The GBV Project — Week 8: Vampire on Titus
The Release: Vampire on Titus (LP—Scat, 1993) When my wife and I moved our family from Arizona to Oregon over twelve years ago, Read More…
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The GBV Project — Week 7: The Grand Hour / If We Wait
The Releases: The Grand Hour (EP—Scat, 1993) / If We Wait b/w Red Chair (Split Single—Anyway, 1993) Attention is weird. The idRead More…
The GBV Project — Week 6: Propeller
The Release: Propeller (LP—Rockathon, 1992) Big. It had to open big. After all, this was going to be the opening of the final GuRead More…
The GBV Project — Week 5: Same Place the Fly Got Smashed
The Release: Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (LP—Rocket #9, 1990) Nearly two weeks have passed since a rather disorienting ThursdRead More…
The GBV Project — Week 4: Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia
The Release: Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia (LP—Halo, 1989) 1.14.25 I hate Donald Trump. Yes, hate. It’s not too strong oRead More…
The GBV Project — Week 3: Sandbox
The Release: Sandbox (LP—Halo, 1987) There’s a theory suggesting that if you hear any song enough times you’ll eventually grow tRead More…
The GBV Project — Week 2: Devil Between My Toes
The Release: Devil Between My Toes (LP—Ə Records, 1987) There have been a lot of people in Guided by Voices. And I don’t mean tRead More…
The GBV Project — Week 1: Forever Since Breakfast
Hey! It’s been awhile, right? Sorry to step away unannounced, but in all honesty, writing regular features for Strange Currencies was startinRead More…
The Debut Album Project: July (“The Alternative 80s”)
Over the past few decades, the phrase “eighties music” has come to be associated with a specific type of sound: namely, glossily-produced popRead More…
Guided by Voices: 2022 in Review
Guided by Voices Crystal Nuns Cathedral / Tremblers and Goggles by Rank / Scalping the Guru Robert Pollard Our Gaze Guided by Voices IncRead More…