Start with the laundry. Of the many times Bob Mould‘s band Sugar unexpectedly found itself at the center of pop culture in the Nineties, one in particular springs to mind for him: a 1992 festival in Belgium where Sugar were on the same bill as Metallica, Neil Young and Crazy …
Read More »'This Is War': Bob Mould on Aging Indie, His Music's Legacy, and Where the U.S. Goes From Here
B y his own admission, Bob Mould is not a Zoom kind of guy, at least not in terms of the video aspect. During the early months of the Covid lockdown, he passed on doing any of those briefly in-vogue virtual concerts. “People were saying, ‘Oh, come on, you could …
Read More »Bob Mould Thrashes Toward Enlightenment on 'Here We Go Crazy'
The 15th album from Bob Mould opens with the 64-year-old indie-rock icon searching for serenity in a world on fire. Over slow, spaciously grinding guitar-pop, he finds himself alone on a mountain, surveying an expanse of natural beauty despoiled by strife and terror — warplanes in the sky, cities in …
Read More »Bob Mould Returns With New Album 'Here We Go Crazy'
Bob Mould returns in 2025 with a new album,Here We Go Crazy, the former Husker Du rocker’s first LP in five years. Ahead of the album’s March 7 release date, Mould has shared the first single, the album’s opening song and title track, “Here We Go Crazy,” along with its …
Read More »Bob Mould and Fred Armisen Help the 8G Band Sign Off 'Seth Meyers' With Hüsker Dü Cover
Bob Mould and Fred Armisen helped the 8G Band close out their tenure as the Late Night With Seth Meyers house band last night. Mould fronted the group as they tore through a cover of Hüsker Dü’s classic, “Makes No Sense At All,” from the pioneering punk group’s 1985 album …
Read More »Bob Mould Celebrates Tim Walz VP Pick: 'History Is Rhyming Right Now. Listen to the Chorus'
Last night, Bob Mould posted a snippet of a new song on his social media accounts: “The toddler and the sycophants/Time to say goodbye,” he sang. The inspiration for the song was evident enough. Although Mould was born in New York State, he attended Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, …
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