Lo-Fi

    Genre in which elements usually regarded as imperfections in the context of a recording or performance are present, sometimes as a deliberate choice

    Mellow Gold

    Beck: Mellow Gold

    Starting with one of the greatest opening tracks ever, “Loser” sets the tone for an album that spans...
    Sebadoh III

    Sebadoh: Sebadoh III

    This is the first Sebadoh album I owned, though not their first. It starts with one of the...
    Carnival Boy

    Tobin Sprout: Carnival Boy

    There’s no mistaking this for anything else but a Guided by Voices solo project. Granted Tobin Sprout just...
    Kid Marine

    Robert Pollard: Kid Marine

    This album starts off with “Submarine Teams,” which features some sort of weird thing going on throughout the...
    Waved Out

    Robert Pollard: Waved Out

    Another album of Pollard doing his thing. This, his sophomore solo effort, is a little less hissy than...
    Alien Lanes

    Guided by Voices: Alien Lanes

    There they go. They’ve taken a baby step towards sounding like professionals. Still sounding homemade, but coming to...
    Bee Thousand

    Guided by Voices: Bee Thousand

    Ah, here’s the album that Propeller and Vampire on Titus promised to deliver! Granted, the horrible sound quality...
    Propeller

    Guided by Voices: Propeller

    Sigh. This is going to be a pretty crazy undertaking, going through GBV’s entire discography (or at least...