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October 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Bob Mould: Blue Hearts

Bob Mould Blue Hearts Merge Records Bob Mould has, on some level, been offering variations of the same deceptively simple song throughout much of his 30 year solo career. And I mean that in the best possible way. And if the hardcore want to point to some of the stylistic variations then certainly, across the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Beauty and Ruin, Blue Hearts, Bob Mould, Bob Mould: Blue Hearts, Husker Du, Jason Narducy, Jon Wurster, Merge Records, Patch The Sky, Protest, Silver Age, Sugar, Sunshine Rock, Trio ·

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February 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Bob Mould: Sunshine Rock

Bob Mould Sunshine Rock Merge Records A few short years ago I thought Beauty & Ruin was one of the best things Bob Mould had ever done – and I’d hope that was saying something given the bands he made and played in ahead of his busy-enough, solid-af solo career.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Beauty & Ruin, Bob Mould, Bob Mould: Sunshine Rock, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Grant Hart, Husker Du, Jason Narducy, Jon Wurster, Merge Records, Patch The Sky, Silver Age, Sugar, Sunshine Rock, Superchunk, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Grant Hart

Reports are coming in that Grant Hart has died. He was 56 – and his battle with cancer is over. The former Hüsker Dü and Nova Mob singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist had released a handful of solo albums too – the brilliant Intolerance could be a highlight of anyone’s record collection; it’s chock full of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bob Mould, Candy Apple Grey, Drums, Eulogy, Grant Hart, Greg Norton, Husker Du, Intolerance, Multi-instrumentalist, Nova Mob, R.I.P., R.I.P. Grant Hart, Savage Young Dü, Songwriter, The Argument, Warehouse: Songs and Stories ·

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August 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? – A Hypothetical: What Musician Would You Invite To A Meal?

So there are all these hypothetical situations people talk about – five famous people you can have over for dinner; you can – apparently – traverse time with this (makes sense I guess, being that it’s a hypothetical). You can cherry-pick from the eras, have a seating plan that includes Abraham Lincoln sitting across from […]
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July 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Bob Mould: Beauty & Ruin

Bob Mould Beauty & Ruin Merge Records It would be churlish to call this the best thing Bob Mould has done – there’s all that great Husker stuff and the Sugar albums proved themselves second time around with the reissues – and were great the first time too. This is solo album number 11 and […]
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January 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Sebadoh: Defend Yourself

Sebadoh Defend Yourself Joyful Noise Records Anyone else think that Sebadoh – or Lou Barlow’s music in general – is a bit like the later-period Mutton Birds? Nope? Just me? Okay. Anyway, I got that feeling again as soon as I started listening to Defend Yourself, particularly the first couple of tracks. Oh, I should […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Defend Yourself, Husker Du, Lou Barlow, Sebadoh, The Mutton Birds ·

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July 15, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Sugar: File Under Easy Listening

Sugar File Under Easy Listening (Deluxe Edition) Demon Music Group When Husker Du fell apart at the seams Bob Mould – just one half of that band’s songwriting magic – released two very good solo albums. And then it was straight into Sugar, a power-trio that sat somewhere in the middle of R.E.M. and Nirvana. […]
Posted in Back Catalogue · Tagged Beaster, Bob Mould, Copper Blue, Deluxe Edition, File Under Easy Listening, Husker Du, Sugar ·

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November 7, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

Bob Mould: Silver Age

Bob Mould Silver Age Shock Perhaps it helps that I’ve been listening to a lot of Husker Du this year – more than I have before. Then there were the reissues of the Sugar albums too; I snapped those up. So I was poised for this. But it really is a return to form. The […]
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November 25, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1743

Bob Mould, Workbook (1989) I’m not sure where I got this from – or when. But I’m glad I have it. I was a fan of Sugar first and then some of Bob Mould’s solo stuff and then Husker Du – that’s just how it worked for me. I loved Sugar for a long time […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Bob Mould, Dave Grohl, Grant Hart, Husker Du, Poison Years, Sugar, Vinyl, Workbook ·

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