 10 March 2012 20:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
slippery slopes - pizza i'm against it & the ep it's on is my fav http://www.discogs.com/Slippery-Slopes-Sad-Tugs/release/2755493
― flopson, Saturday, 10 March 2012 20:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
so excited for Woodsist Fest. can't believe it's in like 2 weeks.
Michael Hurley had to drop out so they added Sun Araw. Also a King Tuff pre-fest show on the Friday but me and my friend are staying in SF that night so we'll miss that one.
if anyone is going and wants to meet up, email me at dmr3345 at gmail, I'd be down to hang out
― dmr, Monday, 16 July 2012 20:42 (10 months ago) Permalink
i don't know who king tuff is but this made me lol - http://chunklet.com/index.cfm?section=blogs&ID=725
― am0n, Monday, 16 July 2012 21:10 (10 months ago) Permalink
WDYLL chilling on a blanket in big sur
such a great time. intimate venue in a great setting, nonstop good music, met a lot of super nice people from all over.
picture is from The Fader btw
― dmr, Thursday, 9 August 2012 19:41 (9 months ago) Permalink