Search Results for:

GUIDED BY VOICES

Cover of Crawlspace Of The Pantheon by Guided By Voices.

Guided By Voices

Crawlspace Of The Pantheon

Guided By Voices Inc.

Beloved indie rock heroes follow-up to last year’s critical smash 'Thick Rich And Delicious' (album #44 for those keeping count!).

Crawlspace Of The Pantheon delivers another burst of lo-fi brilliance, balancing ragged charm with melodic precision. Robert Pollard’s cryptic lyrics and fragmented songwriting create a thrilling, unpredictable listen. Beneath the fuzz and brevity lies genuine emotional depth, proving the band still excels at transforming chaos into unforgettable indie rock.

TRACK LISTING

1. Lost In The Sun
2. Out With A Theory
3. One Last Blow
4. We Outlast Them All
5. A Grand Ceremonial Jester
6. Dagon’s Plunger
7. Advance Without Dropping
8. No Shoe Fits (Floating Babies)
9. Arthur Square
10. Landscaping
11. (How Would You Like A) Chariot Ride
12. When You’re My Clown (Nothing Happens)

[ + ]
[ - ]
Cover of Thick Rich And Delicious by Guided By Voices.

Guided By Voices

Thick Rich And Delicious

GBV Inc

'Thick Rich And Delicious' overflows with hooks. It plays through front-to-back like a power pop classic, but don’t misconstrue pop for soft. The basic tracks were cut live and hot to tape and are presented with minimal overdubs. The band recorded in a Brooklyn studio at extreme volumes, conjuring the spontaneity and electric energy of their legendary live show. Complimenting Pollard’s lead vocals, harmonies are sung by Grammy-nominated Bobby Bare Jr and Pollard (aka “The Self-Righteous Bros”). The sound delivers on the album’s titular promise—thick, rich and delicious.

Pollard combines a new batch of songs with a basket of unrecorded gems dating back to the band’s nascent years. The chorus of 'Oxford Talawanda' contains a never-used hook that Pollard has been singing for nearly his entire life.

With 'Thick Rich And Delicious', you can get that satisfaction.

TRACK LISTING

1. Babies And Gentlemen
2. (You Can’t Go Back To) Oxford Talawanda
3. Phantasmagoric Upstarts
4. Lucy’s World
5. Our Man Syracuse
6. Mother John
7. Dance Of The Picnic Ants
8. Xeno Urban
9. A Tribute To Beatle Bob
10. Replay
11. Siren
12. The Lighthouse Resurrection
13. A. Glum Swoboda
14. Ozark Ivanho
15. Captain Kangaroo Won The War

[ + ]
[ - ]
Cover of Goodnight El Dorado: Strange Bedfellows In The Aftermath by Guided By Voices.

Guided By Voices

Goodnight El Dorado: Strange Bedfellows In The Aftermath

Guided By Voices

Live board mixes from three 2024 GBV shows in Indianapolis, Woodstock and Dallas, showcasing the band’s proggiest material of the recent era. Limited edition bootleg vinyl. When they’re gone they’re gone.

TRACK LISTING

1. Jack Of Legs
2. Sons Of The Beard
3. Alex Bell
4. How Did He Get Up There?
5. For The Home
6. Boomerang
7. Focus On The Flock
8. Unfun Glitz
9. Who Wants To Go Hunting

[ + ]
[ - ]
Cover of Universe Room by Guided By Voices.

Guided By Voices

Universe Room

Guided By Voices, Inc

'Universe Room' is the eighteenth Guided By Voices album in ten years and packs a vast mix of energy levels and sounds into seventeen diverse tracks in less than forty minutes. The new record ventures into truly surprising territory, where barely any song segments and choruses are revisited and fidelity daringly shifts between lo-fi and hi-fi.

“I wanted to create, hopefully, an experience, kind of a wild ride, where the listener would want to hear it multiple times in order to grasp all the sections and fields of sound to discover something new with each listen,” says Robert Pollard. “I trimmed down the songs so that there wasn’t a lot of repetition, so you get a lot of sections that happen only once or twice.”

'Universe Room' embodies a realm of new horizons for Guided By Voices, who continue to redefine and expand as they blast off to unpredictable worlds.

TRACK LISTING

1. Driving Time
2. I Couldn’t See The Light
3. I Will Be A Monk
4. The Great Man
5. Clearly Aware
6. Dawn Believes
7. Play Shadows
8. Fly Religion
9. The Well Known Soldier
10. Hers Purple
11. Independent Animal
12. 19th Man To Fly An Airplane
13. Elfin Flower With Knees
14. FranCisco
15. Aluminum Stingray Girl
16. Aesop Dreamed Of Lions
17. Everybody’s A Star

[ + ]
[ - ]
Cover of Strut Of Kings by Guided By Voices.

Guided By Voices

Strut Of Kings

GUIDED BY VOICES INC

Building on forty years years of GBV history, the majestic and triumphant Strut Of Kings is the forty-first album by indie rock royalty Guided By Voices. Largely recorded in Kings County, New York (Brooklyn), the album is perhaps a gesture towards the malevolent “kings” on the world stage. As the “Serene King” waltzes across the battlefield, Emperor Pollard evokes castles, King Kong and strutting roosters, a surreal yet regal journey.

TRACK LISTING

1. Show Me The Castle
2. Dear Onion
3. This Will Go On
4. Fictional Environment Dream
5. Olympus Cock In Radiana
6. Leaving Umbrella
7. Cavemen Running Naked
8. Timing Voice
9. Bit Of A Crunch
10. Serene King
11. Bicycle Garden

[ + ]
[ - ]
Cover of Nowhere To Go But Up by Guided By Voices.

Guided By Voices

Nowhere To Go But Up

Guided By Voice, Inc

This record is massive and amazing. Nowhere To Go But Up is Guided By Voices’ third album of 2023 (and thirty-ninth overall) and is a sprawling, wild adventure. With virtually no choruses and just two repeated lyrics in forty minutes, GBV is audacious and unafraid.

One of the most fully realized works that Guided By Voices has created, Nowhere To Go But Up showcases an expert rock band at the top of their game. The band is on a roll and unstoppable.

Following their monumental 40th Anniversary Celebration in Dayton, Ohio, GBV begins their fifth decade with a bang!

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: You'd think that by an artists THIRTY NINTH album, they'd have a struggle coming up with the goods, but Pollard & co have once again crafted a beautifully psychedelic blast of epic proportions. It's got tons of heft, and packed to the brim with melody too.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Race Is On, The King Is Dead
2. Puncher's Parade
3. Local Master Airplane
4. How Did He Get Up There?
5. Stabbing At Fractions
6. Love Set
7. We're Going The Wrong Way In
8. Jack Of Legs
9. For The Home
10. Cruel For Rats
11. Song And Dance

[ + ]
[ - ]
Cover of Welshpool Frillies by Guided By Voices.

Guided By Voices

Welshpool Frillies

Guided By Voice, Inc

Robert Pollard has a very strong work ethic. With most of their touring canceled due to the pandemic and then a fractured kneecap, Guided By Voices ran up an extremely prolific streak in the studio, recording and releasing eight albums in the past three years and garnering piles of rave four star and five star reviews in the process. In case one were snoozing, the last album, La La Land was Uncut magazine’s “Best Of The Month.”

The pandemic records were particularly notable and unique that the band members recorded most of their instruments individually in separate cities. Welshpool Frillies finds the gang back together, in a Brooklyn basement with producer Travis Harrison. Much of it was recorded live to tape. The catchy ear worms in these new songs are undeniable, as the kinetic energy of the band is captured in its most raw and pure form. The album is brash, no-frills, and punky, inspired by the wiliness of 90s-era GBV, specifically the Scalping The Guru compilation that Pollard put together in 2022. 2023 marks the 40th anniversary of GBV’s start in Dayton, Ohio. Robert Pollard was an elementary school teacher with no formal music training, and his unlikely success has been an odds-defying adventure. It’s never too late to discover this vital rock band and join the GBV cult.

[ + ]
[ - ]
Cover of La La Land by Guided By Voices.

Guided By Voices

La La Land

Guided By Voice, Inc

La La Land doubles down on the intricate proggy-pop displayed on Guided By Voices’s last album Tremblers And Goggles By Rank. On a hot streak of critical acclaim, Robert Pollard continues expanding his songwriting towards extremes of prettiness, heaviness and poeticism. As always, unforgettable hooks are everywhere. But with this latest, it seems Pollard is playing with the extremes of his abilities as a songwriter, emboldened by the power of this lineup now on their fourteenth album together since 2017. The prettiest stuff is prettier than ever (“Queen Of Spaces”) and odder, more complex songs like “Slowly On The Wheel” combine minimalism, whimsy, and cinematic inclinations. There are the exquisite power pop bangers that fans come to expect like “Ballroom Etiquette” and “Pockets.” Tracks like “Instinct Dwelling” and “Caution Song” effortlessly display a cranked-up weight and complexity most bands could never muster. Celebrating forty years in 2023 with their thirty-eighth album, GBV has lately been garnering rave reviews from Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, Uncut, MOJO, Shindig, Paste, Popmatters, The Quietus and many more.

TRACK LISTING

1. Released Into Dementia
2. Ballroom Etiquette
3. Instinct Dwelling
4. Queen Of Spaces
5. Slowly On The Wheel
6. Cousin Jackie
7. Wild Kingdom
8. Caution Song
9. Face Eraser
10. Pockets

[ + ]
[ - ]
Cover of Tremblers And Goggles By Rank by Guided By Voices.

Guided By Voices

Tremblers And Goggles By Rank

Guided By Voice, Inc

Tremblers And Goggles By Rank marks a new phase in Robert Pollard’s songwriting evolution. His songs have always included non-traditional approaches to form and song structure, but with this album, he has pushed it further than ever. While the familiar Guided By Voices pop-craft and melodic virtuosity always occupies center stage, the first-time listener will never be able to predict what’s coming next in a song.

“Alex Bell” and “Focus On The Flock” are the two anchors, each one expansive and filled with rock grandeur, and both exemplifying the complex wordplay, melodies, and structures that are hallmarks of the album.

GBV’s latest batch of brilliant songs ride on colorful psychedelic flourishes and brash post-punk textures that make this ten-song album a one-of-a-kind head trip.

While there are hooks and earworms aplenty within, this album is a complex and kaleidoscopic journey, representing a new echelon in the Guided By Voices universe. It represents another level of songwriting and performance from the group. It plays out like an intricate and powerful collage, in a very multicolored and multi-faceted fashion; a work grand in scale and undertaking.

There are triumphant and glorious choruses, deep and dark wormholes, sinewy twists and turns, bold and theatrical bravados, massive cliffs, plateaus, peaks, and valleys - these emotional landscapes reach new and unexpected heights along the way.

TRACK LISTING

1. Lizard On The Red Brick Wall
2. Alex Bell
3. Unproductive Funk
4. Roosevelt's Marching Band
5. Goggles By Rank
6. Cartoon Fashion (Bongo Lake)
7. Boomerang
8. Focus On The Flock
9. Puzzle Two
10. Who Wants To Go Hunting?

[ + ]
[ - ]
Cover of Isolation Drills - 2021 Reissue by Guided By Voices.

Guided By Voices

Isolation Drills - 2021 Reissue

TVT

Originally released in 2001, Isolation Drills is the twelfth album by Dayton, Ohio indie rock group Guided by Voices. It was their second and final LP released under TVT Records and their second to feature producer in Rob Schnapf. The album notably features instrumental contributions from Elliott Smith and David Sulzer. This special 20th Anniversary Edition has been remastered and it is included on double gatefold vinyl for the first time. The packaging mirrors the original foldout design from the limited cd digipak.

TRACK LISTING

Disc: 1
1. Sister I Need Wine
2. Fair Touching
3. Want One?
4. Skills Like This
5. The Enemy
6. Chasing Heather Crazy
7. Unspirited
8. Frostman
9. Twilight Campfighter

Disc: 2
1. How's My Drinking?
2. Glad Girls
3. The Brides Have Hit Glass
4. Run Wild
5. Pivotal Film
6. Fine To See You
7. Privately

[ + ]
[ - ]
Cover of Under The Bushes Under The Stars by Guided By Voices.

Guided By Voices

Under The Bushes Under The Stars

Matador

Guided By Voices’ long out-of-print ninth studio album repressed on vinyl - originally released in 1996 as the follow up to the breakthrough Alien Lanes, Under The Bushes Under The Stars further cemented GBV as one of rock music’s most lauded contributors

TRACK LISTING

Man Called Aerodynamics
Rhine Jive Click
Cut-Out Witch
Burning Flag Birthday Suit
The Official Ironmen Rally Song
To Remake The Young Flyer
No Sky
Bright Paper Werewolves
Lord Of Overstock
Your Name Is Wild
Ghosts Of A Different Dream
Acorns & Orioles
Look At Them
The Perfect Life
Underwater Explosions
Atom Eyes
Don't Stop Now
Office Of Hearts
Big Boring Wedding
It's Like Soul Man
Drag Days
Sheetkickers
Redmen And Their Wives
Take To The Sky

[ + ]
[ - ]
Cover of Half Smiles Of The Decomposed by Guided By Voices.

Guided By Voices

Half Smiles Of The Decomposed

Matador

The final Matador album from Dayton, Ohio’s legendary geniuses Guided By Voices which, at the time, was set to be their last ever. After twenty- odd years, twenty-odd line ups and twenty-odd albums, EPs, singles, triples, stolen bases, misdemeanour convictions and broken hearts, Dayton’s fortunate sons took a leave of absence only to re-emerge in 2010 at a certain label’s 21st birthday celebrations in Las Vegas. Back in print for the first time since 2008!

TRACK LISTING

Everyone Thinks I’m A
Raincloud (When I’m Not
Looking)
Sleep Over Jack
Girls Of Wild
Strawberries
Gonna Never Have To Die
Window Of My World
Closets Of Henry
Tour Guide At Winston
Churchill Memorial
Asia Minor
Sons Of Apollo
Sing For Your Meat
Asphyxiated Circle
A Second Spurt Of
Growth
(S)Mothering And
Coaching
Huffman Prairie Flying

[ + ]
[ - ]

Latest Pre-Sales

277 NEW ITEMS
Four Tet (⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ) - TEXT059

Four Tet (⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ)TEXT059

The Pioneers - Don't You Know / Me Naw Go A Believe

The PioneersDon't You Know / Me Naw Go A Believe

Mark Grusane - Angry Birds

Mark GrusaneAngry Birds

The Moon Boys / The Pioneers - Appolo 11 / Love Love Everyday

The Moon Boys / The PioneersAppolo 11 / Love Love Everyday

Ella Fitzgerald - Live At The Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen 6th February 1966

Ella FitzgeraldLive At The Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen 6th February 1966

Dadawah - Peace And Love - Wadadasow

DadawahPeace And Love - Wadadasow

Faust / Richardchor Neukolln - By The Lake Festival

Faust / Richardchor NeukollnBy The Lake Festival

Susan Cadogan - Susan Cadogan - 2026 Reissue

Susan CadoganSusan Cadogan - 2026 Reissue

Chris Connelly - War.Poem

Chris ConnellyWar.Poem

John Carroll Kirby - Piano Works 2016-2026

John Carroll KirbyPiano Works 2016-2026

M83 - Fantasy - 2026 Repress

M83Fantasy - 2026 Repress

Mykki Blanco - Cafe Paradiso

Mykki BlancoCafe Paradiso

Black Duck With Elena Setién - Black Duck With Elena Setién

Black Duck With Elena SetiénBlack Duck With Elena Setién

Mitski - Puberty 2 - 10th Anniversary Edition

MitskiPuberty 2 - 10th Anniversary Edition

Princess Nokia - Girls

Princess NokiaGirls

Elanor Moss - The Knife, The Needle

Elanor MossThe Knife, The Needle

Dave Porter - Pluribus (Apple Original Series Soundtrack)

Dave PorterPluribus (Apple Original Series Soundtrack)

Space Afrika - Quiet Storm

Space AfrikaQuiet Storm

Sarah Davachi - The Will Of Tongues

Sarah DavachiThe Will Of Tongues

Ex Ponto - Odlazak

Ex PontoOdlazak

Wishy - Nature's Pill

WishyNature's Pill

Pratt & Moody With Cold Diamond & Mink - Lost Lost Lost

Pratt & Moody With Cold Diamond & MinkLost Lost Lost

Danny Keane - Kinesis

Danny KeaneKinesis

Ty Segall - Chrome

Ty SegallChrome

Ty Segall - Love Fuzzz

Ty SegallLove Fuzzz

Chat Pile - Who Loves The Sun

Chat PileWho Loves The Sun

Interpol - This Mirror Weighs A Ton

InterpolThis Mirror Weighs A Ton

Yes - Live At Roosevelt Stadium Jersey City, NJ - 17th June 1976

YesLive At Roosevelt Stadium Jersey City, NJ - 17th June 1976

Guru Guru - Live In Concert

Guru GuruLive In Concert

Rodge Glass - As One: Remaking Suede

Rodge GlassAs One: Remaking Suede

Whitney - Light Upon The Lake - 10th Anniversary Edition

WhitneyLight Upon The Lake - 10th Anniversary Edition

Femme D'Intérieur - Femme D'Intérieur

Femme D'IntérieurFemme D'Intérieur

Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo - Psychedelia In White

Mick Harvey & Amanda AcevedoPsychedelia In White

NINA - Internal Makeup

NINAInternal Makeup

Did Virgo Feat. Mickey L’ange - Dream Alone

Did Virgo Feat. Mickey L’angeDream Alone

Intrusion - A Gentle Embrace

IntrusionA Gentle Embrace

Max Cooper - Feeling Is Structure

Max CooperFeeling Is Structure

Ingo Hammer - Hammer To Fall

Ingo HammerHammer To Fall

Steve Lacy - Oh Yeah?

Steve LacyOh Yeah?

Cv313 / Federsen - Altering Dimensions Part Two

Cv313 / FedersenAltering Dimensions Part Two

Soft Cell - Danceteria

Soft CellDanceteria

Dirty Supercar / Bustin' Loose / La Felix - Nothing But The Music / 20 Buck Funk - Inc. Angelo Ferreri & DE SOFFER Remixes

Dirty Supercar / Bustin' Loose / La FelixNothing But The Music / 20 Buck Funk - Inc. Angelo Ferreri & DE SOFFER Remixes

Glenn Underground - Classiques Vol. 21

Glenn UndergroundClassiques Vol. 21

Penelope Isles - 3

Penelope Isles3

Craig Bratley - Return To Bass

Craig BratleyReturn To Bass

Cv313 - Fading Lights [remastered]

Cv313Fading Lights [remastered]

Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan - People & Industry - Special Edition

Warrington Runcorn New Town Development PlanPeople & Industry - Special Edition

The Bevis Frond - Horrorful Heights & Horrorful Offal

The Bevis FrondHorrorful Heights & Horrorful Offal

Some Velvet Sidewalk - Critters Encore

Some Velvet SidewalkCritters Encore

Reigning Sound - Time Bomb High School - 2026 Reissue

Reigning SoundTime Bomb High School - 2026 Reissue

E-newsletter —
Sign up
Back to top