Aquarium Drunkard — 2023 was a fantastic year for Guided by Voices. The trio of records that came out – La La Land, Welshpool Frillies, and the late-year Nowhere to Go But Up – are some of the best the band has put out in the seven years its most recent incarnation ... more info

Stereogum — Glitterer started out as a hyper-focused one-man machine — former Title Fight leader Ned Russin on his Guided By Voices shit, cranking out short and sharp power-pop nuggets. Since releasing last year’s Fantasy Four EP, Russin has expanded Gl... more info

JamBase — Release Day Picks this week highlight new albums by My Morning Jacket, Guided By Voices and Raze Regal & White Denim. more info

Stereogum — Not long after celebrating their 40th anniversary as a band, the unstoppable Guided By Voices announced another new album, Nowhere To Go But Up, their third full-length this year following January’s La La Land and July’s Welshpool Frillies ... more info

Stereogum — Last month, the hyper-prolific Midwestern indie rock fixtures Guided By Voices celebrated their 40th anniversary as a band, playing a pair of Dayton hometown shows with peers like Dinosaur Jr. and Built To Spill. Those shows sound like they were a... more info

Stereogum — Some of you are Robert Pollard completists, and for you I will share this new song from Circus Devils, the Guided By Voices leader’s side project with brothers Todd and Tim Tobias. “Here We Are” is the lead single from Squeeze The Needle, th... more info

Stereogum — Have you ever wished Squirrel Flower’s music was a little more fuzzed-out? New single “intheskatepark” may be for you. The song, from the upcoming Tomorrow’s Fire, slathers Ella Williams’ smoothly gliding vocals and singer-songwriter ind... more info

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Stereogum — Kenny Becker’s LA-based Goon released their Elliott Smith-esque Paint By Numbers, Vol. 1 EP in February with the promise of a second volume eventually. Before that happens, Goon are dropping a completely separate EP. In response to the Supreme... more info

Stereogum — What do you think the phrase “Unproductive Funk” means to Robert Pollard? Does it mean that he sometimes goes an entire morning without writing any scratchy power-pop jams with inscrutable lyrics? A whole day? What? In the entire history of Am... more info