Robert Pollard News

5/8/12 Guided By Voices are playing CBGB Fest Saturday, July 7 at NYC Central Park Summerstage. Read more about the festival at The New York Times.

5/2/12 Guided By Voices are headlining Nelsonville Music Fest on Friday, May 18. Tickets available at www.nelsonvillefest.org

4/30/12 Pre-order the new Guided By Voices album, Class Clown Spots A UFO, from Rockathon Records. Also available - Class Clown 7" single and Rune Shirt.

4/17/12 Guided By Voices are playing DeLuna Festival in Pensacola Beach, FL on Friday September 21. Tickets available here.

4/10/12 We don't know who Jon is, but we wouldn't want to be him. + catchy as hell Tobin Sprout non-lp b-side. "Jon The Croc" 7" is now available to order at Rockathon Records!

4/3/12 New Robert Pollard album, Mouseman Cloud is available to order now at Rockathon Records. Check out first track, "Obvious #1".

4/2/12 Mouseman Cloud is streaming live on Spinner!

4/2/12 Art Sale: Now through June 1 you can buy an original Robert Pollard collage for 50% off: framed, unframed, fake band 45 covers, fake band LP covers and fake magazine covers.

3/29/12 Guided By Voices are playing Bunbury Music Festival in Cincinnati, OH on Sunday July 15. Tickets available here.

3/24/12 Bob is selling some rare (signed) posters/prints on eBay. There will be 100 in total. Some have already sold before I could finish typing this. Some great stuff and some great prices! Check them out here.

3/9/12 Pre-order for the first single off of Class Clown Spots a UFO, Keep It In Motion, is now available at Rockathon Records. Pink vinyl, limited to 1500 copies. A propulsive Bob/Toby pop song with acoustic guitars & strings. + 2 non-lp b-sides. Preview "Keep It In Motion" at The Quietus.

1/3/12 To celebrate the release of Let's Go Eat The Factory, Guided By Voices will be appearing on the Late Show With David Letterman on January 3, 2012. Get the song "The Unsinkable Fats Domino" for free at GBVDigital.com


12/19/11 If you're in North America, Let's Go Eat The Factory will be available on iTunes at midnight, tonight! Click HERE to pre-order, or click HERE to order after 12AM.

12/19/11 Preview the new Guided By Voices album, Let's Go Eat The Factory, HERE on NPR Exclusive First Listen.

New on GBVDigital.com - The Kids Eat It Up: The Best of Pollard 2010-2011. Pollard's output the past several years has been remarkable both in quantity and quality. This is a great introduction for newcomers. 28 songs handpicked by Bob from ten albums by Robert Pollard, Boston Spaceships, Circus Devils, Lifeguards and Mars Classroom. Just $9. Also, the Best of 2008-2009. Download Let It Beard Boombox Demos for FREE! The limited edition CD sold out in one day. Happy holidays from Uncle Bob!

12/7/11 Unfortunately, Guided By Voices are canceling their appearances at Primavera and ATP/I'll Be Your Mirror, due to personal reasons. The band apologizes for any inconvenience and disappointment, and thanks Primavera, ATP and the fans for their longterm support.

12/1/11 All back catalogue CDs from 1997-2009 on Fading Captain, Happy Jack, and GBV Inc. are now only $5 each! Including Robert Pollard, Guided By Voices, Boston Spaceships, Circus Devils and many more at RockathonRecords.com!

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11/29/11 Let's Go Eat The Factory is available for preorder on iTunes. Available in US and Canada December 20 and UK, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Australia, France, Netherlands and Japan January 9.

11/28/11 GBV King Shit: An Overview of Guided By Voices at The Quietus. Plus Doughnut For a Snowman MP3.

11/17/11 GBV at Khyber Pass, 1993! Freedomhasnobounds.com

11/9/11 Three pieces of art by Robert Pollard will be on display at Signal Gallery, London from Nov 25 through Dec 17 as part of the "Punk and Beyond" exhibition. Read more HERE.

10/31/11 2nd preview track from the forthcoming Guided By Voices album is "Doughnut For A Snowman"


10/25/11 "The Unsinkable Fats Domino," the first preview of the new Guided By Voices, can be heard / downloaded here. The song will come out as a 7" single on Matador Records on Nov. 22, and on the album Let's Go Eat The Factory, coming out January 1 on GBV Inc. in North America and on Fire Records for the rest of the world.



1/1/12 DAYTON, OH: Having finished their year-long victory lap, playing songs from the insanely fertile 1992-1996 period, there was only one thing left for the reunited Guided By Voices to do. Make a new record.

Let's Go Eat The Factory picks up where Under The Bushes, Under The Stars left off, with the classic lineup (Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout, Greg Demos, Mitch Mitchell, and Kevin Fennell, with help from the reclusive early bandmember Jimmy Pollard) writing and recording 21 songs in lo- to mid-fi splendor in bandmembers' basements and garages. The songs range from face-peeling heavy rock to delicate piano ballads and everything in between. Standouts include the demonically tuneful "Chocolate Boy," the relentless chug of "We Won't Apologize For The Human Race," and instant classic "The Unsinkable Fats Domino."

Fans of GBV's iconic release Bee Thousand will recognize the same gloriously messy aesthetic in Let's Go Eat The Factory, which benefits, too, from the development of Robert Pollard's songwriting in the intervening 15 years and the renewed camaraderie effected by the reunited band's extended tour. The new album will be released on January 1, 2012.

9/20/11 Big news! Guided By Voices announce new album. Click here for details.

10/25/11 Order new Circus Devils album Capsized!