The reunited Guided By Voices have released a staggering four new albums since last January, and ultra-prolific frontman Robert Pollard also has a new solo album coming out in July. But that's not enough! Before that solo album even lands, Pollard will debut a new mostly-solo side project called Teenage Guitar. In this one, Pollard sings and plays guitar and pianos, and old friends Greg Demos and Joe Patterson occasionally help out. Teenage Guitar's debut album Force Fields At Home is set to arrive soon, and you can hear the short and murky psych-pop song "Atlantic Cod" below. [...]
Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the official release and digital availability of I Razor , the soundtrack to the no-budget experimental feature film of the same name directed by Todd Tobias . The album comprises challenging, playful, twisted, murky and downright beautiful pieces of music by Todd Tobias and Circus Devils, featuring vocals from Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices) as well as instrumental versions of some of the Devil’s existing songs. The album is a cinematic feast within itself, uncompromising, redemptive and always engaging. It weaves lo-fi keyboards through shimmering guitar textures, [...]
Chicago's Riot Fest has revealed its 2013 lineup. The punk and alternative rock festival takes place September 13th - 15th in Humbolt Park. Blink-182, Motörhead, Fall Out Boy, and an as yet announced headliner top this year's bill, appearing alongside Madness, Rancid, Guided By Voices, Peter Hook, Blondie, Crystal Castles, Public Enemy, The Dismemberment Plan, Rocket From The Crypt, The Selector, Bad Religion, Quicksand, Dinosaur Jr., Bob Mould, Against Me!, FLAG, Bad Brains, Glassjaw, Sublime with Rome, AFI, Violet Femmes, and Mission of Burma. Also playing are Taking Back Sunday, Screeching Weasel, X, GWAR, [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Modest Mouse, Guided By Voices, Pavement Song: Built To Spill - Big Dipper [download here ] What's so good? [...]
Robert Pollard staying busy as always with new album, Honey Locust Honky Tonk. Guided By Voices frontman Robert Pollard refuses to stay inactive. He's released yet another album - Honey Locust Honky Tonk...
We all now how busy Robert Pollard is, constantly writing songs for himself and for GBV, so he doesn't want to waste any time here; he wants to give you another jam to take you into your Friday. He's got a new record titled Honey Locust Honky Tonk , which will be in stores on July 9th. This is actually one of my favorite tracks of his recent output, which doesn't mean I hate anything or love anything in particular, only that I like this track quite a bit. [...]
Taken from the forthcoming album Honey Locust Honky Tonk available 8th July from www.firerecords.com.
In the past year and a half, the reunited classic-lineup Guided By Voices have released a jaw-dropping four studio albums, somehow outdoing the output of their first incarnation. The last one was English Little League , which dropped just last week. So naturally, frontman Robert Pollard has wasted zero time announcing his next solo album Honey Locust Honky Tonk , out in a couple of months. The first song we've heard from it is a mythic acoustic stomper that bears the absolutely badass title "I Killed A Man Who Looks Just Like You." Stream it below. [...]
Occuparsi dei dischi che i Guided By Voices hanno cominciato a sfornare dopo aver riunito la line up di metà anni novanta potrebbe essere un buon lavoro di quelli di una volta, un posto fisso senza timore di restare disoccupati. Per tenere il conto di tutti gli album e gli EP pubblicati, ormai più che il classico pallottoliere ci vuole un ragioniere. E’ come se stessero cercando di entrare nel Guinness dei Primati o fossero impegnati in una gara infinita contro se stessi. E non hanno nessuna intenzione di fermarsi: l’ambizione di Robert Pollard è quella [...]
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Leading of this week's new releases are two blockbuster albums from veterans of rock and roll, two bands that no doubt have been, and continued to be, an inspiration to countless popular and obscure alternative and indie rock artists. First up, is the latest album from Iggy Pop and The Stooges, and it sounds excellent. [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Leading of this week's new releases are two blockbuster albums from veterans of rock and roll, two bands that no doubt have been, and continue to be, an inspiration to countless popular and obscure alternative and indie rock artists. First up, is the latest album from Iggy Pop and The Stooges, and it sounds excellent. [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Guided By Voices' fourth post-reunion album is yet another solid batch of lo-fi rock anthems and oddball experiments, and proves these guys are absolutely incapable of running out of steam. Guided [...]
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Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout and co. crack open the first GBV song keg of 2013, with an album peppered with reliably solid - if radicalism-free - moments.
English Little League just misses greatness, but if it's not the best album they've put out since early 2012, it's certainly the most interesting, the most willing to take risks. What was most exciting about the reformed Guided By Voices, before there was the inevitable new recorded output, was that the band would drag Pollard out of the studio and onto the road for long stretches of time. Now that the live leg of the reunion is over -- for now, anyway -- Guided By Voices has become another offshoot of the scattershot powerhouse that is Robert Pollard's [...]
Robert Pollard is like the William Carlos Williams of alternative rock. Both are men of science: Williams was a doctor , Pollard is a, well, scientist . But the pair share a supernatural magnet that draws just the right words to their pen and paper, creating the most succinct miracles in poetry and music, respectively. Pollard's gift for brevity snowballed into a sum of 1,000 written songs, most of them for his band, Guided By Voices , who are releasing their fourth reunion record together in a little over a year (they plan to squeeze in one more [...]
Robert Pollard is an indie rock legend. As the driving force behind the Dayton, Ohio group Guided by Voices , his output has not only been of exceptional quality, but exceptionally prolific. English Little League is the band's 20th studio album since their formation in ’83 – and making twenty LPs in that amount of time is no mean feat, especially if you discount their recent 6-year hiatus. They were most celebrated at the midpoint of the ‘90s, when they put out modern classics such as [...]
Guided by Voices English Little League Rockathon Records Nostalgia has its limits. While the past ten years has seen practically every big name alternative rock and indie rock band round up the mates for another go at it, there has been a gathering sense of late that '90s nostalgia rock is nearing its end. Everyone seems to have a tenth or twentieth anniversary to celebrate. Or, in the case of the Dandy Warhols, the thirteenth anniversary of their album 13 Tales from Urban Bohemia was perfect excuse to separate aging gen [...]
Week's Top Releases The Albums You Need to Know About Every Week Hey, guys! Hope this week's release day finds you well and ready to do some listening. I decided to (sort of) list the releases from oldest band to newest band this week, which takes us back to 1983 - the year indie rock vets Guided By Voices was formed. They've been in the game for thirty years now and are still creating relevant, really interesting music. Going even [...]
Whether you're feeling moody or in a mood to dance, you'll find what you need among this week's new releases. Topping the list of must-buys in record stores today comes from U.K. trio Daughter , who were a standout during our CMJ broadcast last year with their highly emotive and engaging performance . Our Music Director, Don Yates, calls If You Leave , their anticipated debut of "an often-moving set of dark, goth-tinged folk-pop," for its "haunting, atmospheric sound featuring melancholy reverbed guitars, stark percussion, smoky vocals and lovelorn lyrics." For something a bit more hip-shaking [...]
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