prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
To say that Robert Pollard is prolific is a gross understatement. To say that he lacks the ability to edit ...
Listening Post (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
There are sure a lot of musicians packed together under today's reading rainbow. Listening Post's inbox has simply been inundated with heads-up on a gripload of books out now or on the way from authors who usually rock the mic...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
by Klaus Kinski DOWNLOAD: Boston Spaceships - Go For the Exit (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Perhapst - "Quote" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Perhapst - Incense Cone (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Perhapst - Aren't You Glowing (MP3) The last time Robert Pollard played a gig in NYC...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
L.A. prosecutors have decided it was the photographer and not Britney Spears who was to blame for the singer running over the victim’s foot late last year. The paparazzi member filed felony charges in May, which were dismissed. An album that the band Chicago recorded back in 1993, titled Stone of Sisyphus, will finally get a [...]
Billboard (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Robert Pollard has formed a new band, Boston Spaceships, and plans to release its first album this fall.
Pop Candy (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Everyone knows that CD sales are down. But did you realize that vinyl sales are up? Yes, it's true: It appears kids are discovering LPs and liking them, whether it's for the sound, the artwork or the sheer pleasure of...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Filed under: News , Exclusive Spinner.com : Since the dissolution of Guided by Voices, to say that Robert Pollard has kept extremely busy would be an understatement. Pollard turned out two solo albums for Merge Records in 2007 alone, just released a new album, titled 'Robert Pollard Is Off to... Read more
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
About a month ago the RIAA took vinyl’s pulse and the results were surprisingly healthy. Now, this article on Boston.com ...
prefix (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
Last October, when former Guided By Voices leader released two albums on the same day (the lackluster Coast to Coast Carpet of Love and the mostly dreadful Standard Gargoyle Decisions), he made the latest (and possibly worst) in a long line of concessions of quantity over quality. The joint albums' 33 tracks featured only one or two stunners, and 30 tracks of middling material that Pollard has topped...
O B L I Q U I T Y (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Here’s a look at the tentative schedule of major new music releases dropping over the next several months. All dates are currently confirmed with the associated label: MAY 27: “Here I Stand”–Usher (Jive) “Lay It Down”–Al Green (Blue Note) “This Is Not The World”–The Futureheads (Nul Records) “Bring Ya To The Brink”–Cyndi Lauper (Epic) “Sex And The City”–Motion Picture Soundtrack [...]
Aversion Music (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Robert Pollard is releasing another album; it must have been, what, six months since you last heard that?
Music Musings and Miscellany (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
As ever, release date is the Monday, not necessarilly the actual day of issue. Just a couple of dozen this month. 12th May ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN - Sunday at Devil Dirt V2 MATMOS - Supreme Balloon MATADOR 19th May ALAN LICHT - Everydays FAMILY VINEYARD CHAP - Mega Breakfast LO ERIC CHENAUX - Sloppy Ground CONSTELLATION FREE KITTEN - Inherit ECSTATIC [...]
RegnYouth Archives (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Led by former school teacher Robert Pollard, Dayton, OH’s Guided By Voices pursued an aesthetic marked by structural brevity, lo-fi sound, bizarre lyrics, and a preference for early to mid-period Who and other primal pop-rock. GBV’s work shows influence from post-British Invasion garage rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, punk rock and post-punk. They also garnered [...]
Aversion Music (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Ah, the good old days of 1995, when Robert Pollard only recorded one album each year and green-screen technology hadn't been abused by every low-budget music video director.
Normalized Happiness (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Robert Pollard has a lot of solo material. Maybe... too much. A lot of it can be safely ignored, even by the hardcore Guided By Voices fan, but here are five must-have songs: 1. Pop Zeus (Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department) (w/Doug G... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
