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What do you think the phrase “Unproductive Funk” means to Robert Pollard? Does it mean that he sometimes goes an entire morning without writing any scratchy power-pop jams with inscrutable lyrics? A whole day? What? In the entire history of American indie rock, Robert Pollard might be the least unproductive figure out there. (He’s also not terribly funky, but that claim is probably a little more disputable.) And yet Pollard’s band Guided By Voices have just released a song called “Unproductive Funk” as the single from their just-announced new album.
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Guided by Voices: – “Man Called Blunder”
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Never ones to rest on their laurels, Guided By Voices are already following up last year's trilogy of albums with a new one called Surrender Your Poppy Field. The prolific indie-rock veterans have already shared one track, "Volcano," and today, we're getting another.
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Guided by Voices: – “Volcano”
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The first -- but definitely not the last -- Guided By Voices album of the decade is officially on the way. Following last year's Zeppelin Over China, Warp And Woof, and Sweating the Plague, Robert Pollard and company kicked off 2020 with a 100-song marathon in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve. And now, they're…
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The New Pornographers: Watch The Cover Guided By Voices
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Sometimes, one long-running power-pop institution has to pay tribute to another, and that's exactly what happened during the New Pornographers' recent live in-studio session for SiriusXM Radio. New Pornos mastermind Carl Newman's old band Superconductor opened for Guided By Voices in the '90s, and he's tweeted about loving their recent double al...
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Guided by Voices: – “Heavy Like The World”
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Guided By Voices have already released two albums this year, their February double album Zeppelin Over China and April's 24-track follow-up Warp And Woof. Today, the wildly prolific lo-fi power pop legends are announcing a new LP and sharing the lead single.
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Guided by Voices: – “Angelic Weirdness”
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The latest entry in Guided By Voices' truly never-ending onslaught of albums is Warp And Woof, which was announced last fall when their February double album, Zeppelin Over China, was still on the horizon.
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