Keep It In Line

Guided By Voices' new single Keep It In Motion is out today. You can stream it below. If you've ever tried to write a song, it's ok to hate GBV for how effortless they make it seem. It's hard not to thoroughly enjoy their seemingly unfinished lo-fi gems. Stick around for the last five seconds of the song. They're my favorite five seconds.
 

The new album by the classic lineup is out in June and is called Class Clown Spots a UFO. Naturally. Two new albums within six months - not bad for a band that broke up. Buy the single here or here. Their December release Let's Go Eat the Factory is available for download here.

Someone Tell Me Why

I'm convinced that Guided By Voices is one of the only bands that could actually release the rare and elusive perfect pop album. The problem -if it is one- is that they have the knack for creating unfinished masterpieces not unlike McCartney in the mid-70s. Macca used to stick three unfinished tunes together to make a medley pretending to be one song. GbV however happily releases their one minute gems as stand-alones. So I was a bit bummed hearing they had called it a day, but after touring together again we should've seen this coming...

GbV's "classic" lineup is releasing a brand new LP likely full of 21 brilliant half-songs called Let's Go Eat the Factory on 1/1/12. Paste has the tracklist. Get ready to relish in the fleeting perfection.

The Clues for Which I Search

Well this is news to me. Evidently Guided By Voices' classic lineup is playing a few more shows. So much for the farewell tour a couple years ago. There aren't too many shows, but they're being touted again as their last performances. Paste has all the details.

This is one of those bands I regret missing.

The Chance of a Lifetime

We previously reported Guided By Voices' original lineup was regrouping for a one-off gig at a Matador Records anniversary party. That was just a tease! Check out the list of dates on the full-fledged tour this fall!

September:
30 – Austin, Texas @ East Side Drive


October:
3 – Las Vegas, Nev. @ Pearl Theatre at Palms Hotel
4 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Wiltern
5 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Warfield %
7 – Portland, Ore. @ Crystal Ballroom %
9 – Seattle, Wash. @ Showbox So Do %
12 – Minneapolis Minn. @ First Avenue %
13 – Chicago, Ill. @ The Vic %
15 – Newport, Ky. (Cincinnati) @ Southgate House
16 – Columbus, Ohio @ Outlands Live
21 – Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
22 – Carrboro, N.C. @ Cat’s Cradle
23 – Atlanta, Ga. @ Buckhead Theater


November:
5 – Boston, Mass. @ Paradise #
6 – Philadelphia, Penn. @ Trocadero #
7 – New York, N.Y. @ Terminal 5 #


% w/ Times New Viking
# w/ Blitzen Trapper

via Paste

There Will Be No Trumpets Blowing

Guided By Voices is reuniting! Unfortunately it's only to play a show and not to record a new album or kick off a full-scale tour. Matador Records is celebrating its 21st Anniversary with a series of shows in Vegas October 1-3. The GBV crew of the mid-90s is going to steal the show!

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