Once in a while I come across a band that I am surprised not to have heard about. I recently started listening to Pavement at the suggestion of my high school English teacher. He's a huge fan and is even going to their reunion show in New York this September.
Regardless, they were a whole section of indie music that I had not heard influencing bands such as The White Stripes and Modest Mouse (a couple of my favorites). Recently though, I stumbled upon Guided By Voices led by singer/songwriter Robert Pollard.
The band from Dayton, OH, started up in 1983 and recently broke up in 2004 (I guess '04 was a bad year for bands, Dispatch and Phish broke up that year too). Regardless, you can here the song writing of Pavement and the guitar tones familiar to Modest Mouse and The Mountain Goats in Pollard's songs (of which he has claimed over 1,300 to his name). Pollard brings 'it' with the catchy lyrical structure and the punchy guitar that I love so much.
"Teenage FBI" by Guided By Voices from Do The Collapse (1999)
"I Am A Scientist" by Guided By Voices from Bee Thousand (1994)
"My Valuable Hunting Knife" by Guided By Voices from Alien Lanes (1995)
-S
P.S. Fun Fact: Guided By Voices basically released an album every year while active from '83-'04. They also used the same Lo-Fi style that John Darnielle loves to use with The Mountain Goats.
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