Hüsker Dü’s adrenalized and lo-fi Zen Arcade (1984) and slightly more polished and produced New Day Rising (1985) are milestones in the punk, post-punk, and pop-hardcore domains, contributing to the crystallization of grunge and post-grunge. Following the breakup of Hüsker […]
The long history of American roots music is rife with gospel slayers, bluegrass guitarists, outlaw country dudes, and weird, dark tales. You might say, when it comes to those music traditions, it’s all been done before. But has it? Parker […]
Bob Mould wants to be your drug dealer. Yep. He says so right there on his website. Well, that’s understandable. The music biz iz tuff these days, and a man’s got to make a living. He calls his latest product […]
It must be tough to release new material when you are a genuine, rarified post-punk icon. Bob Mould surely knows that pressure. Whenever the songwriter re-emerges, longtime fans hold out hope that Mould will somehow retrace paths similar to his […]
The longer an artist sticks around, the more pronounced the struggle becomes between two conflicting impulses: the desire to indulge in weird tangents vs. the desire to please an audience by sticking to one’s strengths. Too much of the latter […]
