Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Share this on Facebook Post on Google Buzz Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon [...]
( Editor's Note: We got up to #82 on the Singles Club and then kind of stopped posting Singles Club posts. It feels like time to resurrect the franchise. Given that this is the second iteration of the purely fictional Citizen Dick Singles Club, we're going with the 2.0 naming convention. Welcome back. ) Remember how the songs on Bee Thousand made you feel? Like things were already happening when the song started and things kept going after it ended? Like you were flipping through the notebook of a genius, [...]
Bonnie Prince Billy & the Cairo Gang The Wonder Show of the World Released March 23, 2010 (Drag City) Short Notes: Will Oldham and collaborators give us a record about families and domestic tranquility (although his wife maybe turns into a zombie on track four). Brandon: A- I haven't really kept up on Will Oldham's rather prodigious output for a few years now. I attribute this, in no small part, to the fact that all of his [...]
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive As Spinner previously reported , Guided by Voices frontman Robert Pollard -- one of the busiest guys in the indie rock world -- returns in 2011 with three new albums. First up is his new solo album, 'Space City Kicks,' an 18-song collection that takes classic rock song titles such as 'Strawberry Fields Forever' and puts a Pollard twist on them, lyrics and all. According to Pollard, this idea [...]
Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard of Guided By Voices are LIFEGUARDS. The two first worked together outside of the GBV realm on the 1999 fan-classic Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Dept, which included "Do Something Real" the anthemic theme to Steven Soderbergh's film Full Frontal. Their debut release as ...
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive Along with Pavement and Blur , Guided by Voices made 2010 the year of unlikely reunions. Initially set as a headliner for Matador's 21st Birthday Bash , Robert Pollard and company spun it into a full-blown tour, playing large clubs that weren't really on the bill back when they disbanded in 2004. Now with a few final shows on the books, Pollard tells Spinner that [...]
Filed under: News , New Music As they anxiously await Guided by Voices ' New Year's Eve Bash at New York's Irving Plaza, Robert Pollard 's disciples will be stoked to learn that the singer shows no sign of slowing down in 2011. According to Blurt , Pollard has three albums readied for release early next year, including a solo disc he's calling 'Space City Kicks,' plus recordings by Lifeguards, his project with ex-GBV guitarist Doug Gillard, and [...]
[Here we'll look at some things you probably passed up when you were a kid because you were too busy playing Star Wars with your friend who was actually a jerk… and who threw a tantrum when you schooled him in NHL '96. What a little bitch. There's roots in the ground that still nuture.] Under the Bushes Under the Stars Guided by Voices Matador, 1996 Words by Christopher Carosi [...]
[Guided By Voices at the Paradise, Boston, MA 11/5/2010. Photo by Michael Piantigini. A few more photos here .] Guided By Voices in 2010 might be what it would be like if your drunk uncle's band had really, really amazing songs. On December 31, 2004, with the name being more brand than band at that point, Bob Pollard retired the final lineup of Guided By Voices with a delirious 4-hour set in Chicago. Judging by The Electrifying Conclusion (Plexifilm), the DVD account of that night, it's [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Robert Pollard couldn't have picked a better place to end this fall's Guided by Voices reunion tour. Calling New York City's Terminal 5 his "new favorite rock 'n' roll club in America," the silver-haired singer spent Sunday night "drinking, smoking and rocking," as he put it, simultaneously leading his band's "classic" mid-'90s lineup through three dozen of its best-loved tunes. One of the more cryptic songwriters in indie-rock history, [...]
Where Is My Mind?: Girls to the Front's Sara Marcus "Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot GRRRL Revolution is a lyrical narrative chronicling the powerful, and often misconstrued, radical '90s feminist era of Riot Grrrl. Written by Brooklyn writer and former Philly resident and City Paper contributor, Sara Marcus, it's an unyielding movement, as the book suggests, 'of pissed-off girls with no patience for sexism and no intention of keeping quiet'...The Deli had a chance to chat with Marcus, who will read and discuss the book this Saturday [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Fans of Guided by Voices who live in New York -- or are willing to travel -- now have some serious celebrating to do this New Year's Eve. According to BrooklynVegan , the recently reunited indie rock legends have just announced a special show at Irving Plaza on Dec. 31. Tickets for the newly added gig, which will mark GBV's second Big Apple stop this year, will cost $72 and [...]
As we recently mentioned, we've got a lot of songs we just haven't posted, so we're trying to catch up. (It's not gonna happen, but fondly may we dream.) For this post we drop down to the chronological end of our queue. Frankly, we're not exactly sure when we found these, but it appears it was in late 2008. Try not to settle into any particular mood, for this lot is all over the lot.The Charade -
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Almost six years after playing what could've been their final show on New Year's Eve in Chicago, reunited rockers Guided by Voices arrived back in the Windy City Wednesday night to performed with their classic lineup at Riviera Theatre. The quintet was back to its old tricks, mainly with lead singer Robert Pollard 's rants, gratuitous cursing, athletic windmills and limber scissor kicks. Of course, Pollard also had his [...]
Festival Diary by Lesley Katzen-Berndt Writing from Las Vegas, NV Robert Pollard's church Guided by Voices at Matador 21 By Sunday seeing five bands in one day on three hours sleep seems completely normal. We enter the all-too familiar Palms at this point and straight to the Pearl doors. Today the t-shirt merch line is almost out the door, and it's [...]
Wow! Coming on stage around 12:30am Monday morning, there were no tired eyes showing from Robert Pollard and Guided by Voices, who pumped out one helluva rock n roll show at the Matador at 21 fest in Las Vegas . I tweeted last night about "Lethargy" and was able to find a clip of it shot by YouTube user supmag - it was one of many highlights during the set for me. Apparently, the set will be restreamed today - not sure when - click over to Myspace for more [...]
It may not be as rewarding as winning eBay auctions and digging through crates, but you can now easily own just about everything recorded by Guided by Voices and Bob Pollard thanks to their new online digital store . Although, it seems like Relaxation of the Asshole is not available yet.
Lets be honest: I can't name a single Guided By Voices song and all I know about Robert Pollard is that he is quite frankly, the most prolific artist I've never listened to. That admitted (judgment please be kind) the idea of a cassette full of covers by some of my favorite artists working today [...]
Lets be honest: I can't name a single Guided By Voices song and all I know about Robert Pollard is that he is quite frankly, the most prolific artist I've never listened to. That admitted (judgment please be kind) the idea of a cassette full of covers by some of my favorite artists working today [...]
Filed under: News , New Music They've covered everyone from the White Stripes to Pink Floyd , so it only makes sense that the Flaming Lips would sign on for a forthcoming Guided by Voices tribute compilation. Oklahoma's favorite sonic sons have apparently tackled the 'Bee Thousand' extract 'Smothered in Hugs,' based on a new video of frontman Wayne Coyne singing the song into a microphone. Coyne broke the [...]
Salad Days Music
Citizen Dick
She's Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight...
Spinner.com
The Daily Rind
Draw Us Lines
:: clicky clicky music blog ::
The Key
Powerpopulist
the RSL weblog
Waved Rumor
donewaiting.com
Sound On The Sound
Loreen - Euphoria
Listen: Summer Camp – Always
Albums We Love: D'Angelo - "Voodoo"
Bobby Womack ft. Lana Del Rey – “Dayglo Reflection”
