Wooden Wand's Blood Oaths of the New Blues Reviewed On Relix!

"For six or seven years now, at least, Toth has been writing the kind of brooding tunes that Leonard Cohen would have written had he been raised in a Southern Pentecostal church before backsliding into the role of troubadour." Read the full review now on Relix.

Pitchfork Loves Wooden Wand's Latest "Blood Oaths of the New Blues!"

"Like the finest work of Richard Buckner or Phosphorescent, Blood Oaths of the New Blues recasts songs that could have come from country music or the blues or Bob Dylan in an intricate Americana gloaming. At last, Toth treats the words and the arrangements with the same ingenuity and devotion, arriving at the most accessible and narcotic record of his career." Read the complete review on Pitchfork!

Wooden Wand's "Supermoon" Video Premiered On Stereogum!

"We’ve got a new Wooden Wand video today, from the band’s forthcoming LP, Blood Oaths Of The New Blues. The song is an aching alt-country ballad with a quietly crushing lyric — Toth’s voice has never sounded better or more haunting — and the clip is every bit as somber, meditative, and dark." Check it out now on Stereogum!

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Pitchfork Premieres Wooden Wand's New Single "Southern Colorado Song"

"Following last year's double-dip set of releases, Death Seat and Briarwood, James Jackson Toth's Wooden Wand project returns on January 8, 2013 (a day before in Europe) with a new album, Blood Oaths of the New Blues." Listen now on Pitchfork!

Wooden Wand Gets Literary With Vol.1 Brooklyn!

"James Jackson Toth plays taut, haunted music with folk roots and a darkness all its own. Most of his work has been released under the name Wooden Wand; most recently, his album Briarwood got the deluxe reissue treatment from Fire Records. And it turns out that the guy’s a prodigious reader, able to smartly discuss musical histories and work from Barry Hannah and William Gass in equal measure." Continue reading on Vol.1 Brooklyn.

Wooden Wand's James Jackson Toth Talks With Tiny Mix Tapes.

"At this point in his musically inclined career, you could probably build a small brick and mortar building devoted entirely to the catalog of James Jackson Toth. With nearly 100 releases to his name (and varied pseudonyms), Toth is one of the more prolific musicians of the last two decades. He’s recorded and released hours of solo material under his own name (as well as WAND and Wooden Wand), but he’s also played with countless bands and groups over the years and recorded and released nearly all of it." Read the full interview at Tiny Mix Tapes.

Wooden Wand's Briarwood is Out Today!

Early press for "Briarwood [Deluxe Edition]":

"If you're not familiar, now is as good a time as any to get acquainted. It's all this lovely." Spin

"Whether recording as Wooden Wand, under his own name or with others, I’ve long made a point to keep up with most everything James Jackson Toth has a hand in." Aquarium Drunkard

"...one of our favorite indie artists." American Songwriter

"[Briarwood] was one of the best albums to come out of the Magic City in recent memory." Oxford American

Wooden Wand's Picks Five Inspiring Songs On Impose Magazine

"James Toth of Wooden Wand has already been our Friend With Benefits. So we thought it best to get to know his musical taste further with a Selector. Wooden Wand's Briarwood - Deluxe Edition is out May 28 on Fire Records." Listen to all five songs on Impose now.

Wooden Wand Demos Featured On Aquarium Drunkard

"Whether recording as Wooden Wand, under his own name or with others, I’ve long made a point to keep up with most everything James Jackson Toth has a hand in. Next week sees the release of the deluxe edition of Wooden Wand’s 2011 Briarwood LP, supplemented with 8 stripped down corresponding demos of songs from the original release. In Toth’s own words, “the demos are the grimoire.” Here, on the eighth installment of the Lagniappe Sessions, Toth pays tribute to Jonathan Richman and Born Against." Listen to the demos over on Aquarium Drunkard here.

Stream Eight Wooden Wand Demos On American Songwriter

"Wooden Wand’s James Toth, one of our favorite indie artists, will release Briarwood on Apri 17. He graciously shared with us the demos for the album, which we’d like to pass along to you (they’re also available on the deluxe edition)." Listen to all eight demo tracks on American Songwriter here.

Download Wooden Wand's "Wither Away" On Spin!

"Sweetly strummed acoustic guitars, a lolling melody sung in a rueful, slightly weathered voice, lyrics of homespun wisdom — these aren't exactly groundbreaking elements upon which to build a song, but when they're used with as much heartfelt care as Wooden Wand's James Jackson Toth gives them on "Wither Away," they're pretty much irresistible." Listen and download "Wither Away" now on Spin.

Magnet Q&A With Wooden Wand's James Jackson Toth

We should talk about the new record that’s coming out.
That should be the focus. [Laughs] That’s seems to be a big part of the problem, spreading myself too thin and people don’t know. It’s weird, because I get accused of being too prolific, but if you pay attention it’s the one’s with the barcodes that you can get on Amazon that are the ones you review, the ones you pay attention to. The ones that come out on tape labels in Belgium, they’re not for everybody, because by the time people go looking for them they’re out of print or maybe never came out at all. There’s people more prolific than me. Jesus, how many records did Thelonius Monk put out in a year? Continue on for the rest of Toth's Interview on Magnet right here.