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  Listen to Robert Pollard's 447th Great Song This Year, 'Who’s Running My Ranch'

  July 13, 2012 – Seems weird to say that 2012 could be the most impressive year of Bob Pollard’s patently ridiculous career, but after two way-better-than-anyone-could-have-expected — and criminally under-the-radar — Guided By Voices albums already out, and a third one due by the time you’re finished reading this probably, a solid solo album would be the cherry on top of a sundae you didn’t even know you ordered. …
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  Robert Pollard, 'Space City Kicks' (Guided by Voices Inc.)

  January 18, 2011 – Defying logic, the famously productive Robert Pollard is getting even more prolific with age. One of five Pollard-related releases slated over a ten-month stretch (plus a Guided by Voices reunion tour), Space City Kicks offers a hodgepodge of brilliant guitar pop and annoying, unfinished throwaways, but this time the former ("I Wanna Be Your Man in the Moon") easily overshadows the latter ("Children Ships"). …
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  New Albums from the Decemberists & 7 More

  January 18, 2011 – Here's our take on the best and worst albums available online and in record stores today: The Decemberists, The King Is DeadThe Simpler Life: Colin Meloy nixes the pixie dust on the Decemberists' latest rock'n'roll fantasy.Read Review Robert Pollard, Space City KicksPop's busiest visionary finally controls quality.Read Review Smith Westerns, Dye It BlondeSpirited Teens: Windy City upstarts set their wide eyes on the stars.Read Revi …
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  Guided By Voices End Matador's B-Day Weekend

  October 4, 2010 – It's no stretch of the imagination to say that, for someone like Robert Pollard, reforming an incarnation of a band that existed for a couple years and a couple albums in the '90s inside a career that currently sees a steady annual output of 5-6 albums, may not be the height of inspiration. He is acutely aware and respectful of his past, yet never so much so that he would be satisfied by it. …
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  Guided by Voices Return with Fall Tour

  July 15, 2010 – In late June, indie rock pioneers Guided by Voices announced that their classic, 1993-'96 lineup was reuniting to play the Matador Records 21st Birthday in Las Vegas this October. Not a big winner at the blackjack tables? …
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  EXCLUSIVE: Robert Pollard Talks Pete Rose Film

  April 29, 2010 – 4,192, an upcoming documentary about baseball's all-time hits leader, Pete Rose, is being scored by indie-rock's all-time non-hits leader. We ask the uber-prolific ex-Guided By Voices mastermind Robert Pollard how the hell this happened and what's up with his other cinematic undertaking. PLUS: Scroll down and download a song composed by Pollard for the film! For more on the film, visit the official site. SPIN: So. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  February 7, 2009 – Is it just us, or is the whole world going crazy? Thriller is headed to Broadway. Reformed drug addict Amy Winehouse is planning to record her new album in smoke-friendly Jamaica. And Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, the world's best live band, used recorded tracks during their Super Bowl performance. …
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  Exclusive Download: Robert Pollard Visits "Vegas"

  February 5, 2009 – America has certainly embraced the idea of "Change" in 2009. Robert Pollard, however, has not -- and we can't thank him enough! …
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  New Albums from A.C. Newman, Matt and Kim, and 6 More

  January 20, 2009 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: A.C. Newman, Get GuiltyMan of a thousand melodies finds cold comfort in his skills. Read Review >> Matt and Kim, GrandThe sound of young love at the illegal warehouse space. Read Review >> Antony and the Johnsons, The Crying LightThe crooner from another planet. …
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• Robert Pollard, 'Robert Pollard Is Off to Business' (Guided by Voices Inc.)

  June 2, 2008 – If it's Tuesday, it must be time for another Robert Pollard record. The twist with his latest -- the man's third long-player in less than a year -- is that it appears on Pollard's own Guided by Voices Inc. imprint. But despite the invocation of those crusty legends, Business is no lo-fi throwback. "The Blondes" opens with elegantly strummed acoustic guitar before shifting to regal, synth-backed verses and precisely played lead lines. …
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