GBV back on matador....step back or a god thing?

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....apparently guided by voices are set to release their next album june 18 on matador. i think it's a good thing as i am sure that matador can use another fairly consistent selling band on its roster.

― william harris, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"god"thing;)

sunday morning freudian slip?

― william harris, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It might only mean that GBV is doing an underground rap album.

― Curt, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It appears to me now that Warp has a US office and Matador's schedule of grand repackaged re-releases (Soft Boys, Richard Hell) seems to be once a year or so, there's plenty of room for GbV to come back into the fold. Silkworm's gone, Liz Phair and Pavement are gone, Mary Timony is essentially gone, given her current musical direction. Now, with just GbV and JSBX from the old days, Matador should be able to give them a lot of push.

― paul, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

well, color me confused if moving back to matador is going to give the band better "exposure" or "push" instead of tvt. i thought thats why they initially decided not to renew their agreement with the label and went elsewhere.

i dont know if this is a good or bad thing anyway, and i doubt its going to effect the quality of the next record.

― maria tessa sciarirno, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

and i doubt its going to effect the quality of the next record.

Me neither. Heh.

― adam, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Now, with just GbV and JSBX from the old days, Matador should be able to give them a lot of push.

I've said it before, I'll say it again: If Guided By Voices couldn't break through in 1994-1995, with amounts of press that would make the Strokes say "ENOUGH!", they'll never break through. There's no way Matador will be able to get them that much coverage ever again.

How aboot Matador push Mount Florida a little? Am I right?!

― Vic Funk, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

GbV are rockists.

― Joe, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

GbV are rockists.

Pointlessly obvious = funny!

Oh, wait a minute . . . no it doesn't. Sorry 'bout that.

― J, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

GbV are schlockish.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Who's producing it? If it's Rob Schnapf again I can't wait. Isolation Drills is an ace record and I don't care what anyone else says. Whooo

I don't much like the rest of the Matador roster theseadays.

― electric sound of jim, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

GbV are prockish.

― nathalie, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"I've said it before, I'll say it again: If Guided By Voices couldn't break through in 1994-1995, with amounts of press that would make the Strokes say "ENOUGH!", they'll never break through. There's no way Matador will be able to get them that much coverage ever again."

shit, he's probably right. We have to stop making deals with bands w/out consulting Dr. Funk first.

"How aboot Matador push Mount Florida a little? Am I right?! "

OK. I'm copying everyone on this. Time. To. Start. Pushing.

― Gerard Cosloy, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

heh.

― jess, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

But now Gerard can confirm if it's a god thing or not. Perhaps Matador's latest label tie-up will be Word Records.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

is robert pollard pushing fifty now?

― keith, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

is robert pollard pushing fifty now? ....and your point is?
for whatever it's worth,i believe him to be around 44.

― william harris, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

GBV are frockish?

― Alex in SF, Monday, 25 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You guys are flockish.

― OleM, Monday, 25 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"We have to stop making deals with bands w/out consulting Dr. Funk first."

You two are like an old married couple! It's kinda creepy, actually...

― Joseph, Monday, 25 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dr. Funk! I love your new Nike commercial! (Whither the 'fro, tho?)

I'm not sure how this big fancy record business works, but I'd think that a band like GBV is a boon for Matador, given their built-in fanbase. I thought I read some stuff back in the day re: Robert Pollard's obsessive proclivity being the big reason in Matador & GBV parting ways. (I think I read that in Magnet or AltPress, so take that statement with a big fat car-sized salt lick.)

Also, I think it'd benefit GBV to sell their umpteen-thousand records at a smaller place than at one of them there corporate places, where the overheads are astronomical, groups not "of the moment" are lost in the shuffle, and the head of your company sports the convertible ponytail look. (Not to make fun or anything.)

― Daver, Monday, 25 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"I thought I read some stuff back in the day re: Robert Pollard's obsessive proclivity being the big reason in Matador & GBV parting ways. (I think I read that in Magnet or AltPress, so take that statement with a big fat car-sized salt lick.)"

GBV and their management wanted Matador to hire expensive commercial radio promotion firms to work on 'Do The Collapse'. Pollard also had a publishing deal that only paid his advance if GBV records were distributed by a major. I know TVT aren't a major but they are a bigger company than Matador. "obsessive proclivity" sounds like an excuse.

― J. Woods, Monday, 25 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Aren't TVT notorious for ripping off artists and delaying releases and generally behaving like The Label Steve Albini Warned You About? I think NIN had real problems with them at one point. Anybody know?

― fritz, Monday, 25 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two years pass...

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― Bunzzzzz O)))))))))))))))))) (ex machina), Monday, 2 August 2004 12:56 (twenty-one years ago)

wait a minute, what does "excessive proclivity" mean??

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 2 August 2004 13:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Really?

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 2 August 2004 13:20 (twenty-one years ago)

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