ART: Last night the works of ex-Guided By Voices frontman Robbert Pollard were unveiled at an invite-only opening, and today it's a free-for-all. Come by and check out his debut art exhibit, which "will consist of more than 50 collages that date from 1990 through 2007. Using elements from 1950's -70's era magazines, pamphlets and obscure pictoral paperbacks as his primary tools, he portrays allegorical personas and hallucinogenic-type environments to create small, almost random synapses......

Maybe it was recording and releasing four albums in the late 80s and early 90s while playing no shows. Perhaps it was signing to 1995's hottest indie label, Matador, as a 37 year-old Dayton inhabitant who refused to move to New York or another major media center. Or the fact that, despite commonly held opinion that prohibits giving fans too much of what labels think they want, Robert Pollard has been self-releasing LPs, EPs and......

Just when you thought Thanksgiving was enough to satiate your inner glutton, Bloomie goes and declares a new holiday in which we can only imagine copious amounts of sinful behaviour will be celebrated. Nothing as bad as killing Indians though. December 5th has been proclaimed Guided By Voices Day by Mayor Mikey B. Which is funny because (and we're following the line of thinking that listening to Bobby Darin isn't a good thing) last year......

This is where Gothamist tells you what tickets to buy...because not every band gives it away for free on a flatbed truck (yes, we've somehow managed to make the free U2 show sound dirty.) So, before the tickets sell out and you are left bargaining on Craigslist, we are here to tell you what to buy... -* First and foremost, they just put up extra tickets to the Guided By Voices shows this weekend. BUY......

This is where Gothamist tells you what tickets to buy...before they sell out and you are left bargaining on Craigslist. First and foremost there is the Arcade Fire @ Bowery November 11th, it's sold out now but we bet that they'll add more tickets, so keep checking. Okay, so why is this a special edition you may be asking. Well, for the past month or two Gothamist has been putting together its first event. There......

Adam Shore, General Manager, VICE Records...

Gothamist headed over to Pier 54 last week to check out the Guided By Voices / Ambulance LTD show. By the time we got backstage, filled up our solo cups with Brooklyn Lager and made our way on to a stone wall to enjoy the show from...Ambulance had already ended their set. What can we say, summertime makes us slow. However we did get to see Guided By Voices who's frontman, Bob Pollard, we adore......

It's a good week for live music, kids. Check it: Tonight, the Angel Orensanz Foundation hosts what should be a great show. Stephin Merritt (that's Mr. Magnetic Fields to you), Dudley Klute and LD Beghtol perform as The Three Terrors in one of the city's most unique venues. Ohio beer drinking machine Guided By Voices stop by Pier 54 tomorrow for the what should be a loud, drunken and fun gig. The indie rock legend's......

Andrew Krucoff, Rhythm Guitar...

There are a lot of free concerts in New York this summer. So many, in fact, we're struggling to keep up with all the festivals and park performances. Luckily, the folks over at Prefix have distilled a list of this summer's free-or-really-cheap shows. It's not comprehensive, but this hand-picked list could keep you busy most evenings throughout the summer. Also, it appears to have been pre-screened for that indie-credibility thing the kids these days like......