Guided by Voices: Last News

Kilby Block Party has announced its line-up for 2024, including LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend, The Postal Service, Joanna Newsom and more.The three-day festival will take place at the Utah State Fairgrounds in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 10-12. Tickets go on sale today (December 6) and are available for purchase here.Other acts set to perform include Wu-Tang Clan, Death Cab For Cutie, Interpol, Jail Paul, Belle And Sebastian, 100 gecs, Dayglow, Courtney Barnett, TV Girl, Alvvays, Dinosaur Jr., Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Guided By Voices, Current Joys, Peach Pit, The Garden, Yves Tumor, Panchiko, Beach Fossils, Cautious Clay, Bombay Bicycle Club, CSS – which will mark their first US show in 11 years – Blondshell and more.A post shared by Kilby Block Party (@kilbyblockparty)It will be the fifth edition of the festival, which was set up in 2019 as a way to celebrate Salt Lake City’s longest-running all-ages music venue Kilby Court.

Horsegirl have shared a new mini concert film that captures their album release show in Chicago, Illinois – you can watch it below.Filmed at the city’s Thalia Hall venue back in June, the almost-30-minute video – titled Do You Want Horsegirl Or Do You Want the Truth? – sees the band performing in front of a hometown crowd.The gig took place shortly after Horsegirl dropped their debut studio record ‘Versions Of Modern Performance’.During the show, the group aired a cover of the Guided By Voices track ‘As We Go Up, We Go Down’ from the Ohio outfit’s 1995 album ‘Alien Lanes’. You can catch that performance at the 22:20 mark below.In a four-star review of Horsegirl’s first LP, NME wrote: “Compelling from its first note to its very last, the record presents a band who, yes, are still in their infancy, but clearly know who they are and what that sounds like.“It doesn’t reinvent the wheel by any means, but its rushes of no wave-tinged indie-rock are fit to burst with infectious energy and intriguing experimentation that there’s no danger of it feeling old and staid.”‘Versions Of Modern Performance’ went on to appear in NME‘s best albums of 2022 so far list, as well as our run-down of the best debut albums of the year up until the summer.Horsegirl performed at Glastonbury 2022 back in June following a run of UK dates.

Guided By Voices have cancelled two upcoming New Year’s Eve shows as a result of the recent surge of COVID-19 cases.The band were due to play Atlantic City on December 30 and New York City’s Brooklyn Made on December 31 but those dates will no longer go ahead, as confirmed by a statement on Twitter.They wrote: “Due to unforeseen circumstances, and out of an abundance of caution with the recent spike in COVID-19 cases, we unfortunately need to cancel the upcoming shows in Atlantic City on December 30 and Brooklyn on New Years Eve. Refunds will be issued at the point of purchase.”Guided By Voices announced a North American tour in May this year, starting in Scully’s in Columbus, Ohio on August 28.

Guided By Voices have announced their 34th studio album, slating the record – titled ‘It’s Not Them. It Couldn’t Be Them.

Guided by Voices’ classic 1995 album Alien Lanes is getting a 25th anniversary reissue this year, courtesy of Matador Records’ new Revisionist History series. It’s being pressed on blue, green, and red vinyl and limited pre-orders come with a GBV keyring/bottle opener modeled on an original 1995 design. The reissue is out August 21.