| Guided By Voices / English Little League |
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| Album: | English Little League | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Guided By Voices | Added: | 05/2013 | |
| Label: | Guided By Voices | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-05-05 | Pull Date: | 2013-07-08 |
| Week Ending: | 7 Jul | 23 Jun | 16 Jun | 2 Jun | 26 May | 19 May | 12 May |
| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 02, 2014: | KZSU Top 100 of 2013 Reflections In A Metal Whistle | 4. | Jul 05, 2013: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told To Hervey Okkles Xeno Pariah | |
| 2. | Jul 11, 2013: | The Proselytizer Radio News Hour Xeno Pariah | 5. | Jul 05, 2013: | Tunes Crybaby 4 Star Hotel | |
| 3. | Jul 10, 2013: | Meow After Midnight Know Me As Heavy | 6. | Jul 03, 2013: | Meow After Midnight Xeno Pariah |
| Album Review |
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| Andy S Reviewed 2013-05-06 | ||
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Straightforward rock n roll / power-pop from the reformed "classic" lineup of the world's greatest indie rock band. This one's a charmer. Seems more akin to Pollard's solo stuff than any of the three GBV albums from last year, falling into the power-pop-lifer genre occupied by Minus 5, Posies, Steve Wynn et al. Lots of slower songs and playing up of the classic rock influence. Not my favorite, but a good number of solid, reasonably interesting songs. FCC clean. -Andy **1 - (2:04) jangly, spacey intro into determined power pop *2 - (2:50) building, happy, talky rock 3 - (2:16) quiet start, wispy but driving Steve Wynn-esque pop *4 - (3:31) last-call bar-rock 5 - (3:19) theatrical midtempo rock *6 - (3:19) steady groove, vaguely snotty vox Robyn Hitchcock style, scratchy rhythm guitar takes center stage, flows into 7 *7 - (3:24) monotonous riff, interesting production, head-scratching refrains *8 - (2:26) slow acoustic moping with some serious lo-fi crunch 9 - (1:53) really fun, swinging rock **10 - (3:36) slow horizon-gazer with big power chord pulls 11 - (2:12) nice but unexceptional pop rock 12 - (2:45) calm, momentum-shifting 13 - (2:16) slow, saccharine Tobin Sprout number with piano and strings, lots of Jesus in the lyrics *14 - (1:47) sparse, dreary, lo-fi piano and voice; anthemic guitar moans come in for last half minute 15 - (3:55) concert rocker; stutters and jolts in and out of rollicking chorus 16 - (2:01) more piano rambling, this time with guitar, tons of vocal delay 17 - (2:20) glimmer of punk; uptempo aggressive rocker | ||
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