Robert Pollard celebrates 100 albums with a massive collection of cover art. Story at A.V.Club. Order at Rockathon
New Guided By Voices album August By Cake is Robert Pollard's 100th album! Story at Pitchfork. Order at Rockathon
Guided By Voices on tour this Spring including Coachella Festival Dates here.
MAGNET Magazine on two new Circus Devils albums - Laughs Last (their last album ever) and Laughs Best (compilation). Hear the song that's sweeping the nation: "Do The Nixon" . Listen at Magnet Magazine
Doug Gillard rejoins GBV, starts new band ESP Ohio with Pollard. Listen at Stereogum
Stream the new GBV album 'Please Be Honest' at Noisey / Vice
Hear the amazing new Robert Pollard album now at The A.V. Club
GBV to headline Sled Island Festival on June 25. A new GBV live line-up - Kevin March (drums), Nick Mitchell (guitar), Bobby Bare Jr. (guitar), Mark Shue (bass)- will be performing with Pollard at Sled Island.
New Guided By Voices, Suitcase Four - Captain Kangaroo Won The War,100 unreleased songs, out November 20! Preorder at Rockathon Records
New Circus Devils album, Stomping Grounds, out October 30! Preorder at Rockathon Records
New Ricked Wicky album, Swimmer To A Liquid Armchair, out September 25! Preorder at Rockathon Records
New Ricked Wicky album, King Heavy Metal, out July 24! Preorder at Rockathon Records
Volume #10 of EAT - Robert Pollard's magazine of collage art - out now at rockathonrecords.com
New show announced in Philadelphia for the Magnet Magazine Turns 21 Party @ The Trocadero 5/22 w/ Surfer Blood & Titus Andronicus.
Stream 'Bad Love Is Easy To Do' from the forthcoming album Cool Planet over at Spin Magazine.
New tour dates just announced! NYC @ Bowery Ballroom 5/23 and Washington DC @ Black Cat 5/24 w/ Doug Gillard
Cool Planet, the new album by Guided By Voices will be in stores May 13 (Europe / Fire Records) and May 19 (N. America / GBV Inc). Pre-order coming soon!
Motivational Jumpsuit, the new album by Guided By Voices will be in stores February 17 (Europe / Fire Records) and February 18 (N. America / GBV Inc). Pre-order mail-order at Rockathon.
5 new GBV singles available now at Rockathon! SOLD OUT
For the record, the band Guided By Voices has nothing to do with the sale of Kevin Fennell's drums. He is acting on his own and is no longer in the band.
8/24/13 Another Pollard 7-inch called Return Of The Drums arrives 11/26 on GBV Inc!
8/24/13 Vinyl lovers! Robert Pollard will release a 7" of Tonight's The Rodeo 10/29/13 via GBV.inc from the forhtcoming Blazing Gentlemen album!
7/9/13 In Stores today: Robert Pollard Honey Locust Honky Tonk & Teenage Guitar Force Fields At Home!
5/13/13 Guided By Voices' only planned show of 2013 at Riot Fest in Chicago September 13-15 (exact GBV date to be announced in June).
5/13/13 Robert Pollard album, Honey Locust Honky Tonk coming out July 8 / 9! Listen to the song "I Killed A Man Who Looks Like You" on Fire Records' Soundcloud.
5/13/13 Also coming on July 9 will be Teenage Guitar album, Force Fields At Home!
4/30/13 Guided By Voices' new album English Little League is available from Rockathon Records! Add a couple CDs to your order - select CDs on sale for just $5.
11/13/12 Guided By Voices' new album The Bears For Lunch hits stores today! Available digitally on GBVdigital, iTunes, Amazon and Midheaven.
10/1/12 Thanks to everyone who came out to the Fall tour! Note: rumors of a New Years Eve show are not correct.
9/21/12 Boston Spaceships Greatest Hits! The best from the Spaceships as picked by Bob. European release by Fire. Also available at Rockathon Records (limited to only 250 copies for mail order).
9/18/12 Robert Pollard's new album, Jack Sell The Cow is out now! A superabundance of melody & densely-packed stylistic swerves. 12 songs, 32+ min. Order yours at Rockathon Records. Also newly availble from Rockathon - Eat 8 & Eat 9.
8/27/12 Pre-order is now available for Robert Pollard's new album, Jack Sell The Cow. A superabundance of melody & densely-packed stylistic swerves. 12 songs, 32+ min. Order yours at Rockathon Records. Also newly availble from Rockathon - Eat 8 & Eat 9!
7/20/12 Mayor Gary Leitzell proclaims July 2012 as Guided By Voices Month in the city of Dayton. Watch video of the ceremony at Q Magazine.
7/17/12 New date just added to the tour page: August 11 at Metro, Chicago.
7/16/12 Watch the official music video for "Keep It In Motion" at Pitchfork TV. Directed by Todd Lamb, starring comedian Jon Glaser ("Delocated") as a magician.
7/13/12 Stream and download "Who's Running My Ranch" from Robert Pollard's forthcoming album, Jack Sells The Cow at SPIN.com.
6/1/12 New Guided By Voices album, Class Clown Spots A UFO, is available digitally through iTunes and GBVdigital.com. CDs & LPs in stores worldwide June 11/12.
5/17/12 New GBV tour dates just added to the tour page!
5/2/12 Guided By Voices are headlining Nelsonville Music Fest on Friday, May 18. Tickets available at www.nelsonvillefest.org
4/17/12 Guided By Voices are playing DeLuna Festival in Pensacola Beach, FL on Friday September 21. Tickets available here.
4/10/12 We don't know who Jon is, but we wouldn't want to be him. + catchy as hell Tobin Sprout non-lp b-side. "Jon The Croc" 7" is now available to order at Rockathon Records!
4/3/12 New Robert Pollard album, Mouseman Cloud is available to order now at Rockathon Records. Check out first track, "Obvious #1".
4/2/12 Mouseman Cloud is streaming live on Spinner!
3/29/12 Guided By Voices are playing Bunbury Music Festival in Cincinnati, OH on Sunday July 15. Tickets available here.
3/24/12 Bob is selling some rare (signed) posters/prints on eBay. There will be 100 in total. Some have already sold before I could finish typing this. Some great stuff and some great prices! Check them out here.
3/9/12 Pre-order for the first single off of Class Clown Spots a UFO, Keep It In Motion, is now available at Rockathon Records. Pink vinyl, limited to 1500 copies. A propulsive Bob/Toby pop song with acoustic guitars & strings. + 2 non-lp b-sides. Preview "Keep It In Motion" at The Quietus.
1/3/12 To celebrate the release of Let's Go Eat The Factory, Guided By Voices will be appearing on the Late Show With David Letterman on January 3, 2012. Get the song "The Unsinkable Fats Domino" for free at GBVDigital.com
12/19/11 If you're in North America, Let's Go Eat The Factory will be available on iTunes at midnight, tonight! Click HERE to pre-order, or click HERE to order after 12AM.
12/19/11 Preview the new Guided By Voices album, Let's Go Eat The Factory, HERE on NPR Exclusive First Listen.
New on GBVDigital.com - The Kids Eat It Up: The Best of Pollard 2010-2011. Pollard's output the past several years has been remarkable both in quantity and quality. This is a great introduction for newcomers. 28 songs handpicked by Bob from ten albums by Robert Pollard, Boston Spaceships, Circus Devils, Lifeguards and Mars Classroom. Just $9. Also, the Best of 2008-2009. Download Let It Beard Boombox Demos for FREE! The limited edition CD sold out in one day. Happy holidays from Uncle Bob!
12/7/11 Unfortunately, Guided By Voices are canceling their appearances at Primavera and ATP/I'll Be Your Mirror, due to personal reasons. The band apologizes for any inconvenience and disappointment, and thanks Primavera, ATP and the fans for their longterm support.
12/1/11 All back catalogue CDs from 1997-2009 on Fading Captain, Happy Jack, and GBV Inc. are now only $5 each! Including Robert Pollard, Guided By Voices, Boston Spaceships, Circus Devils and many more at RockathonRecords.com!
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11/9/11 Three pieces of art by Robert Pollard will be on display at Signal Gallery, London from Nov 25 through Dec 17 as part of the "Punk and Beyond" exhibition. Read more HERE.
10/31/11 2nd preview track from the forthcoming Guided By Voices album is "Doughnut For A Snowman"
10/25/11 "The Unsinkable Fats Domino," the first preview of the new Guided By Voices, can be heard / downloaded here. The song will come out as a 7" single on Matador Records on Nov. 22, and on the album Let's Go Eat The Factory, coming out January 1 on GBV Inc. in North America and on Fire Records for the rest of the world.
1/1/12 DAYTON, OH: Having finished their year-long victory lap, playing songs from the insanely fertile 1992-1996 period, there was only one thing left for the reunited Guided By Voices to do. Make a new record.
Let's Go Eat The Factory picks up where Under The Bushes, Under The Stars left off, with the classic lineup (Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout, Greg Demos, Mitch Mitchell, and Kevin Fennell, with help from the reclusive early bandmember Jimmy Pollard) writing and recording 21 songs in lo- to mid-fi splendor in bandmembers' basements and garages. The songs range from face-peeling heavy rock to delicate piano ballads and everything in between. Standouts include the demonically tuneful "Chocolate Boy," the relentless chug of "We Won't Apologize For The Human Race," and instant classic "The Unsinkable Fats Domino."
Fans of GBV's iconic release Bee Thousand will recognize the same gloriously messy aesthetic in Let's Go Eat The Factory, which benefits, too, from the development of Robert Pollard's songwriting in the intervening 15 years and the renewed camaraderie effected by the reunited band's extended tour. The new album will be released on January 1, 2012.
5/31/11 - Robert Pollard's new album Lord Of The Birdcage is available to listen to in its entirety on Spinner's Listening Party.
5/20/11 - Guided By Voices was named one of the 20 Must-Hear Artists at Sasquatch by Spin.
5/18/11 - Robert Pollard's new album Lord Of The Birdcage is available to pre-order from Rockathon. You can download a FREE track "In A Circle" from the album on Pitchfork.
4/29/11 - Guided By Voices will be playing the Maha Music Festival in Omaha, NE on August 13 and The Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, NC on September 8.
4/26/11 - Tickets are available for the following Guided By Voices Shows:
9/8/11 - Hopscotch Music Festival, Raleigh NC --- TICKETS
8/13/11 - Maha Music Festival, Omaha NE --- TICKETS
6/15/11 - Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago IL --- TICKETS
3/29/11 The new Mars Classroom (Robert Pollard, Gary Waleik [Big Dipper], & Robert Beerman [Pell Mell]) album The New Theory Of Everything is out now. Click to order it from Rockathon Records or GBV Digital