Magnet Magazine — 25 years ago today, Guided By Voices released Suitcase: Failed Experiments And Trashed Aircraft. A shrine to the dynamic years. See how many of the set’s tracks made it on our list of the 500 best GBV-related songs of all time: The post Guided By V... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy 70th birthday Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks, OFF!). Time’s on your side. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read Mr. Morris in MAGNET on Guided By Voices: The post Happy 70th Birthday Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks, OFF!) appe... more info

Magnet Magazine — If you remember the MAGNET 10th anniversary show, you weren’t really there. We were there (duh) and don’t remember much, but here’s what we know: It was at the Trocadero (R.I.P.) in Philly. Guided By Voices, the Shins and My Morning Jacket play... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Paddy Considine (actor, director, writer, musician, Guided By Voices superfan). Renaissance man. Paddy, Steven Soderbergh, Sonic Youth, Spoon, the Black Keys, Strokes, Decemberists, Drive-By Truckers, Sean Lennon and more pick their fa... more info

Stereogum — Robert Pollard, endlessly prolific frontman for the great indie rock institution Guided By Voices, does not seem like a particularly spooky individual, but he was a Halloween baby. (Maybe the voices guiding him are ghosts!) Pollard was born on Hal... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday President Obama. Artists you love who’ve been on the cover of MAGNET: the Black Keys, the National, Okkervil River, Jeff Tweedy, Kurt Vile, Waxahatchee and Lucy Dacus (who seems to consider you a war criminal). Read Obama press secre... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Hard Quartet, Zwan, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy). Plus, Adele, Andrew WK, Johnny Cash, Cat Power, Neil Diamond, Dixie Chicks, Guided By Voices, Stephen Malkmus, Run The Jewels—to name just a few. Chavez photo for ... more info

Stereogum — Rip Van Winkle, the new band from ever-prolific Guided By Voices leader Robert Pollard, will release their debut album Blasphemy next month. Today they’ve followed up its lead single “By The Water” with “Shit-heel Man.” The song is a pri... more info

Stereogum — There are people who make a fine living by closely monitoring this nation’s youth sports leagues in hopes of finding players to replenish America’s college and professional teams. I wonder if Matador Records has a similar program, but for pote... more info

Stereogum — Did you really think they were done? Guided By Voices famously refuse to stop; earlier this year, they released their 41st album Universe Room . Rumors started spreading today that the longstanding band was breaking up, but that’s already been ... more info