Features
Monday, June 7 2010
New Theories of Everything Prompted by Guided by Voices Appreciation Night, or, Good News
Tonight I will go belly-up in some kind of mental cloud, a meandering consideration of what tribute shows are really about, and why Guided by Voices deserves one, and what they were really about -- and that will lead to thoughts about prophecy and nihilism and Ralph Waldo Emerson and postmodernism.
Reviews
Thursday, January 12 2012
Guided By Voices: Let's Go Eat the Factory
Everything about this album -- from the murky sound to the youthful energy -- feels "classic", but in the end the material itself is merely solid.
Monday, October 18 2010
Guided by Voices: 13 October 2010 - Chicago
It wasn’t difficult to see that the primary thing that has made past shows great, Robert Pollard’s quirky personality, continues to permeate the most recent sets with greatness.
Monday, February 22 2010
The Devil Went Home and Puked: Robert Pollard's Rock Show
Sorry Guided By Voices fans, but there's no nice way to put it: this tedious, bewildering, and often unwatchable collage of rare home video footage of Dayton's favorite indie rock heroes is just flat out terrible.
Friday, December 9 2005
Guided By Voices: The Electrifying Conclusion [DVD]
Guided By Voices say goodbye with a four-hour finale full of fans, friends, and inebriation.
Tuesday, December 21 2004
Guided By Voices
Drunken revelry, a brewery's worth of beer, and a solemn so-long to my crazed, party crashing uncle.
Blogs
Friday, July 23 2010
Losing My Religion: Revealing the Hollow Reality of Lo-Fi
This whole lo-fi thing, in its current form, is an affectation—a performance, a pose, the indie community’s response to “Vogue”. And this upcoming Guided By Voices tour will only enhance the performative aspects of the supposedly authentic aesthetic they have been championed for canonizing.
