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  • Summary: The Guided by Voices frontman's latest solo effort balances both noisy rock and melody into a harmonious release.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Jan 27, 2011
    80
    Digging into Robert Pollard is an invigorating bit of fun, and it's what's made the man a success. By all accounts, Space City Kicks is more of exactly that.
  2. Jan 14, 2011
    70
    Defying logic, the famously productive Robert Pollard is getting even more prolific with age.
  3. Dec 20, 2011
    70
    If this was meant to be an experiment in art rock, it's an admirably efficient one, and it rocks out, too.
  4. Jan 20, 2011
    60
    Engaging and strikingly diverse throughout, Space City Kicks is everything you've come to expect from Pollard, for better or for worse.
  5. Mojo
    Apr 12, 2011
    60
    The hardest working man in indie rock today shows no sign of taking a break. [Feb. 2011, p. 100]
  6. Uncut
    Jan 24, 2011
    60
    There's a whole gamut of compressed pop guitar stylings; some leap out, others don't. [Feb 2011, p.95]
  7. Jan 19, 2011
    30
    It's just we know there's more to this guy than this sluggish, lifeless material.

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