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 came to a head prior to the recording of Mag Earwhig! as Pollard broke ties with longtime guitarist and fellow songwriter Tobin Sprout and fired the rest of the group. While Pollard and Sprout soon buried the hatchet, Sprout opted not to ...   [ read more ]

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The Black Album sees Rockers Hi-Fi holed up in Birmingham, England, partaking in a mix and match with stacks of dub, trip-hop, and drum'n'bass albums for their contribution to Stud!o K7's DJ-Kicks series. At turns exhilarating and at other turns frustrating, The Black Album is the kind of album that one can't simply play at any hour of the day. It begs for a beach party atmosphere or at least for some kind of exotic cocktails to be on hand. The overall feel is one of cinematic {\dub...   [ read more ]

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