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- Addicted to Noise: Robert Pollard Follows His Calling - Michael Azerrad interviews Pollard for Addicted to Noise following the release of the 1997 "Mag Earwig" LP. Includes samples of songs from the albums in various formats.
www.addicted.com.au/issues/3.06/html/lofi/Cover_Story/Guided_By_Voices
- All-Reviews.com: Do the Collapse - For three stars LarryG in a lengthy review raves, "A very good album which should appeal to a wider audience than GBV's previous work." Also a short review by Will, who awards the album 3 1/2 stars out of four. (Larger site includes review of Alien Lanes as well.)
www.all-reviews.com/music/dothecollapse.htm
- All-Reviews.com: Isolation Drills - Review of the album written by LarryG, who gives the effort three stars out of a possible four.
www.all-reviews.com/music/isolation-drills.htm
- Baltimore City Paper: Beer Thousand (May 16 - May 22, 2001) - John Sewell looks at the direction of the band as a May 19th Baltimore appearance approaches.
www.citypaper.com/2001-05-16/music.html
- Big Fish On The Line - Robert Duncan's tale of fishing with his son and interview with Robert Pollard's on his lo-fi quest. Includes MPEG excerpts from "Unleashed The Large Hearted Boy", "A Salty Salute", "I Am A Scientist" and other GbV songs.
www.addict.com/issues/1.09/Features/GBV1
- Bulletin Board - A forum dedicated to discussion of the Dayton, OH rock group.
disc.server.com/Indices/119291.html
- Canehdian.com - Review of 1999 LP "Do The Collapse" by Jason Thornberry.
canehdian.com/album/non/guidedbyvoices/dothecollapse.html
- ChartAttack: GbV Take The Rock Geek Elitist Quiz - Matt Mernagh presents a question and answer session with the band from a meet-and-greet preshow party in Toronto.
www.chartattack.com/damn/2001/04/2708.cfm
- chords and lyrics - The lyrics and some limited chord information on a plethora of early GbV tunes.
www.jauko.nl/tot/tab/g/guided_b
- CLUAS: Isolation Drills - Chris Houlihan reviews the album for the Irish music, cinema & travel site CLUAS.com.
www.cluas.com/music/albums/gbv.htm
- Creatures of Habit - A personal tribute page to the band which includes a link to small but numerous images of concert posters as well as bootleg recordings (currently not for sale or trade).
www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Amphitheatre/2102/GbV.html
- Do the Collage - Brian Staker's review of "Isolation Drills" for Slugmag.
www.slugmag.com/April01/rpINTRV.html
- Event profile: Atlanta's Variety Playhouse - An event profile for the band's May 16, 2001 show in Atlanta, GA. Includes reader reaction.
atlanta.citysearch.com/profile/11293116
- Guided By Robert Pollard - An alternative to the official GbV site, with a separate photos section, an interview by John Chandler of Puncture magazine with Bob Pollard, and a link to "Isolation Drills" touring partners Creeper Lagoon.
www.guidedbyrobertpollard.com
- Heraldsphere: anthemic pop wonder - Nicholas Jaster reviews Pollard's career, the band's direction, and gives "Isolation Drills" four stars.
www.browndailyherald.com/stories.cfm?S=0&ID=4353
- Ink Blot Magazine: Isolation Drills - Album review by Bill Meyer, as well as a biography, links, music clips, and pictures. (Larger site includes other reviews for albums such as Alien Lanes.)
www.inkblotmagazine.com/rev-archive/GBV_Isolation_Drills.htm
- Inkblot Magazine: Kid Marine - A review of the first album in the Fading Captain series, Kid Marine, as well as links to reviews of other GbV albums and an interview with Robert Pollard following the recording of the Mag Earwig LP.
www.inkblotmagazine.com/rev-archive/Robert_Pollard_Kid_Marine.htm
- Keeping it primitive - Excerpted from the Amplifier interview with Robert Pollard by Tom Semioli from October 1999.
www.twomp.com/amplifier/gbv_talk.htm
- Live, Chicago Metro 12-10-99 - Sixteen photos by Matt Waters of the band in concert.
www.sit.wisc.edu/~mwaters/gbv/pics/metro.html
- Lycos Music: Biography - A short bio of the band, a link to pictures of the band and its albums, as well as search options for finding pages related to lyrics.
music.lycos.com/artist/bio.asp?QW=Guided+by+Voices&AN=Guided+By+Voices&MID=64037&A=y&MH=
- Matador Records - The Matador records website for Guided by Voices, the label releasing all material up to 1997 for the band.
www.matador.recs.com/bios/bio_gbv.html
- No Ripcord: "Universal Truths and Cycles" - Michael Richards gives the album a 9 and describes the rock as "Anthemic, emotive, and vibrant".
www.noripcord.co.uk/reviews/G/gbvalbum.html
- Nude as the News: "Universal Truths and Cycles" - Troy Carpenter recommends the album.
www.nudeasthenews.com/sections/reviews/g/story/041402aaa.html
- Outside the Box with Bob Pollard - Extensive interview by Holli Bradberry from Privy Magazine about fans, the music industry and magazine questionnaires. Includes links to a previous interview and review of GbV material.
www.privymagazine.com/bobpollard.html
- People Talk Too Loud: "Universal Truths & Cycles" - Evan Thacker calls the album "another comeback".
www.peopletalktooloud.com/reviews/archives/000214.html
- Pitchfork Review of "Universal Truths and Cycles" - Matt LeMay provides a detailed look at the album's placement in the GbV library as well as a song-by-song taste-testing.
www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/g/guided-by-voices/universal-truths-and-cycles.shtml
- Pitchfork: Isolation Drills - In an extensive review, Matt LeMay rates the latest album a 7.3, praising the return of the sound GbV fans' wait for, but pointing out the lo-fi, four-track days are over.
www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/g/guided-by-voices/isolation-drills.shtml
- PopMatters: Isolation Drills - Review by Wilson Neate declaring the album to be "as diverse as it is consistently compelling."
www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/g/guidedbyvoices-isolation.html
- Robert Pollard and His Soft Rock Renegades: Choreographed Man of War: Pitchfork Review - Pitchfork review of the latest Rockathon/Recordhead release by Robert Pollard, featuring the former GbV mainstays Greg Demos and Jim Macpherson. Review by Matt LeMay
www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/p/pollard_robert/choreographed-man-of-war.shtml
- Rockathon Records - Homepage of the independent label releasing most non-Matador/TVT Guided-by-Voices-related material, including some Greg Demos material.
www.rockathonrecords.com
- RockNet's Roch on Music - Roch Parisien gives "Under the Bushes, Under the Stars" four stars (on a scale from 1-5).
www.rocknet.com/may96/roch04.html
- Rolling Stone video interview - Well-produced video interview by Greg Kot with Robert Pollard Streams in Real, Quicktime and WinMedia at various bandwidths.
www.rollingstone.com/videos/playvideo.asp?cid=1084&cf=116
- Rolling Stone: release of Universal Truths and Cycles - Article detailing GbV's return to Matador with the release on June 18th of new album produced by Todd Tobias. Article by Colin Devenish.
www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=15653&cf=116
- Salon: Sharps and Flats - A review of the Matador release "Mag Earwig" by Mark Athitakis. Includes an .aiff version of "Bulldog Skin".
www.salon.com/may97/sharps/sharps970519.html
- Spin: Guided By Voices Tour Opener - Dan O'Conor sets up GbV's 2001 tour for Spin Magazine.
spin.com/new/daily/news/20010212-5.html
- Splendid E-zine: Isolation Drills - A review by Jason Jackowiak who says, "Isolation Drills rocks harder than anything else in GBV's seemingly endless canon."
www.splendidezine.com/reviews/mar-19-01/guided.html
- The Onion AV Club: Guided By Voices - Interview with hard-drinking, outspoken singer Robert Pollard on his band's many lineups, Tobin Sprout, and Cobra Verde.
www.theavclub.com/avclub3526/avfeature3526.html
- The Phoenix Online: Isolation Drills - Swarthmore College's online student newspaper takes alook at GbV's latest disc.
www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/phoenix/2001/2001-04-19/living/11052.html
- The Voices, The Voices: Robert Pollard continues to evolve - John Sewell analyzes the band's position prior to their March 1, 2001 appearance at Moose's Music Hall in Knoxville, TN.
www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2001/1109/t_music.html
- The War Against Silence #13 - TWAS, a weekly music review website, looks at 15 albums, from "Sandbox" to "Alien Lanes".
www.furia.com/twas/twas0013.html
- Their voices have changed - The Washington Post's David Segal reviews GbV's 2001 release "Isolation Drills".
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35017-2001Apr3.html
- TVT Records - Page for the band's current label, featuring the 2001 release "Isolation Drills". A scrapbook, tour dates, band news and message board are included.
www.tvtrecords.com/artists/?art_id=74
- Guided By Voices - Official site: MP3 files; information and news on Bob Pollard and his band.
gbv.com
- Largehearted Boy GBV Radio - Shoutcast stream of Guided By Voices 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Includes the music of Robert Pollard and his various side projects, covers by other bands of GbV classics, complete live concerts, super-lo-fi demos and rare versions plus a preview of the upcoming "Universal truths and cycles" sprinkled through the rotation.
radio.largeheartedboy.com
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