Like Isolation Drills and his last solo outing, which was credited to him and Guided by Voices guitarist Doug Gillard, Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department, his latest effort, Choreographed Man of War, is pretty much a "must have" for fans and a strong pickup for the merely passing. It's the third straight excellent LP where all the songs are fully fleshed out and realized. Could it be that Pollard's former too-prevalent penchant for fragments, impromptu sketches, incomplete songs, and half-assed...   [ read more ]

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