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Guided By Voices


Baltimore City Paper: Beer Thousand (May 16 - May 22, 2001) - John Sewell looks at the direction of the band as a May 19th Baltimore appearance approaches. (May 16, 2001)
Boston Phoenix - Boston's self-proclaimed "Alternative Source for Arts and Entertainment" offers Jon Garelick's take on the band's last show in Beantown. (September 17, 2004)
Bulletin Board - A forum dedicated to discussion of the Dayton, OH rock group. Touted as the "official" message board site.
ChartAttack: GbV Take The Rock Geek Elitist Quiz - Matt Mernagh presents a question and answer session with the band from a meet-and-greet preshow party in Toronto. (April 27, 2001)
Drowned in Sound - Alex Wisgard pens a very favorable review of "Half Smiles" for drownedinsound.com.
GBVDB - Guided By Voices Database - Searchable GBV discography and gigography site including side projects. Contains detailed release and song version info, images, credits, setlists, Propeller Art Gallery and other features.
Guided By Robert Pollard - An alternative to the official GbV site, with a separate photos section, an interview by John Chandler of Puncture magazine with Bob Pollard, and a "Guided by Doug Gillard" subsection with info on the guitarist/songwriter's other band experiences.
Guided By Voices - The official site for the band, offering MP3 and wav files of GbV studio and live recordings, info on associated members' projects, photo albums, tour dates, and the latest GbV and Fading Captain series news.
Guided by Voices News: Topix - News about Guided by Voices continually updated from around the net.
Hershey Chronicle - The online presence of the Hershey Chronicle, serving Hershey, Hummelstown, Palmyra and Derry Township, with Todd Thatcher's review of GbV's farewell offering, "Half Smiles of the decomposed." (September 16, 2004)
Interview with Robert Pollard - From March 1999, an interview conducted over a bottle of Wild Turkey by David Rosenheim with band frontman Pollard. Larger site includes reviews of several albums, including Isolation Drills and Universal Truths and Cycles. (March, 1999)
Largehearted Boy GBV Radio - Shoutcast stream of Guided By Voices 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Includes the music of Robert Pollard and his various side projects, covers by other bands of GbV classics, complete live concerts, super-lo-fi demos and rare versions and music by a
Matador Records - The Matador records website for Guided by Voices, the label releasing all material up to 1997 and since 2002 for the band. Includes contest, recording, merchandise and tour info.
Pitchfork - Rob Mitchum gives his extensive take on GbV's final offering as well as dissecting Robert Pollard's career. (August 24, 2004)
Pitchfork - Eric Carr's extensive review of the latest from GbV, Earthquake Glue. (August 25, 2003)
PopMatters: Universal Truths and Cycles - Somewhat new to the music of GbV, David Antrobus tackles the new album, "Earthquake Glue", and finds himself inspired to delve into the band's back catalog. (July 24, 2002)
Robert Pollard and His Soft Rock Renegades: Choreographed Man of War: Pitchfork Review - Pitchfork review of the latest Rockathon/Recordhead release by Robert Pollard, featuring the former GbV mainstays Greg Demos and Jim Macpherson. Review by Matt LeMay, who gives the effort a 7.4.
Rockathon Records - Homepage of the independent label releasing most non-Matador/TVT Guided-by-Voices-related material, including some Greg Demos material.
RockNet's Roch on Music - Roch Parisien gives "Under the Bushes, Under the Stars" four stars (on a scale from 1-5). (May, 1996)
Salon: Sharps and Flats - A review of the Matador release "Mag Earwig" by Mark Athitakis. Includes an .aiff version of "Bulldog Skin".
Soul Shine Magazine : Time To Say Goodbye To Guided By Voices - Canadian magazine talks about GbV's reported end.
Splendid E-zine: Isolation Drills - A review by Jason Jackowiak who says, "Isolation Drills rocks harder than anything else in GBV's seemingly endless canon." (March 19, 2001)
Stuff Magazing: In Bob We Trust - Lengthy interview with Robert Pollard from April 2003, by Cory Jones. Bob shares a few possible song titles while discussing the Pollard creative process.
The Phoenix Online: Isolation Drills - Swarthmore College's online student newspaper takes a look at GbV's latest disc. (April 1, 2001)
The Voices, The Voices: Robert Pollard continues to evolve - John Sewell analyzes the band's position prior to their March 1, 2001 appearance at Moose's Music Hall in Knoxville, TN. (March 1, 2001)
The War Against Silence #13 - TWAS, a weekly music review website, looks at 15 albums, from "Sandbox" to "Alien Lanes".
TVT Records - Page for the band's current label, featuring the 2001 release "Isolation Drills". A scrapbook, tour dates, band news and message board are included.


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