Guided By Voices preview new album with "Designed For Use"

If you missed Robert Pollard's birthday yesterday while trick or treating, you can celebrate today with the first track off GBV's new album Speculation and Gossip.

Guided By Voices – Speculation and Gossip 

(out January 22, 2027, pre-order it here)

1. My Cartoon

2. Satan and the New Temptations

3. Kicking Circles

4. Path Of The Razor

5. Designed For Use 

6. Repenthouse

7. Light Through the Window

8. That's the Kind of Guy I Am

9. 63 Cry Babies

10. Answer Asparagus

11. Mr Skull

12. Otherworldly Bathroom Fixtures

13. Stupid Question

14. All Things Decided

15. Town Of My Day

16. Solar Systems

 

Dent May, Jay Feelbender, Liz Uninvited @ The Garrison, Sunday

Mississippi-born Dent May heads up a pleasant pop triple bill at the Garrison tonight with Jay Feelbender & Liz Univited. 

Liz Uninvited gets the night off to a placid start at 7:30 pm, followed quietly by Jay Feelbender at 8:15 pm, then shhh.. Dent May at 9:15 pm! Get tickets here.

Sunday Spirituals: Swan's Silvertone Singers

Knoxville's Silvertone Singers featuring Claude Jeter would evolve into the hugely influential gospel crew, The Swan Silvertones.

From the Antique 78rpm Record Shop...

Founded in 1938 as the Four Harmony Kings in Coalwood, West Virginia, by coal miner Claude Jeter, the group later moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, took on a daily radio sponsorship from Swan Bakery, and rebranded as Swan’s Silvertone Singers. By 1948, during their early tenure with Cincinnati-based King Records (signed in 1946), the ensemble was crafting a smooth, influential sound that merged traditional barbershop harmonies with the soaring, virtuosic gospel lead of Jeter—releasing foundational 78-rpm singles like "I Want to Dig a Little Deeper", "In That Upper Room", and "I've Tried". These early King recordings laid the blueprint for traditional jubilee gospel and directly inspired a generation of R&B, soul, and rock pioneers, including Paul Simon (who borrowed Jeter's lyrical imagery for "Bridge Over Troubled Water") and Sam Cooke.

Listen to "I Want To Dig A Little Deeper" (composed by Kenneth Morris) on King from 1948 right here. 

Read more about Rev. Claude Jeter and the Swan Silvertones right here. 

Remembering Andre Williams on his birthday

Remembering R&B great Andre Williams with a few lesser-known gems and the 2008 documentary Agile, Mobile & Hostile. 

Ann Magnuson shares creepy teaser for new Vulcan Death Grip album

Watch the terrifying teaser clip for Ann Magnuson's forthcoming metal album with Vulcan Death Grip out Friday, November 13th.

Whaddya mean you don't know Prince Omo Lawal-Osula

Here are a few funky fresh highlife gems from Nigerian singer/guitarist and bandleader Prince Omo Lawal-Osula and crew.  

Happy Hell-raising Halloween from The Vinyl Avenger!

Listen to a devilishly delightful Halloween mix from the mysterious Vinyl Avenger right here. Thanks for sharing Olaf!