Stereogum — Guided By Voices have already released two albums this year -- How Do You Spell Heaven and August By Cake -- and they've just announced a new one due out next year. Space Gun is coming in March, and GBV shared the title track. Listen and check out th... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — On September 9 Pitchfork and October came together to put on the first OctFest, a one-day craft beer and music festival that took place at the Brooklyn Hanger in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The festival featured live performances from Guided By Voices, Ok... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Britpop Now! Yeah! There is a little of that, judiciously selected, in our 1995 roundup but also a reminder that very interesting things were happening just out of that sightline both in the fringes and in dance areas and American lo-fi (Number One C... more info

KEXP Seattle — Philly-based band The Districts return with their third LP, what KEXP Music Director Don Yates calls, “their strongest set to date, with a fuller, more dynamic and densely textured sound combining thick, swirling guitars, muscular rhythms and often... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — David Rawlings' Poor David's Almanack and Frankie Rose's Cage Tropical are albums I can wholeheartedly recommend this week. Guided By Voices's How Do You Spell Heaven is also available to stream and in stores. Reissues include remastered editions of.... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Literary Hub recommended August's best new books. Stream the new Guided By Voices album How Do You Spell Heaven at Stereogum. Vol. 1 Brooklyn shared an excerpt from Alison Moore's novel The Lighthouse. Paste listed the best Arcade Fire songs.... more info

Stereogum — How Do You Spell Heaven is the third album since Dayton indie rock institution Guided By Voices returned from their second breakup last year. It's also the first since March's August By Cake , the one that was billed as frontman Robert Pollard's 100... more info

Stereogum — Sweet Apple, the band featuring Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis, Witch's Dave Sweetapple, and Cobra Verde's Tim Parnin and John Petkovic, is releasing a new album called Sing The Night In Sorrow this week. Today they're promoting it with a video for "World I... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — The reignited band has been active since early 2016, with key former members including guitarist Doug Gillard and drummer Kevin March. more info

Stereogum — Guided By Voices have announced yet another new album, How Do You Spell Heaven, due out in August. It'll be GBV's second LP of 2017 following August By Cake, the one they touted as Robert Pollard's 100th album. Paste premiered the project's lead sing... more info