Guided By Voices play the Regency tomorrow, Wed/11.
PHOTO BY MATT DAVISIn a conversation about '90s rock staples the other day, a friend casually mentioned that he'd never really listened to Guided By Voices, a statement that provoked in me a somewhat surprising level of panic, alongside a strange sense of injustice.
"Here!" I cried, throwing on the starter-friendly greatest hits compilation Human Amusements at Hourly Rates. "Listen!" He listened politely for a few songs.
"They sound like every other lo-fi indie band from the mid-'90s onward," he said.Read more »