Articles tagged "robert pollard"

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Robert Pollard: The Crawling Distance

by Matthew Fiander

[20.Jan.09] :. Recently, Pollard seems to have been jolted back to life, and that continues with The Crawling Distance, his most consistent and energetically infectious group of songs in a decade.

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Boston Spaceships: Brown Submarine

by Dave Heaton

[19.Sep.08] :. Robert Pollard's best album may still be in the future, and may be born of the past.

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Robert Pollard: Robert Pollard Is Off to Business

by Matthew Fiander

[29.May.08] :. Rather than spit out 22 short, uneven songs, Pollard focuses on 10 with his new album, and delivers some of his best post-GBV work.

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Robert Pollard: Superman was a Rocker

by Matthew Fiander

[21.Feb.08] :. Mining his old tapes for hidden gems is an interesting idea, but Pollard's idea is only as good as its execution.

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Robert Pollard: Coast to Coast Carpet of Love

by Matthew Fiander

[11.Oct.07] :. Pollard inevitably releases two albums on the same day, one of which is worth your time.

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Robert Pollard: Crickets

by Matthew Fiander

[16.Jul.07] :. In typical Pollard fashion, Crickets is overstuffed with filler, but sifting through the mess will yield some classic tracks, and even a few lesser-known gems.

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Robert Pollard: Silverfish Trivia

by Matthew Fiander

[2.Apr.07] :. Uncle Bob is back, err, still around with Silverfish Trivia, his new, mostly disposable mini-LP.

 

Robert Pollard: Normal Happiness

by Whitney Strub

[18.Oct.06] :. Far from giving up the grape, Dayton, Ohio's greatest rockstar opts for consistency on sixth effort of the year.

 

Robert Pollard: From a Compound Eye

by Michael Franco

[19.Jan.06] :. Pollard, the debauched saint of indie rock, releases his first solo album post-GBV. Yes, you still have a legitimate reason to sit at home and drink alone. Thank you, Uncle Bob.

 

EAT II: A Collection of Words and Pictures by Robert Pollard

by Andy Fogle

[4.Nov.05] :. It's hard to find any meaningful distinction between Pollard's poems and his songs, other than the latter generally work, and the former generally don't.

 

Robert Pollard: Fiction Man

by Dennis Tyhacz

[24.May.04] :. It’s rare to find someone in the rock world who is essentially a human jukebox of songs. What else can one say about the front man of Guided by Voices?

 

Robert Pollard: Motel of Fools

by Dave Heaton

[31.Jan.03] :. The more time you spend with Motel of Fools, the more all of these feelings of incompleteness begin to make sense.