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Listen to Guided By Voices' "Doughnut for a Snowman"

Listen to Guided By Voices' "Doughnut for a Snowman"

As The Quietus reported, the band released a new 7” today through Fire Records titled Doughnut for a Snowman. The single, “Doughnut for a Snowman,” will be featured on Let’s Go Eat the Factory.  read more

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Listen to a New Guided By Voices Song

Listen to a New Guided By Voices Song

As previously reported, the classic lineup of Guided By Voices has a new album, Let’s Go Eat The Factory due out on Jan. 1 on GBV Inc. records. But you can get an early taste of the album over at Robert Pollard’s website.   read more

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Guided By Voices Announce Let’s Go Eat The Factory Details

Guided By Voices Announce <i>Let’s Go Eat The Factory</i> Details

Robert Pollard and co. announced Let’s Go Eat The Factory today, a 21-track album that Pollard calls the “semi-collegial” approach to Guided By Voices as seen in albums like Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes.   read more

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This Week in Album Covers

This Week in Album Covers

In our newest weekly feature, Paste takes a look at the lost art of the album cover....  read more

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Robert Pollard Pulls a Hat-Trick

Robert Pollard Pulls a Hat-Trick

“I like fuck-ups and xenotypes,” Robert Pollard says, differentiating between his own aesthetic and Lifeguards collaborator Doug Gillard’s more disciplined musical approach....  read more

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This Week's New Album Releases (1/11/11)

This Week's New Album Releases (1/11/11)

Eight album releases caught our attention on Jan. 11, 2011, from folk to hip-hop to whatever you call Cake....  read more

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Robert Pollard Announces Three New Albums

Robert Pollard Announces Three New Albums

It’s going to be a busy new year for legendary Guided by Voices frontman Robert Pollard who currently has three full-lengths (!!!) already on tap for 2011....  read more

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Guided by Voices Announces Reunion Tour With Classic Line-up

Guided by Voices Announces Reunion Tour With Classic Line-up

When we learned that the ‘93-’96 line-up of Guided by Voices would be performing at Matador’s 21st birthday party in Las Vegas, we used no fewer than five exclamation points to break the news. Using this five-to-one rationale, we’d need 85 pointed punctuation marks for this announcement: Guided By Voices is embarking on a full-fledged, 16-date reunion tour this fall (plus a performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)....  read more

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Robert Pollard Scores Pete Rose Documentary

Robert Pollard Scores Pete Rose Documentary

Robert Pollard is the exceptionally prolific former frontman (and one of Paste’s best living songwriters) of ’90s icons Guided By Voices. Pete Rose is a famous baseball player. One of them is in an athletic hall of fame. Can you guess which one?...  read more

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Spam E-Mail or Bob Pollard Song?

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

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