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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!

9/12/11 Click here to see the winner of the Boston Spaceships video contest. The winning video was edited by Rich Tarbell, shot by Brian Wimer & Filmmakers Republik, story by Trevor Przyuski. They'll get $500 prize at GBVDigital.com and 2 runners up Matthew Ludvino and David Crunnelle will each get $100 prizes. Congratulations and thanks to all who submitted videos!

8/3/11 Boston Spaceships' new video for Tabby and Lucy can be seen on Consequence of Sound

7/25/11 - More GBV hi jinx with White House Press Secretary Jay Carney

7/11/11 - Spinner has premiered the single "Christmas Girl" from Boston Spacehips' new album Let It Beard. They have also announced a contest for you to film a video for the single and it could be featured on Spinner and the band's site! Click here for more.

8/21/11 - Boston Spaceships new album, out now! Click here for the store.

5/18/11 - Robert Pollard's new album Lord Of The Birdcage is available from Rockathon.
You can download a FREE track "In A Circle" from the album on Pitchfork.

4/16/11 - GBV tribute record & CD in stores with David Kilgour, Lou Barlow, Thurston Moore, Blitzen Trapper, Flaming Lips, James Husband & more

3/29/11 The new Mars Classroom (Robert Pollard, Gary Waleik [Big Dipper], & Robert Beerman [Pell Mell]) album
The New Theory Of Everything is out now. Click to order it from Rockathon Records or GBV Digital