Robert Pollard's creative muse knows no boundaries or slowdowns. Writer's block? Forget it. Laziness to record? Forget it. Another week, another LP in the can - sure!Just got word that you can now pre-order the October release of Pollard's 'band' Boston Spaceships' upcoming CD "From Zero to 99" at Pollard's The Factory of Raw Essentials (a great name for his record fiefdom, yes?). Here's the fi...
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Robert Pollard's latest recording outlet releases its finest effort yet.Whether recording with Guided by Voices, under his own name, or with his new band Boston Spaceships, the prolific Robert Pollard's basic aesthetic remains relatively unchanged. His fanbase is no doubt geared to his insane release schedule, poring over every slightly varying gradient of his sprawling psychedelic garage rock ...
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Boston Spaceships. September 30th, 2008 at Paradise in Boston, MA.Former Guided By Voices front man Bob Pollard's latest vehicle, Boston Spaceships, marked their first appearance in Boston with a three-hour marathon filled with obscure songs and amplified feedback. The near-capacity crowd was as rowdy as the alcohol fueled band members; fist pumping their way through the 50-year old singer's s...
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Robert Pollard's creative muse knows no boundaries or slowdowns. Writer's block? Forget it. Laziness to record? Forget it. Another week, another LP in the can - sure!Just got word that you can now pre-order the October release of Pollard's 'band' Boston Spaceships' upcoming CD "From Zero to 99" at Pollard's The Factory of Raw Essentials (a great name for his record fiefdom, yes?). Here's the fi...
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Boston Spaceships. September 30th, 2008 at Paradise in Boston, MA.Former Guided By Voices front man Bob Pollard's latest vehicle, Boston Spaceships, marked their first appearance in Boston with a three-hour marathon filled with obscure songs and amplified feedback. The near-capacity crowd was as rowdy as the alcohol fueled band members; fist pumping their way through the 50-year old singer's s...
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Shit, when it comes to really writing about Robert Pollard, I won't bullshit you - I wouldn't/don't know where to start or even end. Pollard is literally a music making machine, producing/releasing albums at more than a startling pace. He has been responsible for some of the best indie rock of the past three decades, namely through Guided By Voices (which disbanded in 2004) and his other numero...
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Over the last week, I've been listening carefully to Robert Pollard's latest CD from his new recording band Boston Spaceships - The Planets are Blasted. By carefully, I mean taking note of chord changes, instrumentation, song structure, melodies, etc. Because otherwise it all washes over me in one big melodic rockin' roar, as Pollard's best stuff has done to me over the last 13 years...Too ofte...
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