Planet Score Records. Robert Pollard. The Oneness.

It's not every day that a record store is named after a Guided By Voices song. Rarer still is a visit to said store by Robert Pollard.

Pollard Takes The Cover Of 100th Issue Of Magnet.

You Want Pollard, We Got Pollard!

59 releases under 17 different band names through 7 separate labels, below is a list of every Robert Pollard related exclusive release currently available through Revolver USA / Midheaven Mailorder. Bon appétit!

AIRPORT 5
Life Starts Here CD on Recordhead
Tower in the Fountain of Sparks CD on Recordhead

AIRPORT 5 / GUIDED BY VOICES
Selective Service Split CD on Recordhead

BOSTON SPACESHIPS
Brown Submarine CD & LP on GBV Inc
Our Cubehouse Still Rocks CD & LP on GBV Inc
Planets Are Blasted CD & LP on GBV Inc

CIRCUS DEVILS
Ataxia CD & LP on Happy Jack Rock Records
Gringo CD & LP on Happy Jack Rock Records
Mother Skinny CD & LP on Happy Jack Rock
Harold Pig Memorial CD & LP on Recordhead
Pinball Mars CD on Recordhead
Ringworm Interiors CD on Recordhead
Five CD & LP on Recordhead / Fading Captain Series

COSMOS
Jar of Jam Ton of Bricksn CD & LP on Happy Jack Rock Records

GO BACK SNOWBALL
Calling Zero CD on Recordhead

GUIDED BY VOICES
Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now 4xCD on GBV Inc
Get Out of My Stations CD Siltbreeze
Bee Thousand CD on Scat
Box 5xCD on Scat
I am a scientist CD on Scat
Propeller CD & LP on Scat
Vampire on Titus CD on Scat
(#1) Universal Truths and Cycles - Back To The Lake 7" on Recordhead
(#2) Universal Truths and Cycles - Cheyenne 7" on Recordhead
(#3) Universal Truths and Cycles - Everywhere With Helicopter 7" on Recordhead
(#4) Universal Truths and Cycles 7" on Recordhead
Jellyfish Reflector CD on Recordhead
Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet CD on Recordhead
Static Airplane Jive CD on Recordhead
Suitcase 2 - American Superdream Wow 4xCD on Recordhead

GUIDED BY VOICES / ROBERT POLLARD
Crickets 2xCD on Fading Captain Series

KEENE BROTHERS
Blues and Boogie Shoes CD & LP on Recordhead

LEXO & THE LEEPERS
Ask Them CD on Recordhead

LIFEGUARDS
Mist King Urth CD on Recordhead

MOPING SWANS
Lightninghead to Coffeepot CD & 12" on Recordhead / Fading Captain Series

NIGHTWALKER
Professional Music by Nightwalker CD on Recordhead

PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH
Beard of Lightning CD & LP on Off Records

BOB POLLARD & DOUG GILLARD
Speak Kindly... CD on Recordhead

ROBERT POLLARD
Bubble CDEP & 7" on Recordhead
Crawling Distance CD & LP on GBV Inc
Elephant Jokes CD & LP on GBV Inc
Fiction Man CD on Recordhead
Kid Marine CD on Recordhead
Love Is Stronger Than Witchcraft 7" on Recordhead
Motel of Fools CD & LP on Recordhead
Moses on a Snail CD & LP on GBV Inc
Robert Pollard Is Off To Business CD on GBV Inc
Silverfish Trivia CD & LP on Prom Is Coming
Superman Was A Rocker CD & LP on Happy Jack Rock Records
We All Got Out of the Army CD & LP on GBV Inc
Zoom CD on Recordhead

ROBERT POLLARD & SOFT ROCK RENEGADES
Choreographed Man of War CD on Recordhead / Fading Captain Series

PSYCHO AND THE BIRDS
All That Is Holy CD & LP on Recordhead
Check Your Zoo CDEP & 7" on Fading Captain Series
We’ve Moved CD & LP on Happy Jack Rock Records

TAKEOVERS
Turn To Red CD & LP on Recordhead
Bad Football CD on Off
Little Green Onion Man CDEP & 7" on Off

V/A Single Wish CD on Recordhead
Track #8: Robert Pollard "In The States (That I Go Through)"

Indie Rock Journalism & Boston Spaceships.

A couple press quotes for the Boston Spaceships' latest contribution to the world Zero to 99.

"It is somehow 2009, five years on from the dissolution of lo-fi heroes Guided by Voices and at least 10 since the agreed-upon peak of his powers, and Bob Pollard's making some of the best music of his life. Three albums deep into the Boston Spaceships and the prolific songwriter is on a tear to rival a few of his best-ever runs." - Pitchfork

"When we got an advance copy this summer of the excellent new Boston Spaceships album, Zero To 99 (out next week on GBV Inc.), we were immediately floored by track two, 'How Wrong You Are,' possibly the best song Robert Pollard has recorded since the demise of Guided By Voices." - Magnet

Just Like Old Times - Pollard On Pitchfork.

Robert Pollard
Robert Pollard Is Off to Business
[Guided By Voices, Inc.; 2008]
Rating: 6.9
Original review

There's really no twist with Robert Pollard Is Off to Business, which maybe qualifies it as the greatest twist Pollard's pulled off in his post-GBV career. Composed of 10 songs clocking in at an average of three-and-a-half minutes each, Business showcases Pollard at his most conventional since, well, probably ever. He's also never leaned so heavily on long-time producer/multi-instrumentalist Todd Tobias, whose lush, expansive arrangements make Business sound shockingly MOR, especially coming from the king of tape hiss. Yet despite what sounds on paper like an over-the-hill artist throwing in the towel and finally sounding his age, Business only further attests to Pollard's unique abilities.

Always one to seek pop bliss from the most seemingly unpalatable places, Pollard approaches his classic rock influences on their own terms here. While 1970s power pop, arena rock, and MOR bands have always flavored his canon, he's never interpreted them as literally as he does on these meaty numbers. Whereas Pollard's previous album (Superman Was a Rocker, released just a few moons ago) saw him retooling old instrumental tracks, Business basically retools his record recollection. Just listen to how the stutter-stepping acoustic guitar of opener "The Original Heart" cops Led Zep's Houses of the Holy opener "The Song Remains the Same", or the acoustic pop charm of Big Star clones "The Blondes" and "Wealth and Hell-Being".

Just as the lo-fi vs. hi-fi debate has always been pretty fruitless with earlier material, Pollard's super hi-fi sound on Business isn't any more the story here than the suddenly slick production was on, say, 1996's professional-sounding Under the Bushes Under the Stars. "Gratification to Concrete" may feature a wah-wah guitar effect set to "Frampton", but ultimately it's muscular pop that can be learned in forty bucks worth of guitar lessons. Despite regal strings and an Eastern-tinged guitar, "To the Path!" isn't trying to match "Kashmir"'s bombast, especially when a proudly disjointed riff deflates the track's dramatic heightening. In case you're still concerned Pollard's gone heavy-handed on us, there's also loads of brainy power pop ("1 Years Old" being a highlight) and an ugly acoustic ballad titled "Confessions of a Teenage Jerk-Off".

Although Business ultimately ranks as yet another less-than-legendary offering from a living indie legend, its shortcomings are much more nuanced than typical Pollard releases. Not one track here merits swift deletion; Pollard packs too many ideas and sections into each one to render any completely unredeemable. The obvious drawback, though, is a relatively sluggish pace, especially on a grungey number like "No One But I" or closer "Wealth and Hell-Being"'s neverending outro. Still, Pollard embraces his rock icons at their most overblown here, and, despite his canon stretching around the world, Business manages to sound like something we haven't quite heard before on previous Pollard albums.

-Adam Moerder, June 10, 2008

Revolver USA Podcast #3 Is Ready For Your Listening.

On the third installment of the Revolver USA Podcast you can hear up and coming tracks from such righteous artist as; Robert Pollard, Melt Banana, White/Lichens, Terry Riley, Thee More Shallows, Loden, Chris Connelly, DJ Elephant Power, Qua, and the Zodiacs.

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