Bob Mould

I knew you when you had something to say," Bob Mould sings on "I Hate Alternative Rock,"
and he sets himself up perfectly. His first post-Sugar solo album (and his third overall since
the end of Hüsker Dü) has all the typical Mould ingredients: buzz-saw guitars; forceful,
staggered rhythms; somber acoustic reveries; lyrics full of alienation and disgruntlement;
and his unmistakable whine buried in the mix. But genuine inspiration is in short... More >