Guided by Voices
Inspired equally by jangle pop and arty post-punk, Guided by Voices created a series of trebly, hissy indie rock records filled with infectiously brief pop songs that fell somewhere between the British Invasion and prog rock. After recording six self-released albums between 1986 and 1992, the Dayton, OH-based band attracted a handful of fans within the American indie rock underground. With the 1994 release of Bee Thousand, the group became an unexpected alternative rock sensation, winning positive reviews throughout the mainstream music press and sig...[more]
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This is one monster album. The songs are of the highest caliber, the band's playing has a holistic grasp of rock dynamism, and the whole thing flows like butter. This release comes as a numbered 25,000 limited edition digipak with free sticker, and 25 randomly selected copies will contain "golden tickets" for a free 5CD + DVD box set retrospective due out this fall. "Great music seems to come pouring out of some people: Mozart, the young Rossini, Paul McCartney, Prince, and now Robert Pollard"--The New York [ read more ]
CD $13.99
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The cult of indie rock thrives on the unexpected discovery, and in 1994 Guided by Voices was just the sort of musical phenomenon no one figured was still out there -- 30-something rock obsessives cranking out fractured guitar-driven pop tunes in a laundry room. Robert Pollard and his stable of beer buddies/backing musicians had been churning out stuff like Bee Thousand for years, but the album's surprise critical success marked the first time the group found a significant audience outside [ read more ]
CD $14.23
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SOUND SAVER. This 32-track greatest hits collection spans GBV's entire career from 1987-2003. Booklet includes info on the entire catalog. Released simultaneously with the "Hardcore UFOs" box set (which also contains this CD, but with a different sequence and different song versions), and the "Watch Me Jumpstart" DVD.
CD $8.99
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The final Guided By Voices album. After twenty-odd years, twenty-odd lineups, and twenty-odd albums, EPs, singles, triples, stolen bases, misdemeanor convictions, and broken hearts, Dayton, OH's fortunate sons are taking leave of your senses. Listen to this: it will never happen again. Their swansong is their most serious and mature record in years, more akin to those recorded in the mid-90s than their most recent releases. At the same time, it's influenced by both American and British mid-60s chime-pop, po [ read more ]
CD $10.99
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The definitive GBV retrospective. A deluxe slipcased box set with five CDs ("The Best of Guided By Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates," "Live at the Wheelchair Races," "Delicious Pie and Thank You for Calling," "Demons and Painkillers," "Forever Since Breakfast"), plus one DVD ("Watch Me Jumpstart") and a 48-page perfect-bound book. 142 songs total. Oh, Bob Pollard, you prolific bastard!
5xCD+DVD $65.98
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REISSUE. VINYL FORMAT. In 1992 Guided By Voices released their 5th album, Propeller, in a limited run of 500 copies, many with individually created covers. After several years of indifference to their previous self-released albums, the band assumed this would be their final LP. But people at better record stores took notice of this album and word about the group began to spread quickly, leading to cancellation of their retirement plans and a significantly higher profile in the following years. Vinyl [ read more ]
LP $13.99
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RESTOCK. The new Guided By Voices record, Universal Truths And Cycles, is being trumpeted by the band and assorted hangers-on as a ?return to autonomy? but we have reason to believe that no one in the band can spell autonomy, even when drunk. There's a few reasons it has been thus tagged: 1) because it's self-produced, marking a return to old-school GbV ways (see Bee Thousand, Alien Lanes, Under The Bushes, Under The Stars) and 2) like those earlier albums, there's a fine mix of sandpapery snippets and semi [ read more ]
CD $17.99
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After Bee Thousand gave Guided By Voices a wider audience, it became evident that Robert Pollard saw himself as more than just the band's songwriter and frontman, and as his career ambitions grew, he became increasingly frustrated with the limitations of his band. Matters ca [ read more ]
MP3 $10.49
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MP3 $1.05
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This EP is a collection of recent vinyl only b-sides, UK bonus tracks, and unreleased songs.
CDep $6.99
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Four hours! 63 songs! The Electrifying Conclusion is a chronicle of the last four hours of Guided By Voices. The film captures Guided By Voices' final concert at Chicago's Metro on New Year's Eve 2004 -- 63 songs, completely uncut. The excitement and nostalgia from both the band and audience are powerfully captured here in performances of GBV classics and special, seldom-played songs. The DVD contains the 240-minute feature film, plus 20 minutes of additional material including rare live [ read more ]
DVD $21.99
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REISSUE. In 1992 Guided By Voices released their 5th album, Propeller, in a limited run of 500 copies, many with individually created covers. After several years of indifference to their previous self-released albums, the band assumed this would be their final LP. But people at better record stores took notice of this album and word about the group began to spread quickly, leading to cancellation of their retirement plans and a significantly higher profile in the following years. This also seemed a g [ read more ]
CD $13.99
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