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Last year, Guided By Voices celebrated their 40th anniversary as a band in a way many other groups might have: by playing two triumphant hometown shows opened by an array of beloved peers and disciples. They also marked their 40th year in a way not many other bands would ever attempt: by releasing three new full-length albums within the span of about 10 months. Such uncommonly prolific output has always been standard operating procedure for Robert Pollard and his band, and four decades in, they’re still going strong.
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submitted by Nick Sep 18th 2014 10:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Guided By Voices already broke up once, and very ceremoniously so, with a lengthy 2004 farewell tour culminating in a New Year’s Eve blowout in Chicago. The Ohio indie-rock legends reunited their classic mid-’90s lineup in 2010 for a run of shows that turned out to be semi-endless, and in January 2012 they released Let&#8...
We at Stereogum are apparently not the only people obsessed with celebrating shit from 1994 on its 20th anniversary; the synthpop duo Ray & Remora pay tribute to the entire year on their new 1994 EP, which includes covers of songs by Guided By Voices, Superchunk, Weezer, Sebadoh, and Dinosaur Jr. There’s also a cutesy [...]
“Bad Love Is Easy To Do,” the lead single from Guided By Voices’ Cool Planet, now has a video featuring comedians Rob Corddry, Brian Huskey, and Rich Fulcher plus La Sera’s Katy Goodman among others. Produced by Funny Or Die and shot around the site’s Hollywood office, it’s a tribute to...
You didn’t really think we’d make it to summer without a second Guided By Voices album this year, did you? The lo-fi legends are back to a level of productivity that would shame even their younger selves, and they’ll give us their new Cool Planet later this month. We’ve already posted the early track &...


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