Guided By Voices

Top 10 NYC Shows This Weekend: Free Shows, Reunions, Break-Ups and More!

Published May 8th, 2009 by Karen

Above: Guided by Voices “Teenage FBI.” Which weekend show might make you wish GbV’d reunite? Find out!

There’s a lot of rockin’ going on in the big city this weekend.
So, we’re breaking down your options based on some unique categories, including:

Best place to blow $100 on Icelandic music (for a good cause)
Best place to reminisce about the Minutemen
Best place to lose some more hearing
Best place to see the reunion of a weirdo garage noise band
Best place to hope the bands are better than their names
Best place to wish Guided by Voices would reunite already
Best place to see over a dozen bands for FREE
Best place to have a ’90s flashback and get “The Way” stuck in your head, again
Best place to see a band Break Up onstage
And more!

What shows are on our list this weekend? Let’s find out… Continue reading »

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Review: Wavves’ Noisy Summer Anthems + free Wavves Music

Published April 16th, 2009 by Karen

photo credit: The Accent

We’re a little ashamed to admit it, but we’ve sort of been avoiding wavves based on the fact that we think the band name is really annoying. (We’ve been avoiding Condo Fucks and Bat for Lashes for the same reason, maybe we’ll give them a spin next time.)

Despite spellcheck’s endlessly frustrating attempts to auto-correct the superfluous use of the letter v, we’re finallygoing to review Wavves’ new album, Wavvves–and we’re pleasantly surprised.

After the jump, hear the entire Wavvves CD and see if you agree with our review.

Wavves—“No Hope Kids” MP3