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Spam E-Mail or Bob Pollard Song?
Ever since solo artist and former Guided By Voices frontman Robert Pollard arrived in the late ’80s with GBV’s first album of note, Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia, he’s been the undisputed king of arcane titles. So arcane, in fact, that they often resemble the non-sequitur gibberish of spam e-mails that advertise replica watches and male-enhancement pills.... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesSoundtracking NASA's new Constellation Program: Great Space Songs You Haven't Heard a Million Times, Part 1
After this year, NASA will officially be retiring the space shuttle. So what's next for America's space program? This week, the National Mall in Washington has hosted an exhibit featuring a mock up of the Orion capsule, which will be NASA's new space vehicle of choice come 2015. Along with the ARES rocket array, the Orion capsule is part of NASA's new Constellation Program, an undertaking as ambitious as the 1960s' Apollo Program that first sent a man to the moon. Eventually, NASA plans for the program to take astronauts back to the moon, and perhaps even to Mars.On April... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayRobert Pollard to release new EP, album, book
Prolific singer/songwriter and former Guided By Voices leader Robert Pollard will release a new album and a book showcasing his art this summer, according to his website. Robert Pollard Is Off To Business will be released on Pollard’s own label, Guided By Voices Inc., which he launched this year with managers David Newgarden, Rich Turiel and Eric Weiss. Frequent Pollard collaborator Todd Tobias produced the work. The release of Pollard’s new album will coincide with another release, that of the book Town of Mirrors: The Reassembled Imagery of Robert Pollard, published by Fantagraphics. The colorful coffee table book will be... read more
Found in: Music, NewsRobert Pollard Announces New Albums, Return to Stage
Despite breaking up indie-rock crusaders Guided By Voices in 2004, former frontman Robert Pollard continues to put out music at a pace that would make Ryan Adams blush. The irrepressible songwriter, who has over 900 songs registered to his name, will release two new albums simultaneously on October 9. “I’m busier than I ever was,” Pollard, 49, says. “I’m putting out six or seven albums a year.” Coast to Coast Carpet of Love and Standard Gargoyle Decisions, which Pollard will put out under his own name on Merge, will be complementary albums - one pop, one punk. Originally conceived as... read more
Found in: Music, NewsRobert Pollard
Guided By Voices frontman breaks loose to find his solo identity. read more
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