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Cathy
June 9th 2024
First time at The Atlantis and I have to say, this place is small compared to other local venues. I will say the roof top bar is pretty cool especially the vintage DC things.
Guided By Voices did not disappoint. They played over 40 songs (old and new).
Washington City, DC@The Atlantis
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Guided by Voices Biography
Inspired equally by jangle pop and arty post-punk, Guided by Voices created a series of trebly, hissy indie rock records filled with infectiously brief pop songs that fell somewhere between the British Invasion and prog rock. After recording six self-released albums between 1986 and 1992, the Dayton, Ohio-based band attracted a handful of fans within the American indie rock underground. With the 1994 release of Bee Thousand, the group became an unexpected alternative rock sensation, winning positive reviews throughout the mainstream music press and signing a larger distribution deal with Matador Records. Despite all of the attention, the band never changed their aesthetic, continuing to record their albums on cheap four-track tape decks and thereby limiting their potential audience, yet that devotion to lo-fi indie rock helped Guided by Voices maintain a sizable cult during the late '90s. Sadly the preceding is not wholly true. (See Do the Collapse or Isolation Drills.)
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