LargeHeartedBoy — The New Yorker features a new short story by Ann Beattie. Stream a new holiday song from Guided By Voices frontman Robert Pollard. 15 year-end "best books of 2015" lists were added to the Largehearted Boy master aggregation yesterday (bringing... more info

Stereogum — Surfer Blood guitarist Thomas Fekete was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, and the music community has rallied around him, but the road hasn’t been easy. After a benefit concert back in May, all of the donations ended up being stolen in a va... more info

Stereogum — Ever since they officially broke up (again) last year, Guided By Voices’ Robert Pollard has kept extremely busy. He’s been releasing songs under his own name, as well as with his new band Ricked Wicky, who released their latest album, Swimmer To ... more info

Minneapolis Fucking Rocks — Nicole Schneit is Air Waves (cue Guided By Voices song title) and is about to release her new record ‘Parting Glances’. Members of bands including Jana Hunter of Lower Dens, Jarvis Taveniere of Woods, members of Crystal Stilts, Ava Luna, and H... more info

Stereogum — Is the Earth still spinning? Check. Is Robert Pollard’s heart still beating? Check. Then you can be sure a new batch of brilliantly demented lo-fi pop tracks is forthcoming. The Guided By Voices frontman is about to release another project with Ric... more info

Stereogum — Even though Guided By Voices officially broke up last fall, former frontman Robert Pollard has been releasing plenty of material to fill some of that void with his new band Ricked Wicky. Right after Guided By Voices split, we heard “Mobility” fro... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo by John Clark Portland's Eyelids is the project of The Decemberists' John Moen, and Chris Slusarenko who was a Guided by Voices member in the 2000s (both also played together in the Robert Pollard-fronted Boston Spaceships).... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — BuzzFeed is launching a literary magazine and offering writer fellowships. Strokes Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. discussed the influence of Guided By Voices' album Alien Lanes at Consequence of Sound. The band Obits has broken up. CBC Books recommende... more info

Stereogum — “The club is open!” No other phrase out of Robert Pollard’s mouth ever rang quite so true. The once-again-former Guided By Voices frontman deals almost exclusively in the surreal, but the climactic lyric from Alien Lanes opener “A Salty Salut... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Bustle and Vol. 1 Brooklyn recommended April's best new books. Pitchfork profiled Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield. Electric Literature interviewed authors Jennifer Egan and James Hannaham. Wondering Sound explored the athletic pasts of Bob and Jim Po... more info