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America Reckons With Racial Injustice

The New Sounds Of Protest And Hope

June 5, 2020 • As demonstrations for racial equality continue across the U.S. and the world, artists have been shaping and sharing their grief, fury, resolve and vision for the future.

Bob Mould Reflects On Albums He Loved As A Youth With 'Sunshine Rock'

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Bob Mould Reflects On Albums He Loved As A Youth With 'Sunshine Rock'

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April 23, 2019 • The influential musician to the punk and hardcore scene returns with new latest album, Sunshine Rock.

Bob Mould On World Cafe

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New Music Friday: Our Top 7 Albums Out Feb. 8

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New Music Friday: Our Top 7 Albums Out Feb. 8

February 8, 2019 • Our list of the best new albums out Friday includes delicate piano pieces from Hauschka, the brilliantly burning rock of Bob Mould, songs inspired by the film Roma, and more.

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Have A Few Minutes Of Serious Fun With Bob Mould

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Have A Few Minutes Of Serious Fun With Bob Mould

January 31, 2019 • The Hüsker Dü legend returns with a new album, a new video, a new single and a new, sunnier outlook that's not dimmed by his obsession with the surveillance state.

Bob Mould On Hüsker Dü's Cover Of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' Theme

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Bob Mould On Hüsker Dü's Cover Of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' Theme

January 26, 2017 • Following the death of Mary Tyler Moore Wednesday, Mould calls "Love Is All Around" "a great song, and a nice tribute to" Minneapolis, Hüsker Dü's home town.

Hear Ryan Adams and Bob Mould Play Music And Talk About Everything Under The Sun

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Hear Ryan Adams and Bob Mould Play Music And Talk About Everything Under The Sun

March 24, 2016 • Bob Mould has a new solo album, and Ryan Adams, who is a fan, invited the singer to his home studio for a rambling conversation that's occasionally interrupted by the pair recording a song together.

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Bob Mould: Tiny Desk Concert

August 11, 2014 • The former Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman plugs in for a characteristically loud four-song set — three from his new solo album (Beauty and Ruin) and one from the band that launched his career.

Bob Mould: Tiny Desk Concert

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Bob Mould On World Cafe

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July 23, 2014 • Hear the former Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman play four songs from his latest solo album, Beauty and Ruin.

Bob Mould On World Cafe

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Bob Mould's Beautiful, Ruinous Life In Punk

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Bob Mould's Beautiful, Ruinous Life In Punk

June 4, 2014 • With Hüsker Dü, Mould helped invent alt-rock, and he's kept innovating ever since. "For so many years, I ran away from my own sound," he says. At 53, he's caught up to himself.

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Download 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

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Download 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

May 28, 2014 • Download new music from rising Americana star John Fullbright, Malian banjo player Habib Koite, seductive Australian trio Movement, indie-rock veteran Bob Mould, and more.

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Favorite Sessions

Bob Mould: He's Going Down Singing

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November 6, 2012 • The former Hüsker Dü and Sugar singer performs his new song "The Descent," which practically blows down the studio walls at WFUV. Mould's new album, Silver Age, returns to his punkish power-pop roots.

Sasquatch 2011: Bob Mould, Live In Concert

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Sasquatch 2011: Bob Mould, Live In Concert

May 28, 2011 • Recorded live at The Gorge, Mould plays lean, spirited rock 'n' roll to help kick off the Sasquatch Music Festival outside Seattle.

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Bob Mould: From Husker Du to Solo

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February 22, 2008 • A constantly evolving guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, Mould has been an influential and even iconic musician for more than two decades, having fronted the pop-rock bands Husker Du and Sugar. Hear an interview.

Bob Mould: From Husker Du to Solo

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Concerts

Rock Icon Bob Mould in Concert

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January 31, 2008 • A constantly evolving guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, Mould has been an influential and even iconic musician for more than two decades, having fronted the pop-rock bands Husker Du and Sugar. He'll perform a concert from WXPN and World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.

Rock Icon Bob Mould in Concert

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Shadow Classics

Abject Bitterness Meets Intoxicating Beauty

December 13, 2006 • Sometimes out of the messy acrimony of a band breakup comes music of great clarity and passion. Written in 1988 after the dissolution of Husker Du, Bob Mould's Workbook serves as the guitarist and singer's attempt to shake off a season of hurtful accusations and lingering bad feelings.