Begun as a side project to singer/lyricist Robert Pollard's teaching career, Guided By Voices' brief, Lo-Fi bursts of pop brilliance came to the attention of Scat Records only after Pollard's friends secretly distributed a demo. Since then it's been a Cinderella story: Pollard and a revolving group of backup musicians have tirelessly peddled their arty, sophisticated anthems across the U.S. and elsewhere, releasing over a dozen full length LPs and receiving a growing chorus of criti...  [+]