Doug Gillard Reflects on the Return of Children’s Crusade
In a nostalgic nod to Cleveland’s gritty post-punk scene, Doug Gillard, best known as the guitarist for Guided By Voices, has just reissued A Duty-Dance … Read more
Fire Track: Guided By Voices – “I Am A Scientist (30th Anniversary Version)”
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Guided By Voices’ 1994 lo-fi classic, Bee Thousand, the band is sharing the newly recorded version of “I Am A Scientist” in high … Read more
Various Artists: Collapse The Collectors [Album Review]
Various ArtistsCollapse The CollectorsSilly Moo Records [2024] Album Overview: I will be the first to admit that I have traditionally been a tough critic of … Read more
Guided By Voices: Strut Of Kings [Album Review]
Guided By VoicesStrut Of KingsGBV Inc. [2024] Album Overview: Guided By Voices, spearheaded by longtime leader Robert Pollard, has been a prominent figure in the … Read more
Fire Track: Guided By Voices – “Cavemen Running Naked”
Last month, Guided By Voices (the ever-evolving act led by Robert Pollard) announced their next LP, Strut of Kings (due June 28 via GBV Inc).Building on 40 years of GBV history, the … Read more
Fire Track: Guided By Voices – “Serene King”
Guided By Voices (the ever-evolving act led by Robert Pollard) have announced their next LP, Strut of Kings (due June 28 via GBV Inc). Building on 40 years of GBV history, … Read more
Rip Van Winkle: The Grand Rapids EP [Album Review]
Rip Van WinkleThe Grand Rapids EPSplendid Research [2024] Album Overview: Rip Van Winkle was originally announced as a mysterious Robert Pollard project. Now, with its … Read more
Fire Track: Rip Van Winkle – “Prose Kaiser”
Mysterious Robert Pollard project in limited edition (1000 LPs, 1000 CDs) IYKYK. In stores Friday February 23rd (Splendid Research Records SR-1) Pre-order at Rockathon
The Fire Note Blazing Top 50 Albums Of 2023
2023 was a great year in music! Solid release after solid release made this year’s list one of the hardest to put together in TFN’s … Read more
Guided By Voices: Nowhere To Go But Up [Album Review]
Guided By VoicesNowhere To Go But UpGBV Inc. [2023] Sixteen. That’s how many albums the current lineup of Guided By Voices has managed to release … Read more
Fire Track: Guided By Voices – “For The Home”
Guided By Voices (the ever-evolving act led by Robert Pollard) has announced details on their third album of 2023 (and 39th overall), Nowhere To Go … Read more
Circus Devils – “Here We Are” [Video]
Formed in 2001, the psychedelic rock trio Circus Devils features vocalist Robert Pollard, backed by brothers Todd Tobias and Tim Tobias. In their first album … Read more
Fire Track: Tobin Sprout – “Bad Scenes”
On September 15th, former Guided By Voices guitarist and co-songwriter Tobin Sprout will release a two-LP set of 28 unreleased demos, live recordings, and alternate … Read more
Guided By Voices: Welshpool Frillies [Album Review]
Guided By VoicesWelshpool FrilliesGBV Inc. [2023] Figuring out how to rate a new Guided By Voices album is hard. Do I compare it against the … Read more
Guided By Voices – “Meet The Star” [Video]
The ever-prolific and always active Guided By Voices is back at it again with their second release of 2023, a brand new full-length record entitled … Read more
Gramercy Arms: Deleted Scenes [Album Review]
Gramercy ArmsDeleted ScenesMagic Door Record Label [2023] Gramercy Arms is a NYC musical collective brought together around the songwriting of Dave Derby, who keeps the … Read more
Guided By Voices: La La Land [Album Review]
Guided By VoicesLa La LandGBV Inc. [2023] After releasing two excellent albums last year (Crystal Nuns Cathedral and Tremblers and Goggles By Rank), Guided By … Read more
The Blazing Top 50 Albums Of 2022
The music world has been slowly uncoiling from the pandemic which gave us another onslaught of great 2022 releases this year. This created another tough … Read more
Guided By Voices: Scalping The Guru [Album Review]
Guided By VoicesScalping The GuruGBV Inc. [2022] If you were to poll fans of Guided By Voices what they thought were three consecutive years that … Read more
Guided By Voices: Tremblers And Goggles By Rank [Album Review]
Guided By VoicesTremblers And Goggles By RankGBV Inc. [2022] Depending on how you add them up, Tremblers And Goggles By Rank is Guided By Voices’ … Read more
Guided By Voices – “Lizard On The Red Brick Wall” [Video]
“Lizard On The Red Brick Wall” is the banger lead track from Guided By Voices forthcoming album, Tremblers And Goggles By Rank, which sees its … Read more
Mitch Mitchell’s Terrifying Experience: Appalachian Tontine [Album Review]
Mitch Mitchell’s Terrifying ExperienceAppalachian TontineThrill Kill City Music [2022] Somewhere in a Dayton, Ohio neighborhood, squalls of guitar feedback escape into the night air. Cans … Read more
Fire Track: Guided By Voices – “Unproductive Funk”
Guided By Voices have shared their newest album, Tremblers And Goggles By Rank which will be released on July 1 via GBV Inc. To kick … Read more
Guided By Voices: Crystal Nuns Cathedral [Album Review]
Guided By VoicesCrystal Nuns CathedralGBV Inc. [2022] If I asked you today to make me a list of current rock bands that have been putting … Read more
Guided By Voices – “Never Mind The List” [Video]
Always going to be a great day when we post a new Guided By Voices single. This track is the latest from Crystal Nuns Cathedral … Read more