Stereogum — Now that their hiatus is long over, Guided By Voices absolutely will not stop releasing new albums, so it should be no surprise that their new one Motivational Jumpsuit drops next week. “Planet Score” is a characteristically short and sharp shock... more info

Stereogum — As a songwriter, Guided By Voices leader Robert Pollard is not known for his batting average; when he hits, he hits big, but you have to sift through a lot of strikeouts and sacrifice bunts to find the classics. Maybe that’s because in his day Poll... more info

Impose Magazine — Not that Impose readers should really need a refresher on Montreal power-punk duo Solids—the band whose warm distortion-born scuzziness could sedate a wild animal—but they just released their second single, "Haze Away," off the forthcoming Blame ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Albums there are dates for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Wigout At Jagbags (6th January)Broken Bells – After The Disco (13th January)East India Youth - Total Strife Forever (13th January)I Break Horses - Chiaroscuro (20th January)Mogwai - Rave Ta... more info

Sweeping The Nation — One track you'll have seen on our Tumblr (but therefore not on Hype Machine, which is why it's cravenly being reposted), one new out today, both from one of our favourite new British guitar bands of the very recent past's debut album Isla... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The A.V. Club shares an excerpt from The Believer's mini-book Judy Blume In Conversation With Lena Dunham. Rolling Stone interviews Robert Pollard about the future of Guided By Voices. 24 online year-end "best books of 2013" lists were added to... more info

KEXP Seattle — Happy Thanksgiving! Or, “Thankskilling,” if you ask Morrissey, who has penned an open letter to President Obama accusing him of laughing “as 45 million birds are horrifically abused.” Read the whole thing online here: [Pitchfork] It’s been ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Our first taste of February's Motivational Jumpsuit. more info

Impose Magazine — Dedicated Honey Radar fans, rejoice. (We know you're out there.) Philadelphia's most exciting underground bedroom project by the mysterious Jason Henn has put out a three-song release called A Ballerina In Focus and it's pushing all the r... more info

Starpulse — Indie rockers Guided By Voices' drummer Kevin Fennell has left the band after putting his kit up for sale online. Last week (begs14Oct13), Fennell put his equipment on auction site ebay.com and no... more info