The Pollardverse

A deep dive into the Pollardverse.
366 song playlist:

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

“Ass-kicking and cerebral, conceptual and instinctual, intellectual and anti-intellectual — GBV’s music is neither broadly appealing heartland rock nor niche-y cool-kid indie… It has one foot in the bowling alley, and another foot in the art gallery.”

Terrific article.

[Steven Hyden @Steven_Hyden]

Next week @_GuidedByVoices will celebrate their 40th anniversary with two shows in Dayton, Ohio. People ask me all the time: How do I get into GBV? The discography is huge! So I wrote this beginner's guide. https://t.co/subN9xrasn

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

"golden nuggets of wonderful weirdo-pop joy."
https://t.co/7L6q7K3z2U

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

@_GuidedByVoices @BeatsPerMinute Fascinating and explains a lot. Ended up with an utterly classic album!

[Guided By Voices @_GuidedByVoices]

GBV guitarist Doug Gillard talks with @BeatsPerMinute about who played what on Universe Room. 6 songs featured just one band member playing all instruments. The album’s unique approach opened up a new palette of sounds. https://t.co/foeKbkc5PT

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

ALUMINIUM STINGRAY GIRL Guided by Voices
The new album "Universe Room" is amazing!
Rawer, punkier and a bit weird.
https://t.co/zRrlFoLoIX

[BrooklynVegan @brooklynvegan]

Listen to Guided by Voices' "Elfin Flower With Knees" from upcoming 41st album https://t.co/uX7GZjUYMm

[Guided By Voices @_GuidedByVoices]

@brooklynvegan EXCLUSIVE! Listen to the new GBV track "Elfin Flower With Knees" below. From the upcoming album "Universe Room," out 2/7. "GBV don’t head into post-punk territory ofter these days but this feels like it coulda come straight from 1979."
https://t.co/tOFcuwUGuG

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

THERE ARE OTHER WORLDS Robert Pollard
Overlooked gem. Very appropriate.
https://t.co/c1gh2vSpMp

[Beats Per Minute @BeatsPerMinute]

Guided By Voices asset their indie rock eminence on “Dawn Believes”

Listen: https://t.co/URk3prz9pd

@_GuidedByVoices’ new album, Universe Room, is due out Feb 7 via GBV Inc.

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

DAWN BELIEVES Guided by Voices
Cool song from new album, released on 7th Feb.
https://t.co/jaFirrH0LU

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

@David_Liss Not even on the list but... it should be!

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

My favorite Bob songs #1
REDMEN AND THEIR WIVES Guided by Voices
"Offering hands and twiddling thumbs
for dreams that never come"
https://t.co/Q9nQAHnRDv

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

@David_Liss 😁

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

Playlist of my 366 favorite Bob songs. One for every day of 2024 (or any other year)!

https://t.co/8A6JSbtOwo

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

My favorite Bob songs #2
THE GOLDHEART MOUNTAINTOP QUEEN DIRECTORY Guided by Voices
"She runs through the night as if nobody cares
She screams and she cries and ignores all the stares
She wants me to come, but I'm never going there"
https://t.co/lu0tCZNThO

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

My favorite Bob songs #3
THE OFFICAL IRONMAN RALLY SONG Guided by Voices
"To dine alone
to build a private zone
or trigger a synapse
and free us from our traps"
https://t.co/sOl6NHoaEb

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

My favorite Bob songs #4
EDISON'S MEMOS Robert Pollard And His Soft Rock Renegades
"Under skies dark with alienation
We exchange love like radiation"
https://t.co/pmrclSBztt

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

My favorite Bob songs #5
GAME OF PRICKS Guided by Voices
"You could never be strong
You can only be free"
https://t.co/kFvZsQIgZw

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

My favorite Bob songs #6
RECOVERING Robert Pollard
"From freezing in flame
Discovering no longer the name
Especially with no one to blame"
https://t.co/4sZLmoUwj2

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

My favorite Bob songs #7
MY VALUABLE HUNTING KNIFE Guided by Voices
"Everything I think about I think about
Everything I talk about I talk about
With you"
https://t.co/AOK4JKPfNW

[The Pollardverse @ThePollardverse]

My favorite Bob songs #8
I AM A SCIENTIST Guided by Voices
"I am a lost soul
I shoot myself with rock and roll
The hole i dig is bottomless
But nothing else can set me free"
https://t.co/PZnx6js0fL