Over the course of his three-decade run as one of the preeminent geniuses in rock and roll, Bob Mould has shared a great deal of himself through his work, while somehow remaining something of a distant figure. Perhaps it is the inherent modesty of Midwestern remove. Maybe it is the unmodulated croak of his drill-sergeant [...]

A packed El Rey Theater in Los Angeles was treated to the second-to-last performance of Sugar’s classic album Copper Blue. Fresh off their appearance on Conan, Bob Mould, Jason Narducy, and Jon Wurster ripped through the album flawlessly while sprinkling in such Hüsker Dü classics like “Celebrated Summer” and &...

Last month, we saw former Hüsker Dü/Sugar frontman and general all-around indie-punk deity Bob Mould utterly wrecking shit on Letterman. Last night, we got an encore of sorts, and Mould once again laid waste to a late-night TV stage. This time, he was on Conan, just blazing his way through “Keep Believing,” a song from [...]

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, [...]

Last night, the Foo Fighters headlined Madison Square Garden, and they trotted out a couple of serious rock O.G.s during the encore. First off, Hüsker Dü frontman Bob Mould joined them to help out on “Dear Rosemary,” his recent collaboration with the band, and they followed that by covering Tom Petty’s “...