Guided By Voices' prolific Robert Pollard recorded this amazing, pseudonymous EP in a day at Cro-Magnon in Dayton, Ohio. Backed by Dayton's Tasties, Pollard tears through these six cuts old-school GBV style: intermittent acoustic breaks broken by raucous, fuzzed-out guitars; bits of found sounds, great lyrics, and sweet sing-along pop melodies. The fidelity is a couple notches above 4-track oldies like Bee One Thousand, so you can crank it up without sacri- ficing clarity. The only real problem here is that it's all over too quickly. (Fading Captain Series, PO Box 752091, Dayton OH 45475, gbv.com/ fadingcaptain1.html)
Music Reviews | No. 13
Furniture Music for Evening Shuttles
by Steve Silverstein
Bands from the 1980s which most frequently received the label psych revival included Milwaukee's Plasticland and Los Angeles's the Three O'Clock. They combined wonderful 60s influenced playing and...