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Chicago Tribune- Silver Age Review
“[Silver Age is] acerbic, anthemic and fiesty, as if Mould were tapping his countless disciples, from Foo Fighters to No Age, on the shoulder before throwing a knockout punch.”
Read Full Article at Chicago Tribune August 31, 2012
Boston Phoenix- Silver Age Review
“Now that he’s getting love as a godfather figure from both sides of the indie/mainstream divide (see No Age and Foo Fighters, for starters), Bob Mould is again playing like he has something to prove — or at least an iconography to maintain.”
Read Full Article at Boston Phoenix August 28, 2012
KEXP- Silver Age Review
“[Silver Age] hearkens back to the ferociously loud yet brightly melodic punkish pop-rock of prime Sugar, with a fiercely aggressive sound combining loud, buzzing guitars, energetic rhythms, snarling vocals and anthemic pop hooks.”
Read Full Article at KEXP August 24, 2012
Sugar’s Copper Blue Reissued: 20th Anniversary of Bob Mould’s Groundbreaking Album
It could be easy to brush off the Sugar reissue as a relic of ’90s nostalgia, but that act would ignore the lasting impact of Bob Mould’s band on the musical landscape. From the first note of Copper Blue, the album was revelatory.
Read Full Article at Time Magazine July 24, 2012
Bob Mould to release “all-new rock album,” Silver Age, in September
Bob Mould has been busy reviving Sugar’s classic 1992 debut Copper Blue on the road lately with a great band that includes drummer Jon Wurster of Superchunk and bassist Jason Narducy of Telekinesis, and it sounds like old Bob Mould has been rubbing off on new Bob Mould. His new album, Silver Age, is described as…
Read Full Article at A.V. Club June 6, 2012
Pitchfork Announces the Details of Bob Mould’s New Solo Album
Bob Mould has announced the details of his new solo record on new label, Merge. Silver Age, out September 4, follows 2009′s Life and Times and features Mould’s touring band, Jon Wurster (Superchunk/Mountain Goats) and Jason Narducy (Telekinesis). Mould has also added…
Read Full Article at Pitchfork June 6, 2012
Bob Mould Announces Fall Tour, Silver Age Details
Bob Mould has announced some details regarding Silver Age, his first album since 2009′s Life and Times. Silver Age will be released on September 4 via Merge. Silver Age features 10 new songs and the work of drummer Jon Wurster (Superchunk, The Mountain Goats) and bassist Jason Narducy (Telekinesis, ex-Verbow). Check out the album’s tracklisting…
Read Full Article at Filter Magazine June 6, 2012
Copper Blue 20 Years On
If those initial chopping and grinding chords that usher in Sugar’s Copper Blue didn’t make you sit up and notice that Bob Mould was about to make a quantum leap from the music that had made his reputation then arrival of…
Read Full Article at The Quietus May 31, 2012
Pitchfork Announces Bob Mould’s Sugar Discography Reissue
Before Mould’s new album comes out, Merge is giving Sugar’s catalogue– 1992′s Copper Blue, 1993′s Beaster EP, and 1994′s File Under: Easy Listening– the deluxe reissue and remaster treatment. They’re out July 24. Check out a trailer for…
Read Full Article at Pitchfork May 21,2012
Bob Mould reissues Sugar catalog
Bob Mould will soon dig into his Sugar catalogue and knock out some reissues, specifically 1992′s Copper Blue, 1993′s Beaster EP, and 1994′s File Under: Easy Listening. They’re all due out July 24th via Merge and will come fully stocked with deluxe goodies and remastered tracks…
Read Full Article at Consequence of Sound May 21, 2012
Bob Mould plays Sugar at Bottom of the Hill
He helped define alternative rock with hardcore/power-pop trios Hüsker Dü and Sugar, but Bob Mould is still the kind of guy who schleps his own equipment before taking a proper entrance. Punk rocker, World Champion Wrestling script writer, autobiographer, and 51-year-old gay San Franciscan, Mould is what the Mickey Rourke character in The Wrestler never could be…
Read Full Article at Spin Feb 27, 2012
Dave Grohl, Ryan Adams Honor Bob Mould in Tribute Concert
Near the end of a bristling, two-hour tribute in his honor at the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Bob Mould took the stage to note the irony of his life and music. “I’m sort of speechless,” he said last night, following performances by Dave Grohl, Ryan Adams, No Age and many others.
Read Full Article at Rolling Stone Nov 22, 2011
Bob Mould Tribute @ Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA 11/21/2011
If Hüsker Dü or Sugar were before your time, do yourself a favor and dig up their old catalogs. Both venerable bands were fronted by Bob Mould, and an all-star assortment of music luminaries assembled to celebrate the music and legacy of Mould’s vast catalog at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Britt Daniel, Ryan Adams, Dave Grohl, No Age, Grant Lee Phillips, Margaret Cho, Craig Finn and Tad Kubler of The Hold Steady all paid tribute by running through classic Hüsker Dü and Sugar songs.
Read Full Article at Stereogum Nov 22, 2011
Spinner reviews SEE A LITTLE LIGHT
In his 30-plus-year career, Bob Mould has always been known for his driving emotional music, whether its the highly-charged punk rock of Husker Du or his solo career. The angst that was present in his music is similar to aspects of his personal life,…
Read Full Article at Spinner Jul 6, 2011
Bob Mould and the Foo Fighters
But at the same time, Foo Fighters couldn’t be less dangerous, and nor do they have, despite their enormity, any cultural traction. It’s telling that Grohl brings onstage, for Dear Rosemary, Bob Mould of Husker Du, a band who enjoyed a fraction of Foos’…
Read Full Article at The Guardian July 4, 2011
Inside Out
San Francisco resident Bob Mould has had quite an interesting life, and he shares the ups and downs of his fascinating history in an autobiography that spans his beginnings in the punk/alternative rock music scene to the current day, disc jockeying at…
Read Full Article at The Bay Area Reporter June 30, 2011
Do You Remember Bob Mould?
This is an obvious must-read for anyone interested in punk rock: the story of the main force behind one of the top five American punk bands, Husker Du. And though by page 150 Husker Du has broken up, there’s a lot of interesting stuff after that.
Read Full Article at Culture Catch June 29, 2011
Bob in Time Magazine
Bob Mould’s See a Little Light may seem like a modest contribution to the genre of rock-and-roll memoir. It’s not the most high-flying account you’ll read (Mould’s fame was relatively modest); nor the most tragic (no band mates succumb to overdoses);…
Read Full Article at Time Magazine June 29, 2011
AV Club Interviews Bob Mould
Four paragraphs into the introduction of his new memoir, See A Little Light: The Trail Of Rage And Melody, Bob Mould describes a trip he made to “a clothing-optional resort strictly for men” in Palm Springs, California, prior to Coachella one year. Three…
Read Full Article at A.V. Club June 29, 2011
Read: Bob Mould’s Autobiography
While most musicians get eclipsed by the shadow of their youth, Bob Mould is anomalous. With a resume that includes co-founding the seminal Husker Du, fronting Sugar, a critically lauded solo career, and serving as a World Championship Wrestling scriptwriter,…
Read Full Article at Blurt June 28, 2011
Bob Mould tells his story in ‘See a Little Light’ – SF Chronicle
“See a LIttle LIght: The Trail of Rage and Melody” he revisits them without flinching. From his days as the closeted front man for Minneapolis indie rock heroes Husker Du to his current career as a gay dance club DJ, from launching a successful solo career…
Read Full Article at SF Gate June 26, 2011
WSJ review See a Little Light
Bob Mould, the damaged guitar god behind the 1980s postpunk trio Husker Du-the guy who wrote “59 Times the Pain” for cryin’ out loud-has written a beautiful, painful, frank memoir chronicling his startlingly serpentine route to something resembling inner…
Read Full Article at The Wall Street Journal June 25, 2011
Bring the Rock to Fallon
To those out there who subscribe to the world view of Michael Azerrada’s Our Band Be Could Be Your Life, then Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Husker Du/Sugar’s Bob Mould are gods amongst men. So, to have both make appearances on Late Night with Jimmy…
Watch the Video at Consequence of Sound June 23, 2011
The GQ&A: Bob Mould
Weaved into the chronology of his career are confessional details about his severely troubled personal life-his long-gestating coming out, complicated relationships with boyfriends, and existence as a self-titled “miserablist.” GQ sat down with Mould…
Read Full Article at GQ Magazine June, 2011
New York Magazine: Twilight of the Punk
SEE A LITTLE LIGHT, with Michael Azerrad shares a title with one of his not-so-hopeless solo songs. In addition to being a detailed document of punk’s rise to the middle of the culture, the book is an unsparing accounting of things he has done wrong,…
Read Full Article at New York Magazine June 19, 2011
NPR: Bob Mould Looks Inward, Shines ‘A Little Light’
See a Little Light is a brisk and enjoyable read, but like any honest chronology it is subject to life’s prosaic cadence of false starts, lulls and repetitions.
Read Full Article at NPR June 15, 2011
NY Times Review SEE A LITTLE LIGHT
In more important ways, however, “See a Little Light” isn’t typical at all. Most centrally, it’s an audacious and moving account of Mr.Mould’s coming of age as a (mostly closeted) gay man in the macho alternative rock scene of the 1980s and 1990s. The…
Read Full Article at The New York Times June 14, 2011
LA Times Review SEE A LITTLE LIGHT
For someone whose music is so impassioned, Mould relays all this with surprising reserve. His prose is straightforward, the voice informal, without flourishes – an unadorned form that may be a product of his years as a blogger. The diary-like structure…
Read Full Article at Los Angeles Time June 12, 2011
Startribune: Bob Mould’s book more work than ‘Workbook’
Almost three years in the making and a decade since he was first approached with the idea, Mould’s autobiography lands in stores next week accompanied by a gig and bookstore appearance in the town he called home for a decade. Titled “See a Little Light:…
Read Full Article at Startribune June 10, 2011
Publishers Weekly: See a Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody
Whether it is his unexpected and hilarious left turn to scriptwriting for professional wrestling, his busy career as one half of the DJ team Blowoff, or his hesitant and ultimately affirming embrace of mainstream gay culture, Mould never fails to captivate…
Read Full Article at Publishers Weekly May 30, 2011
AV Club Calls Bob’s Book An Anticipated Entertainment of 2011
When news broke in early 2009 that Bob Mould was writing an autobiography (with assistance from Our Band Could Be Your Life’s Michael Azerrad), it was tantalizing. Mould has remained intensely private, even though he’s one of the most important figures…
Read Full Article at A.V. Club Jan 3, 2011
MAGNET: Q&A With Bob Mould
Twenty-five years ago, it would have been difficult to imagine Bob Mould, singer/guitarist for one of the most celebrated rock bands ever, Minneapolis’ three-man juggernaut Husker Du, evolving to the point where he would someday record an album of electronic…
Read Full Article at Magnet Magazine June 15, 2009
Punknews.org: ‘Life And Times’
Alright, so, dude was in some good bands back in the day — Husker Du and Sugar. Since ’96, he’s steadily put out solo records. He stopped playing guitar and shit in 1998 because rock music got pretty lame and he “got in touch with himself” and discovered…
Read Full Article at Punk News April 21, 2009
L.A. Times: Coachella 2009, Day 2
It was still more than 24 hours before My Bloody Valentine was to assault the crowd at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival with an onslaught of guitar noise, but Saturday afternoon revelers who took in Bob Mould’s set should be well prepared. In…
Read Full Article at Los Angeles Times April 18, 2009
Pitchfork: Life And Times
Bob Mould made his name laying his emotions bare, and it’s a trait that’s not only stayed with him throughout his 30-year career, but one that perhaps has become even more pronounced. The same holds true for alt-legend Mould’s level of self-awareness,…
Read Full Article at Pitchfork April 14, 2009
PopMatters: Life And Times
Bob Mould may have begun this decade experimenting with new musical styles for his solo work, but ever since 2002′s Modulate he’s been slowly retracting that head-first dive into electronic music with a succession of redemptive releases, each more rock-oriented…
Read Full Article at PopMatters April 13, 2009
Under The Radar Interview
This year marks two important anniversaries for Bob Mould. Thirty years ago, in 1979, his seminal trio, Husker Du, played its first live gig. Ten years later, after Husker’s brutal demise, Mould made his solo debut with Workbook, an indie-rock masterwork…
Read Full Article at Under The Radar April 10, 2009
Amplified: Live Video
Dan Harris of Amplified, an ABC News music blog, posted a video of Bob playing a private in-store performance.
Read Full Article at ABC News April 2, 2009
Newsweek: Bob Mould Q & A
Punk legend, alt-rock mainstay, “Daily Show” theme song composer: Bob Mould has got the icon thing covered. In April, the veteran musician is set to release his eighth solo studio album since the 1988 implosion of Husker Du. (That tally doesn’t even count…
Read Full Article at The Dailey Beast Mar 10, 2009
The Daily Swarm: Bob Mould
The Daily Swarm: You have a great new album Life and Times out in April, upcoming shows at Coachella and Carnegie Hall, your Blowoff DJ nights, you’re the keynote speaker at Noise Pop, and you’re writing a book – is this the busiest you’ve ever been?…
Read Full Article at The Dailey Swarm Feb 26, 2009
Spinner.com: Bob Mould Reflects on His ‘Life And Times’
It’s been 20 years since Bob Mould released his first solo album, ‘Workbook,’ and you can add another 10 years on top of that since he first formed Husker Du. Despite Husker Du’s enormous influence on post-punk in the ’80s and, by turn, the alternative…
Read Full Article at Spinner Feb 3, 2009
L.A. Times: Bob Mould on his new record and a busy 2009
2009 is shaping up to be Bob Mould’s kind of year. The former Husker Du front man has a busy few months ahead of him, with teaser tour dates (including a solo acoustic show at the Hotel Cafe and a recently announced Coachella slot with his full band)…
Read Full Article at Los Angeles Times Feb 2, 2009
Magnet: Q&A with Bob Mould
Bob Mould has become more cheery than he was on brooding, post-Husker Du solo albums such as 1989′s Workbook and 1991′s Black Sheets Of Rain. The 47-year-old Mould now laughs a lot and seems more pragmatic than the guy who swore he’d never play his Minneapolis…
Read Full Article at Magnet Magazine Feb 2, 2008
Music DVD Review: Bob Mould – ‘Circle Of Friends’
Despite being one of the most influential figures in rock over the past 25 years, Bob Mould has always been somewhat reticent about his past. After his first band, Husker Du, broke up in 1988, he released Workbook, a solo album that traded the Huskers…
Read Full Article at Blog Critics Oct 9, 2007
Watch This: ‘Bob Mould: Circle of Friends’
As he traded songs with drummer Grant Hart in the 1980s punk band Husker Du, Bob Mould’s anguished vocals and the melodic buzz saw of his guitar playing would prove a key influence on the likes of Nirvana and Pearl Jam. He added to his status as a role…
Read Full Article at Seattle PI Oct 9, 2007
Bob Mould Prepping New Solo Album, Live DVD
Bob Mould is eyeing a June release for his next solo album, which he has been recording with Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty. The artist is in talks with several labels to release the follow-up to 2005′s “Body of Song,” which was issued by Yep Roc and debuted…
Read Full Article at Billboard
